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Probal Chowdhury
Probal Chowdhury ( bn, প্রবাল চৌধুরী; 1947–2009) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter, playback singer and composer. He rendered several songs from Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Bangladesh Liberation War. After the war, he pursued his solo career in playback. Early life Probal Chowdhury was born in 1947 in Chittagong district, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh). He was the sixth of Manmohan and Lilabati Chowdhury's ten children. Career He made his radio debut in 1966. In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, the family evacuated to Calcutta, India. There he, his elder sister Kalyani Ghosh, and younger sister Uma Khan joined Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the radio station of the Bangladesh government in exile, as singers. In 2017, the government of Bangladesh recognized them as freedom fighters in acknowledgment of their contribution to the war effort. After the war he continued to sing on albums, radio, Bangladesh Television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong District
Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of Chattogram, which is the second largest city in Bangladesh, is located within this district. History Because of the natural harbour, Chattogram had been an important location for trade, drawing Arab traders as early as the 9th century CE. The region fell under the rule of kings from Arakan in the 16th and 17th centuries, but later, the Mughal Army under Shaista Khan conquered Chattogram. During the 17th century, the region also faced a lot of attacks by Portuguese pirates. The Mughals established Chattogram as a district in 1666. Chattogram is the 2nd largest district in Bangladesh by population and area. The Chattogram Hill Tracts were separated from Chittagong in 1860. In 1947, Chattogram came under Pakistan and became part a district of East Pakistan. Port of Chattogram was a big spot for exports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East Pakistan branch of PTV in 1964. It is the oldest Bengali-language television network in the world, and is the sister to the radio broadcaster Bangladesh Betar, which, along with BTV, are both owned and operated by the government. Bangladesh Television is the country's only television network provided on terrestrial television. It is primarily financed through television licence fees. Although it has produced many award-winning programs, it has often been accused of being the mouth piece of the government and their lack of quality programming. Both the headquarters and the administrative building of Bangladesh Television are located at Rampura in Dhaka. Prior to the late 1990s, Bangladesh Television was the sole television broadcaster pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Chittagong
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is a government owned corporation in Bangladesh. Shah Md. Imdadul Haque is the chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation. History Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation was founded in 1976. It is in charge of Karnafuli Paper Mills, the largest Paper Mill in Bangladesh. Haiul Quaium is the present chairman of the corporation. It operates 12 factories in Bangladesh including Ashuganj Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited in Brahmanbaria, Urea Fertiliser Factory Ltd in Ghorashal and Polash Urea Fertiliser Factory in Palash, Narsingdi. The corporation has liabilities of 51.06 billion taka to state owned banks. BCIC College is run by the corporation. In 1982 it set up the first tiles factory in Bangladesh. It is subsidized by Bangladesh government. The Training Institute for Chemical Industries (TICI) is a sister concern of BCIC and is run by BCIC too. Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School and College falls under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandranath
''Chandranath'' ( bn, চন্দ্রনাথ) is a 1984 Bangladeshi film directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam. This is the adaptation of the novel of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's same title. It stars Abdur Razzak, Shuchanda, Doyel and Golam Mustafa in the lead. Cast * Abdur Razzak * Shuchanda * Doyel * Golam Mustafa * Sirajul Islam * Tapash Chowdhury * Baby Notun Soundtrack The music of this film is directed by Nurul Islam and lyrics were penned by Mohammad Moniruzzaman. Sabina Yasmin, Subir Nandi, Probal Chowdhury sang for this film. * Phooler Bashor Bhanglo Jokhon - Probal Chowdhury *"Prem Muroti Ghana Shyam" - Sabina Yasmin *"Ei Chokher Lojja" - Sabina Yasmin *"Ei Hridoye Eto Je Kothar Kapon" - Sabina Yasmin *"Mayar Badhon Chhere Chole Jaay" - Subir Nandi Awards National Film Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Khan
Uma Khan ( bn, উমা খান) is a Bangladeshi female playback singer. In 2002, she won Bangladesh National Film Award for the Best Female Playback Singer for the film Hason Raja. Career Discography * Choto Choto Kotha Notable songs * Gunda Number One (2000) * Hason Raja (2002) * Juari (2002) * Hajar Bosor Dhore (2005) * Raja 420 (2016) Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Uma Living people 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many years, the Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Viceroy of India and Calcutta was the de facto capital of India until 1911. The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in Mughal Bengal during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (HEIC), a British monopoly with a Royal Charter, competed with other European companies to gain influence in Bengal. After the decisive overthrow of the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 and the Battle of Buxar in 1764, the HEIC expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyani Ghosh
Kalyani Ghosh (born 1946) is a Bangladeshi singer. She was an artist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Bangladesh Liberation War. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2024 for her special contribution to music. Life Kalyani was born in 1946 into a musical family in the present-day Raozan Upazila of Chittagong. Her father's name was Manomohan Chowdhury and her mother's name was Lilabati Chowdhury.Of the couple's eight children, six of them, including her, were artists of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra: Uma Khan, Probal Chowdhury, Swapon Chowdhury, Devi Chowdhury, and Purnima Das. Kalyani started learning music from her mother at the age of five. She was a student of the first batch of the Bengali department of Chittagong University The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raozan Upazila
Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947. Geography Raozan has 45,777 households and a total area of 246.58 km2. The two main rivers are Karnaphuli and Halda. Raozan is surrounded by Fatikchhari Upazila on the north, Boalkhali Upazila and Karnafuli river on the south, Rangunia and Kawkhali (Rangamati) Upazilas on the east, and Hathazari and Fatikchhari Upazila on the west. The river Karnaphuli flows on the south side of the Raozan Upazila and the river Halda flows on the west side. Historical events From about 1000 years before the conquest of Chittagong in 1666, the entire Chittagong region was under the control of the Buddhist religion, Mog or Arakanese. It is believed that in Arakan, it was called 'Raajwang' or the land of the royal family. The idea of eminent scholars is to say that Raozan has originated from the name of this name. In August 1947, the activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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