Moushumi Akhter Salma (known as Salma Akhter) is a Bangladeshi folk singer. She rose to fame in 2006 after winning the second season of ''"Closeup 1 Tomakei Khujchhey Bangladesh"'', a television series broadcast on

NTV NTV may refer to: Television * NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh * NTV (India), Telugu regional channel * NTV (Kenya) * NTV (Mongolia), a television channel based in Mongolia * NTV (Newport Television) ...

Early life

She was born in the village of Gangarampur, Daulatpur Upazila,

Kushtia District Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh l ...

Khulna Division The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...

Music career

Salma started learning singing from her Guruji Baul Shafi Mandal at the age of four . She got the lesson of classical music along with folk from her Guruji. Her turning point started at the age of twelve when she attended the musical Reality show " Closeup One" (season 2) organized by

in 2006. She became the champion among 1 Lac contestants. Her first single Baniya Bondhu struck the market along with another song Chailam Jarey while she was in the competition. At the same time, her song got popularity named Amar Ek Noyon. Salma is specially considered for singing Lalon geeti along with all other Bengali folk songs. She also performs semi –classical & modern Bengali songs. Salma got educated in music from her another teacher Ustad Sanjib Dey since 2011 to till now. Salma released 11 solo albums from various audio Labels. She also worked on more than 30 mixed albums. Her 1st Solo Album is Baniya Bondhu. Salma has performed worldwide.

Personal life

In 2010, Salma married

Shibli Sadique Shibli Sadique is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-6. His father, Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu, also represented Dinajpur-6 in the Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাত ...

, a businessman and the incumbent member of parliament from

Dinajpur-6 Dinajpur-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shibli Sadique Shibli Sadique is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-6. His f ...

constituency. Salma gave birth to her first daughter, Sneha (b. 2012). The couple got divorced in November 2016. Salma then married Sanaullah Nur Sagar, a British migrant, on 31 December 2018. She gave birth to her second daughter, Safia Nur, in September 2019.

Awards

* Bachsas - Best Female Singer

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akhtar, Salma Living people People from Kushtia District Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Bangladeshi folk singers People from Khulna