Poet Samudra Gupta died of cancer in Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital at 8:00am in India Saturday. He was 62.
Poet's daughter Swapna Samudra confirmed the news.
The ailing poet was taken to India on July 3 for better medical treatment. Rasheda K Chowdhury, Cultural Affairs Adviser, expressed deep shock at the death of the poet.
Poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah award 2008 has been announced on June 18, says a press release.
Students of the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University organised a nine-day film show to raise fund for the ailing poet Samudra Gupta, who is now undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in the city.
He is suffering from cancer and needs to go abroad immediately for better treatment.
Kazi Nazrul Islam's characteristic diversity set him apart from his contemporaries. His songs epitomise that multifaceted trait. Nazrul fortified the bond between Indian classical music and Bangla songs - incorporating 'Dhrupad,' adopting 'Khayal' and at times pursuing the techniques of 'Tappa' and 'Thumri' in his compositions.
Department of Music of the University of Development Alternative (UODA) arranged a cultural programme to mark the birth anniversaries of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam at the National Theatre Stage of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on May 26.
Students and teachers of the Music Department of the UODA rendered Rabindra and Nazrul Sangeet.
UODA honours Nazrul exponent Sohrab Hossain, Tagore
exponent Kalim Sharafi and veteran singer Ferdausi Rahman
for their contribution to Nazrul Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet
and Bangla songs respectively.
Academics at a seminar in Dhaka on Tuesday stressed the need for taking lessons from the speeches of the National Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, to unite against misrule and misdeeds worldwide.
Guests pose for a photograph at a seminar, organised at the Bangla Academy in Dhaka on Tuesday marking 109th anniversary of the birth of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
–– New Age photo
As the nation celebrates the 109th birth anniversary of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, the market of Nazrul Sangeet is going through a gradual decline. Over the last few years, the number of albums featuring Nazrul Sangeet was few and far between. However, production houses are trying to find a way to deal with this issue.
Lina Taposhi's album, Choiti Chander Alo, released by Agniveena, a sister concern of Geetanjoly and Nasima Shaheen's solo album, Akashe Bhorer Tara, produced by Bengal Foundation
