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5 May 2008

This week's program presented readings of articles from Bangladesh newspapers: (1) Bangladesh's proposal to construct a joint petroleum reservoir in the region at the coming SAARC Regional Energy Trade Conference in the Maldives, (2) archaeological remains of Kanak Raja's palace in Sharsha Upazila of Jessore, Bangladesh, and (3) historical remains of Sheikh Farid's 'Dorgah' in Meherpur, Bangladesh. This week's program presented a collection of Nazrul songs: 'bhuli kemone, ajo je mone' by famous Indian singer Angur Bala recorded in 1928, 'hrid padme choron rakho' by popular Indian singer Anup Jhalota, and 'keno ashile, bhalo bashile, dilena dhora jibone jodi' by distinguished Bangladeshi singer Nilufar Yeasmin. This week's program was produced and presented by Shireen Ahmad.

28 April 2008

This week's program presented: (1) report on the Association’s Bangla New Year celebration – ‘Banshori’ – held in Canberra on 26 April 2008, and (2) description of the inaugural train rides between Dhaka and Kolkata through the eyes and heart of two distinguished writers of the subcontinent: Imdadul Haque Milon and Shirshendu Mukhopadhay. The direct train service – ‘Moitri Express’ – between Bangladesh and India that reopened after 43 years on the first day of Bangla New Year on 14 April 2008, bridged the two Bengals, its people and their lost memories. The song played in the program 'anondo lokey' was sung by the singers of Canberra musical group ‘Spondon’ at the ‘Banshori’ function, and 'purano shei diner kotha' by the legendary Indian singer Hemanta Mukhopadhay. This week's program was produced and presented by Ehsan Ullah.

21 April 2008

This week's program presented: (1) interview with Dr. Mohammed Mainuddin Milon, water resources expert with the CSIRO in Canberra, and (2) information on Association's recent function 'surjodoy' and upcoming festival 'banshory' to celebrate the Bangla new year on 26 April 2008. Bangladeshi expatriate now residing in Canberra, Dr. Milon is currently involved with the CSIRO Water for Healthy Country project. He talked about the Bangladesh's water issues - both surface and ground water, irrigation system and the effect of climate on water resources in the future. The beautiful remixed song 'poddar dhaew-re, mor shunno ridoy poddo, ja niye-ja' was sung by Bangladeshi popular singer Kanak Chapa. This week's program was produced and presented by Sadequr Rahman.

14 April 2008

This week's program featured the celebration of Bangla New Year by the expatriate Bangladeshi Chakma community in Australia. It highlighted the Chakma - 'biju' - festival celebrated during the mainstream Bangla 'shonkranti' and 'nobo borsho' merriment - a rich tradition also shared across the subcontinent and beyond in the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia. This week's program was jointly compiled by the Bangladeshi Chakma expatriates living in Adelaide and Melbourne. The participants were: Trimita Chakma, Kabita Chakma and P.K. Taposh. The beautiful Chakma songs were sung by Magnolia Khisa - 'biju tui', Sourav Chakma - 'aiccha rangamaittya', Dripta Dewan Bappi - 'juni' written and composed by Raja Devasish Roy, and finally 'dogina boyer' a song composed and sung by distinguished Chakma cultural personality Kumar Shomit Roy - uncle of Raja Devasish Roy and brother of Tridib Roy - who died a week ago on 6th April 2008. This week's program was produced and presented by Bina D'Costa.

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