The 35th death anniversary of renowned Folk Singer, Bard poet ‘Ekushey Padak’ acheiver ‘Bijoy Sarker’ today (Friday).
Bijoy Sarker was born in Dumdi village under Narail sadar upazila on 20 February in 1903. He wrote 1,800 songs especially Jari, Sari, Kirton,Vhajan,Vatiali which hit the headlines in the folk song world much before he was known as a singer to the people of his homeland.
He also wrote many poems. Leading a very simple life, the selfless singer spent most of his life completely engrossed in Harmonium, Dram, Khol and Bashi.
Bijoy Sarker, a legendary singer of Bangladesh awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013, he died at Keutia in Kolkata of West Bengal on December 4, 1985.
