Entertainment Report :
Noted folk and pop music singer Fakir Alamgir was admitted in the capital’s United Hospital on Thursday night. He has been infected with Covid-19 and is currently undergoing treatment at the ICU unit of the hospital. Fakir Alamgir’s wife Suraiya Alamgir confirmed the matter to at 10:00am on Friday. Alamgir worked with Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Liberation War. He joined the 1969’s Mass Upsurge as a member of the Kranti Shilpi Gosthi and Gono Shilpi Gosthi. He was the founder of the cultural organisation, Wrishiz Shilpi Gosthi formed in 1976. In 1999, he was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his outstanding contribution to music. Some of his notable songs are O Sokhina, Santahar, Nelson Mandela, Naam Tar Chhilo John Henry and Banglar Comrade Bondhu. He serves as the president of Gono Sangeet Shamanya Parishad.
Fakir Alamgir is also a writer. He published his first book Chena China in 1984. His next two publications were Muktijuddher Smriti Bijoyer Gaan and Gono Sangeeter Otit O Bortoman.
