Entertainment desk :Veteran singer Ferdousi Rahman received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th Citycell-Channel i Music Award at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium on June 15. The award was handed over in the presence of noted singers Sabina Yasmin, Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Faridur Reza Sagor, managing director of Channel-I and Impress Telefilm Ltd; Taslim Ahmed, head of public relations of Citycell and several high officials of Channel i and Citycell were present on the occasion.Mentionable, She also achieved awarded President’s Pride of Performance Medal in 1965, the Ekushey Padak in 1977, the Shadhinota Padak in 1995, Nasiruddin Gold Medal and Film Journalists Award. She received the Meril Prothom Alo lifetime achievement award in 2008.Ferdousi Rahman is one of the senior playback singers and daughter of legendary folk singer Abbas Uddin Ahmed. Her music career started under her father’s direction. She participated as a children artiste in many radio programs, but she first sang for the radio as an adult artiste in 1955. The first released movie where she sang as a playback singer was Ehtesham’s ‘Ei Desh Tomar Amar’ under the music direction of Khan Ataur Rahman in 1959. In 1964, her song was broadcast on the newly established Pakistan Television in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Her programme “Esho Gaan Shikhi” was a programme to teach children about music on Bangladesh Television, and the programme has been running for 44 years.She had two elder brothers, Justice Mustafa Kamal and singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi. Her niece, Nashid Kamal, sings Nazrul Sangeet, folk and classical.
