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Happy Eid mubaROCK by Faizul Khan Tanim Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and children of all ages, this Eid-ul-Fitr proudly brings to you a range of audio albums, melodic enough to relieve you from all the oily Ramadan food indigestion. So you might as well start saving your Eidi (eid money) just to grab your most favorite disc as they are sure to deliver impulsive minutes of raging rock, ecstatic pop and everything in between. Entertainment, clothes, food and music always have been innate elements of Eid. Music lovers have every reason to celebrate this year’s festival as some of the coolest songs chart the occasion. So, while still in your flashy punjabis and kurtas and eating flavoured shemai with colorful roohafza and other red drinks, put on your shades and listen to some dance beats Habib and his Father Ferdous Wahid has to offer. Yes! Sangeeta has yet another compilation Obosheshe - Habib Wahid & Ferdous Wahid, for you and your kids to dance to songs like the immortal ‘M...

Sounds of ‘Rage’ by Faizul Khan Tanim Audio production house Rage Records, began their journey launching three albums on August 24. Rock musicians Babna, Russell (ex-Warfaze members) and Romel Ali released their album Shantir Bornon, band Re-Dhun with Roj Roj and solo singer Ishtiaq released his debut album Ebong Paharer Gaan on the day. Shantir Bornon A creative mix of all popular elements – scintillating pop, jazzy progressions, latino expressions, stellar dance-rock hooks and so much more, which would comfortably travel from sassy dancefloors, atmospheric bedrooms up to exhilerating live gigs. The songs ride on groovy piano, melodiously moody vocal works, flamenco guitaring – all soaked in a CD with the label ‘must listen’ on top. Tempting eh? Title track Shantir bornon would give you a hefty kick once you have realised how versatile, although preserving their old signature sound, our ex-Warfaze brothers, Russell and Babna, along with Romel have become. The flamenco guitar played he...

Stuck in traffic Faizul Khan Tanim and Musfequr Rahman explore the pain, the causes and possible long-term and short-term relief from our traffic woes photo by Al-Emrun Garjon Ashraf Khan, a student of Dhaka University, once went to the DU campus in the middle of the night on a private car, from his residence in Uttara. ‘It took me only 25 minutes,’ says an astonished Ashraf. Every morning, to make it to his 10am class, Ashraf starts at seven, and barely makes it on time. If one were to look at Dhaka during various hours of the day, between 8am and 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, and starting from 7pm right up to 10:30 to 11pm on certain roads from the top of a tall building, Dhaka city is at a standstill. ‘All the roads are clogged. The cars are stuck bumper to bumper, the engines release a tremendous amount of heat, drivers honk their horns incessantly, some of the old vehicles let go black smoke, vehicles break lanes and try and enter the ones that are moving faster,’ says Ashraf. ‘O...