Rahul Ananda

Jyotika Jyoti questions artistes' silence on the attack at Rahul Ananda's home

Actress Jyotika Jyoti has questioned why the artistes who protested under the banner of the Visual Media Artistes’ Society against police and Chhatra League attacks on the Anti-Discrimination Student Movements remained silent when Rahul Ananda's home was set ablaze and vandalised.

Journalists protest against attacks on cultural institutions

The protest meeting was moderated by journalist Maksudul Haque Imu and began with a minute of silence to honour the martyrs of the anti-discrimination student movement. The gathering was marked by strong condemnations of the vandalism and attacks on cultural venues, as well as the targeted attack on the residence of musical artiste Rahul Anand, known for his involvement with the student movement.

Cultural activists demand protection of art and heritage

The artists demanded swift action to protect citizens and end the violence that became rampant following the cessation of the former government body. They highlighted that miscreants have been setting fires, vandalising, and looting in various parts of Bangladesh, including state structures, police stations, and historical landmarks like Dhaka University's Swadhinata Chattar and the historical Shashi Lodge in Mymensingh.

Rahul Ananda’s home, a once vibrant cultural hub, looted and burnt

As we are still counting down on our losses, the vandalism and destruction that took place at Joler Gaan frontman Rahul Ananda’s residence on Monday (July 5) afternoon has devastated many cultural activists and people at large.

Joler Gaan to perform at Dum Dum music fest in India

The shows are scheduled to take place in West Bengal’s Dum Dum, Chakdaha and Haldia between January 3 to January 5, where the band will perform at the prestigious “Dum Dum Sangeet Mela” music festival’s fourth edition, officially scheduled from January 3 till January 7, as the only Bangladeshi band.

Prachyanat stages ‘Koinya’ at Mohila Samity after long hiatus

The popular Prachyanat drama “Koinya” is going to be staged on the stage of Bangladesh Mohila Samity in the Bailey Road area, after a long hiatus. The play will be screened tomorrow (November 18) at 7 pm. Murad Khan wrote the drama about the naïveté of the Sylhet-Sunamganj Haor area while it was directed by Azad Abul Kalam.

‘Music connected us both’

Rahul Ananda concluded on a serious note, “I don't actually know. I am just doing my work. Some of my work takes me to places, into some people's minds and lives, and that’s how I connect to people myself, spiritually and philosophically. That is the wonder of music and life for me, and I feel that is what connected us both.”

French President Macron graces Joler Gaan studio, plays instrument

President Macron paid homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital's Dhanmondi on Sunday evening.

President of France to visit Rahul Ananda’s studio

French President Emmanuel Macron will land in Dhaka tomorrow. Upon his visit, he has shown interest in visiting the studio of Rahul Ananda, the multi-instrumentalist musician and front-man of the urban folk group Joler Gaan.

August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024

Jyotika Jyoti questions artistes' silence on the attack at Rahul Ananda's home

Actress Jyotika Jyoti has questioned why the artistes who protested under the banner of the Visual Media Artistes’ Society against police and Chhatra League attacks on the Anti-Discrimination Student Movements remained silent when Rahul Ananda's home was set ablaze and vandalised.

August 8, 2024
August 8, 2024

Journalists protest against attacks on cultural institutions

The protest meeting was moderated by journalist Maksudul Haque Imu and began with a minute of silence to honour the martyrs of the anti-discrimination student movement. The gathering was marked by strong condemnations of the vandalism and attacks on cultural venues, as well as the targeted attack on the residence of musical artiste Rahul Anand, known for his involvement with the student movement.

August 8, 2024
August 8, 2024

Cultural activists demand protection of art and heritage

The artists demanded swift action to protect citizens and end the violence that became rampant following the cessation of the former government body. They highlighted that miscreants have been setting fires, vandalising, and looting in various parts of Bangladesh, including state structures, police stations, and historical landmarks like Dhaka University's Swadhinata Chattar and the historical Shashi Lodge in Mymensingh.

August 6, 2024
August 6, 2024

Rahul Ananda’s home, a once vibrant cultural hub, looted and burnt

As we are still counting down on our losses, the vandalism and destruction that took place at Joler Gaan frontman Rahul Ananda’s residence on Monday (July 5) afternoon has devastated many cultural activists and people at large.

January 3, 2024
January 3, 2024

Joler Gaan to perform at Dum Dum music fest in India

The shows are scheduled to take place in West Bengal’s Dum Dum, Chakdaha and Haldia between January 3 to January 5, where the band will perform at the prestigious “Dum Dum Sangeet Mela” music festival’s fourth edition, officially scheduled from January 3 till January 7, as the only Bangladeshi band.

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023

Prachyanat stages ‘Koinya’ at Mohila Samity after long hiatus

The popular Prachyanat drama “Koinya” is going to be staged on the stage of Bangladesh Mohila Samity in the Bailey Road area, after a long hiatus. The play will be screened tomorrow (November 18) at 7 pm. Murad Khan wrote the drama about the naïveté of the Sylhet-Sunamganj Haor area while it was directed by Azad Abul Kalam.

September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023

‘Music connected us both’

Rahul Ananda concluded on a serious note, “I don't actually know. I am just doing my work. Some of my work takes me to places, into some people's minds and lives, and that’s how I connect to people myself, spiritually and philosophically. That is the wonder of music and life for me, and I feel that is what connected us both.”

September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023

French President Macron graces Joler Gaan studio, plays instrument

President Macron paid homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital's Dhanmondi on Sunday evening.

September 9, 2023
September 9, 2023

President of France to visit Rahul Ananda’s studio

French President Emmanuel Macron will land in Dhaka tomorrow. Upon his visit, he has shown interest in visiting the studio of Rahul Ananda, the multi-instrumentalist musician and front-man of the urban folk group Joler Gaan.

May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016

Rahul Ananda recovering after accident

Rahul Ananda, the multi-instrumentalist musician and front-man of urban folk group Joler Gaan, and also an avid artist and theatre and TV actor, suffered an accident on Sunday evening, but is out of any immediate danger.