Dhaka, Nov 17 (UNB) – The third and final day of the fabulous folk festival resumed on Saturday with the performance of Nakshi Kantha.   

Sun Communications in association with Sun Foundation organized the festival in the country for the fourth consecutive year at Bangladesh Army Stadium in Banani from the evening till 12 am.

The musical troupe generally performs Jari, Sari and many more genres of song.
 
Las Migas from Spain and Shafqat Amanat Ali from Pakistan are scheduled to come to this bustling city to celebrate the spirit of folk music on the final day of DIFF.

Baul Kabir Shah, Arnob, Swarobanjo and Bhabna Nritya Dol of the hsot country will also be performing on the third day.

DIKANDA from Poland, Wadali Brothers and Satyaki Banerjee from India and Abdul Hai Dewan from Bangladesh performed on the first day of the three-day-long folk fest.
 
Internationally renowned music band DIKANDA introduced the audience with extremely emotional and authentic performance just after the formal inauguration of the fest on Thursday.

Grammy award-winning folk band Los Texmaniacs from the USA and Majaz from Bahrain also enthralled Dhaka audiences on the second day of the fest.

The Raghu Dixit Project from India, prominent artists Momotaz Begom and Swarobanjo of the host country were on the list to perform on the second day (Friday).

Some 174 artistes from seven countries including Bangladesh gathered on a single stage to celebrate the music of the heart.
 
The audience had to print their Entry Pass for each day to enter the festival with the photocopy of their respective NID or Passport.

The audiences could also enjoy the musical show through Grameenphone’s online video streaming service ‘Bioscope Live’.
 

Los Angeles, Nov 17 (AP) — Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbor whose house the pop singer egged.

A document filed Friday shows the case has been resolved in its entirety. No details were given about the terms.

Jeffrey and Suzanne Schwartz filed a lawsuit in early 2015 that alleged they suffered emotional harm because of the egging and other actions by Bieber when he lived next door.

The 24-year-old pop singer has already served probation in a criminal plea deal after the 2013 incident, and paid $80,000 in restitution for the damage he caused.

The lawsuit alleged Bieber spit in Jeffrey Schwartz's face and terrorized the family with loud parties, drug use and aggressive driving while living in a gated community in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas. It sought more than $25,000 in damages for assault and battery, trespassing and infliction of emotional distress claims.

Bieber's attorneys argued that the restitution he already paid and the punishment he was given were sufficient, and that he did not rightly owe more for emotional damages.

Messages left for attorneys from both sides were not immediately returned.

During an August hearing, Judge Elaine W. Mandel, who had taken over the case after three years, expressed skepticism at the plaintiffs' claims. She grilled the Schwartz's attorney Brian J. Kim to explain what damages Bieber caused the plaintiffs, calling them "minimal."

She also did not appear inclined to admit much of the evidence the plaintiffs want to introduce at trial, including dozens of media stories about Bieber's misbehavior.

Dhaka, Nov 16 (UNB) - Las Migas from Spain and Shafqat Amanat Ali from Pakistan are scheduled to come to this bustling city to celebrate the spirit of folk music on the final day of the Dhaka Int’l Folk festival on Saturday.

Baul Kabir Shah, Arnob, Nakshikatha, Swarobanjo and Bhabna Nritya Dol of the hsot country will also be performing on the third day.

DIKANDA from Poland, Wadali Brothers and Satyaki Banerjee from India and Abdul Hai Dewan from Bangladesh performed on the first day of the three-day-long folk fest.

Internationally renowned music band DIKANDA introduced the audience with extremely emotional and authentic performance just after the formal inauguration of the fest on Thursday.

Grammy award-winning folk band Los Texmaniacs from the USA and Majaz from Bahrain also enthralled Dhaka audiences on the second day of the fest.

The Raghu Dixit Project from India, prominent artists Momotaz Begom and Swarobanjo of the host country were on the list to perform on the second day (Friday).

Sun Communications in association with Sun Foundation organized the festival in the country for the fourth consecutive year at Bangladesh Army Stadium in Banani from 6 pm to 12 am.

Some 174 artistes from seven countries including Bangladesh gathered on a single stage to celebrate the music of the heart.

The audience had to print their Entry Pass for each day to enter the festival with the photocopy of their respective NID or Passport.

The audiences could also enjoy the musical show through Grameenphone’s online video streaming service ‘Bioscope Live’.

Los Angeles, Nov 16 (AP/UNB) — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving $300,000 to help the victims of California's deadly wildfires.

The organization best known for creating and organizing the Golden Globe Awards on Thursday announced the donation to four organizations that also include money for victims and families of last week's mass shooting in Southern California.

The funds will go to the victims of the fires in Northern and Southern California. The fires started last week and together have killed at least 59 people, destroyed thousands of homes and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of thousands.

The association formed in 1943 and started the Golden Globes a year later.

It frequently hands out grants, usually to organizations related to the entertainment industry.

Dhaka, Nov 15 (UNB) - DIKANDA, a music band of international renown, hailing from Poland introduced the audience with extremely emotional and authentic performance.

The high profile polish band performed after the formal inaugural ceremony of Dhaka International Folk Fest on Thursday.

Audience were seen enjoying their diversity of musical performance with due attention though language is different.

Every members of the band were playing their instruments from the heart for listeners and trying to gain the attention their dancing.

They could also connect themselves with the unknown audience successfully through their ethnic songs and rhythmic body movement and clinched the huge clap of the audience.

Team leader of the band Ania Witczak played accordion in the packed audience platform alongside the singing.

She said in her short speech in Bengali “I love you Bangladesh.” she added “What I tell you in your language is really true.”

The other band members are- Dominik Bieńczycki , Daniel Kaczmarczyk , and Piotr Rejdak ( guitars), Grzegorz Kolbrecki (bass),Kasia Bogusz (singing), Szymon Bobrowski ( trumpet)

They come from Szczecin, Poland. In their artistic work DIKANDA promotes the authenticity of style – searching for new trends therefore most of their works are original compositions.

They draw their musical inspiration from traditional folk sounds of the broadly defined Orient – from the Balkans, through Israel, Kurdistan, Belarus to India.

Their works are dominated by the Balkan and Gypsy influences. The band has been playing since 1997 and has recorded 7 albums so far, including a Live DVD recorded in the Witkacy Theatre in Zakopane.

They have performed hundreds of concerts, mostly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland but also in Russia, India and the USA.

They have won numerous awards – among others in 2005 their album "Ushtijo" was awarded "The Disc of the Year" by a German magazine "Folker".

DIKANDA's concerts are extremely emotional journeys through ethnic sounds, zestful meetings full of charisma, energy and true feelings. What sets DIKANDA apart is creating new words in their lyrics, thus forming their genuine language - "dikandish".

The most important element of their artistic work is the message – a special relation between the musicians and the audience.