Bangla music channel off air: Holler or hoot!

Just the other day, the popular Paschimbanga music channel, in its phone-in live morning programme, showcased Rita Ganguly, an elderly classical singer, who took music lessons from the legendary Begum Akhter.As has been pointed out earlier by this writer in your esteemed daily, once again the channel showed the indifference...

Sound pollution, unsound for our health

Sound pollution is a killer which is harming our heath silently. Sound pollution invites many diseases like heart attacks and deafness. The volume of sound is measured in decibels (dB). About 85 dB can damage our hearing. As per world health organisation (WHO), generally 60 dB noise can damage a...