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The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) [2] is a live triple album credited to " George Harrison & Friends" [3][4] and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom. The album followed the two concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New York's ...
On Aug. 1, 1971, George Harrison leveraged his status as one of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll stars on the planet to help fight a humanitarian crisis that few in the Western hemisphere knew ...
The Concert for Bangladesh is a film directed by Saul Swimmer and released in 1972. The film documents the two benefit concerts that were organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise funds for refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War , and were held on Sunday, 1 August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Cyclone Thane. Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane was the strongest tropical cyclone of 2011 within the Bay of Bengal. Thane initially developed as a tropical disturbance within the monsoon trough to the west of Indonesia. Over the next couple of days the disturbance gradually developed further while moving towards the northwest, and was declared ...
The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) [1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international ...
Coordinates: 23°42′0″N 90°22′30″E. Dhaka experiences a hot, wet and humid tropical climate. Under the Köppen climate classification, Dhaka has a tropical wet and dry climate. The city has a distinct monsoonal season, with an annual average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) and monthly means varying between 18 °C (64 °F) in January and ...
Climate change is a critical issue in Bangladesh. [1] as the country is one of the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. [2][3] In the 2020 edition of Germanwatch 's Climate Risk Index, it ranked seventh in the list of countries most affected by climate calamities during the period 1999–2018. [4] Bangladesh 's vulnerability to the ...
Ark was formed in 1991 in Dhaka City by keyboardist and vocalist Ashiquzzaman Tulu when he met guitarist Pancham, who was playing guitar in the studio.. Ashiquzzaman Tulu was a prominent figure in the Bangladeshi rock music industry in the 1980s and 1990s, who was a founder member of Chime, along with Khalid, Shauqat Ali Emon and aly Sumon (current vocal of Pentagon).