Publish Date : 2014-09-06, Publish Time : 00:00, View Count : 52
Ekushey Padak winner Pandit Ram Kanai Das, the legendary folk song maestro, breathed his last at a city hospital at around 10:50pm. He was undergoing treatment for brain haemorrhage since August 27. He was 79. Ramkanai Das was born in Sunamganj in 1935. In 2014, the government awarded him 'Ekushey Padak' for his contribution in collecting folk songs.