THE magnificent origin of Bangladesh鈥檚 Armed Forces Day goes back to 1971 in the battlefields of the war of independence. November 21 is a significant day in the victory saga of patriotism. On this day, the army, the navy and the air force united with the Mukti Bahini, freedom fighters 鈥� and led the joint offensive against the occupation forces...
Writers and poets said on Monday that Hasan Azizul Haque wrote a lot on the 1947 partition of India which writings were successful aesthetically in Bangla literature, especially his short-stories...
The University of Dhaka at a syndicate meeting on Wednesday made a decision to lift the ban on academic ties with Pakistan...
The 72nd birthday of Independence Award-winning internationally acclaimed singer and composer Runa Laila was celebrated in Dhaka on Sunday...
Social welfare adviser Sharmin S Murshid on Saturday in Rangpur said that one lakh heroic freedom fighters of 1971 did not get justice during the post-independence period...
Today is the third anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning fiction writer Hasan Azizul Haque...
Criticising sections of people perceiving the interim government as 鈥榮oft to illogical demands鈥�,聽 power, energy, and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan claimed on Sunday that the incumbent government is the strongest in the history of independent Bangladesh.
IN A recent timely address, the chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called on the interim government to initiate sweeping reforms to preserve the neutrality and independence of the...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said that the current government did not give any impression at all to Pakistan that Bangladesh was willing to build good relations leaving...
AS A navy veteran, the naval battles of Trafalgar and Jutland have always captivated my attention. These pivotal encounters, while defining moments in maritime history, have broader implications that resonate across continents and centuries. Their echoes can be heard in the struggles for freedom across the globe, including Bangladesh鈥檚 relentless...
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president and freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rab has said that there is no scope of creating controversy on the settled issues of the War of Independence...
The 50th anniversary of the death of legendary singer Abdul Alim will be observed today...
The 鈥楧ua Mahfil鈥� in memory of Irfan Bhuiyan, a student of United International University and all martyrs of anti-discrimination student movement, to highlight the glorious movement to new generation, inauguration of 鈥業ndependence Corner鈥� at UIU library was held on Monday on its campus in Dhaka...
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of freedom fighter and Independence Award-winning singer Abdul Jabbar...
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning legendary actor Abdur Razzak...
Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning artist and Language Movement veteran Murtaja Baseer...
WE MAY find a useful clue on August 15 to the direction the turbulence-stricken Bangladesh is heading in. August 15 marks India鈥檚 Independence Day, but it also became the day in 1975 when the founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, was assassinated in a military coup. The Awami League government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed subsequently...
Swadhin Bangla Football Dal player Saidur Rahman Patel breathed his last at a hospital in California, USA, on Thursday, confirmed the Bangladesh Football Federation through a media release...
THE judiciary appears to be in need of an urgent course correction as it appears to have shifted its standing with the change in the government. And, such a shift questions the independence of the judiciary that was officially effected on November 1, 2007 from the executive and the legislative based a 12-point directive that the Appellate Division issued...
Teachers of different universities, including Jahangirnagar and Rajshahi University, staged demonstrations protesting at police killings, arrests, oppression and harassment for the second consecutive day on Tuesday...
Today is the fourth anniversary of death of Shajahan Siraj, a former student leader and one of the key organisers of the War of Independence...
The 84th birthday of the Independence Award-winning artist Hashem Khan was observed on Thursday...
Yearlong programmes will be held to mark the 100th birth anniversary of educationist and War of Independence organiser Khan Sarwar Murshid...
WITH a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 147,570 square kilometres, Bangladesh is the eighth most populated country in the world. It is still one of the least developed countries, poised to graduate to a developing country by 2026 and a developed country by 2041...
With five days still to go in the first monsoon month鈥擩une鈥攖he north-eastern district of Sylhet already recorded an amount of rainfall that was never seen in the month since Bangladesh鈥檚 independence in 1971...
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of writer and political activist Jahanara Imam, who pioneered the campaign for the trial of 1971 war criminals...
The first anniversary of death of Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organisers of the country鈥檚 War of Independence, was observed on Sunday...
Chinese defence minister Dong Jun warned on Sunday that his military was ready to 鈥榝orcefully鈥� stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with the United States.......
Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai鈥檚 solo exhibition under way at the Zainul Gallery 1 and 2 of Dhaka University gives the younger generation a glimpse into the...
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday observed that the West鈥檚 commitment to media freedom is selective...