Razzak death anniv today
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning legendary actor Abdur Razzak...
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Murtaja Baseer鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of Independence Award-winning artist and Language Movement veteran Murtaja Baseer...
Is he Dhaka鈥檚 Manmohan Singh?
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 Patel dies
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...
Judiciary must learn to stay off political control
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...
Univ teachers continue demos protesting at killings, arrests of students
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...
4th anniv of death of Shajahan Siraj today
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...
Hashem Khan鈥檚 84th birthday observed
The 84th birthday of the Independence Award-winning artist Hashem Khan was observed on Thursday...
Yearlong celebration of Khan Sarwar Murshid鈥檚 birth centenary announced聽
Yearlong programmes will be held to mark the 100th birth anniversary of educationist and War of Independence organiser Khan Sarwar Murshid...
All is not well
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...
Sylhet passes wettest June in five decades
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...
Jahanara Imam鈥檚 death anniv today
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...
First anniv of death of Serajul Alam Khan observed
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...
Beijing ready to 鈥榝orcefully鈥� stop Taiwan independence: China defence chief
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.......
鈥楻ise of a Nation鈥� depicts human cost of war in 1971
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...
West鈥檚 commitment to media freedom is selective: discussion
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday observed that the West鈥檚 commitment to media freedom is selective...
Shahjahan Kabir鈥檚 two books on War of Independence unveiled
The publications of two books written by Bir Pratik Md Shahjahan Kabir on the history of the War of Independence were launched at the Liberation War Affairs Ministry in the capital on Thursday...
Govt should recognise April 10 as republic day
THE demand for April 10 to be recognised and observed as republic day merits a serious government consideration. Almost all political parties in the opposition, many civic groups, historians and intellectuals have on different occasions..