Md Mazadul Hoque :While Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan, its economy stagnated. According to Pakistan Statistical Survey, in 1968...
Mufti Taqi Usmani :Sha’ban is one of the meritorious months for which we find some particular instructions in the Sunnah...
Prof. Mahmud Shah QureshiThe recorded history of Bengal starts just at the beginning of the 13th Century when the Turkish General Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji conquered the country with a small troop of cavalry:1 Since then Turkish, Arabic and Persian cultural forces remained active for more than seven hundred years which contributed to the formation of the civilization of Bengal in general and to the culture of the local Muslim population in particular. The latter along with their coreligionists of other...
Abdul Muqit Chowdhury :The Holy Quran reveals on ‘Deen’ (Religion as Code of life) in the following proclamation : “This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” (Sura Mayeda : 5:3)‘Deen’ has been used to mean ‘religion’ in Islam, but not in the limited sense of some worships and rituals – the old concept of religion being mostly dealing with the life Hereafter. ‘Deen’ includes...
Sayyid Mujtaba Musawi Lari :When we wish to assess the scientific personality and knowledge of a scholar, we examine his...
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Every year the great Victory Day is observed in remembrance of the last 16 days of...
A New Nation Report :Launching operation as a multi-products NBFI (non-banking financial institution) in May 1995, Phoenix Finance and Investments...
What is Qurbani? Qurbani refers to the sacrificial animals that non-pilgrim Muslims may offer, seeking Allah’s pleasure during the days of ‘Eid ul-Adha. Udhiyah is, in fact, offered in memory of the great sacrifice that Prophet Ibrahim and his son Prophet Isma’il, peace and blessings be upon both of them, were ordered to offer for Allah’s sake – when Ibrahim was ordered in a vision to offer his son in sacrifice for Allah’s sake, and Isma’il promptly consented. But Allah...
Alamgir Mohiuddin :He was a legend in his own lifetime. A relentless crusader for justice and press freedom, Tofazzal Hossain...
M. Mizanur Rahman :Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam thus sings the song of Islam on Eid-ul-Fitr-Oh! Great soul, pleasant Eid has come after the end of Ramadan-fasting!Now be resigned yourself by Allah’s gracious bidding; Distribute your jewelry-treasury’s sum and building-asset’s sum as Zakat(financial aid to the have-nots) but in the name of Allah by waking up the slumberous dead Muslims! Today you’ll say your prayer of Eid by heart at that Eidgahand that warfield where Gazi-Muslims became martyrs! Today forget your...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :In 1960s when Bengalis of erstwhile East Pakistan were subjected to the most humiliating treatment, it would be no exaggeration to state that they were experiencing the tribulations of a colonised people. In an atmosphere of all-pervasive fear and subjugation, it was Bangabandhu who confronted the mighty Field Marshal Ayub Khan and showed the guts to forcefully advocate the rights of fellow Bengalis. During the trial of the so-called Agartala Conspiracy Case in Dhaka Cantonment, Bangabandhu...
M. Mizanur Rahman :The particular aim in life for working out a great art is no less strenuous and adventurous. The person who works on art of poetry, song, and sketch or any other objects of art faculties has to tread hard on the particular subject concerned with utmost perseverance like constant working as worshiping towards its fruition. The art of song as composed by Rabindranath Tagore is varied and thought-provoking and its sweet notes and tonal variations have great aesthetic...