Sanghamitra Mazumdar :February 21 is celebrated as the International Mother Language Day, as declared by the United Nations in 2000. Bengalis the world over, however, have been commemorating the day as Bhasha Dibas or Shahid Dibas for more than six decades now. It’s 21 February again tomorrow, when the song mentioned above will reverberate both in Bangladesh and West Bengal – the two nations divided by boundaries and religion but bound by language – remembering the sacrifice some of their...
Md. Arafat Rahman :On this day in 1952 (Thursday, 8 Falgun, 1358), many young minds were martyred in the police...
Tareq Nurul Hasan and Carl Dixon :International Mother Language Day, which falls on 21 February, has been recognised by the UN since 1999. However, this celebration of cultural and linguistic diversity has its roots in a 1950s movement that fought for the right to speak Bangla in Bangladesh, then called East Pakistan.In 1947, the birth of India and Pakistan as independent states saw the partition of the Bengal region. Hindu-majority West Bengal became a part of India, while Muslim-majority East...
Mir Nazim Uddin Ahmed :The private sector non-life insurance companies of the country have become dependent on the state-owned Sadharan Bima Corporation. Sadharan Bima Corporation represents Bangladesh in the world insurance market as a reinsurer of Bangladesh with premium support earned by private non-life insurance companies. They liaise with foreign reinsurers as representatives of state and all private insurance companies on domestic treaty renewals or other ancillary work. The domestic insurance business portfolio is strengthened due to the business contribution...
Alaul Alam :We achieved victory on the 16th December in 1971 through the sacrifice of thousands of lives. In the...
Enayetullah Khan :I vividly remember 1971 December 16 as Bangladesh was liberated. Freedom had been in the air for a...
Dr. Muhammad Mahtab Hossain Mazed On 16 December 1971, the Pakistani invading forces surrendered at Dhaka’s race course ground (now Suhrawardy Udyan). Now we are on the way to the 51st anniversary of victory. The month of victory came again in December. Today is the day of Bengali nation’s glory. The day the red-green flag was placed on the world map. Today, the glory of this day will be revealed only by paying tribute to the brave children who sacrificed...
Professor Anwarul Karim, PhD :Bangabandhu is dead. Long live Bangabandhu. Every year, August 15, appears as the darkest and blackest...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was...
Prof Dr Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin :Every year 15th August comes back to us and brings back the unbearable pain...
Syed Abdus Samad :There are people one works with who do not create any impression. They are just the run...
By Fasih Ullah Khan :As home to five of the world’s fourteen highest mountain peaks, rising above the height of 8,000 meters, Pakistan has much to offer to mountaineering, trekking, skiing and other adventure activities. Every year, mountaineers from across the globe travel to Pakistan to conquer the steep climbs of K2, Nanga Parbat and many more glorious and sky touching peaks and snow-covered mountains of the Karakoram and Himalayan ranges spanning the northern belt.Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing...