The Ittefaq building, which housed the offices of “The Daily Ittefaq” newspaper,...
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“But what if anyone other than Mujib had presented the Six-Point to the country? Someone almost did. It was Mujib’s feeling that Shah Azizur Rahman, who had joined the Awami League in 1964, would be doing a better job than he by raising the autonomy plan in Lahore. He was dissuaded by Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia, who saw a whole lot of logic in Mujib’s rather than Shah Aziz’s presenting the Bengali argument at the opposition conference. The rest is,...
Manik Mia’s eldest son Barrister Mainul Hosein nicknamed Hiru, was elected to...
Manik Mia had a significant relationship with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Manik...
The Awami Muslim League was founded on June 23, 1949 at the...
This letter was written by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Tofazzal Hossain...
During the tumultuous 1954 elections, Manik Mia’s pen proved mightier than the...
Md Hafizur Rahman : Tofazzal Huseyn (1911-1969) was a journalist-politician and editor of the Daily Ittefaq. He is widely known as Manik Mia. Tofazzal Huseyn was born in Bhandaria in Pirojpur district in 1911. He passed Entrance examination from Pirojpur High School and obtained B.A degree from Barisal Brajamohan College in 1935. Tofazzal Huseyn started his career as an assistant in the office of the Sub-divisional officer of Pirojpur. Later, he was appointed as District Public Relations Officer of Barisal....
We had planned to visit China, but when I rushed to pick...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Tafazzal Hossain Manik Mia was born in...
“… the depth of Manik Bhai’s influence in my personal life is indescribable. I have known him since 1943. Throughout our lives since that introduction, we two brothers have been fighting for the rights of the people together …. One thing we both agreed on was the independence of Bengal. Apart from independence, there is no freedom for Bengalis, there was no room for dilemma among us. And since there was no one, we have worked from two fronts in...
Dr Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin : June 1, 2021 marks the 52nd...
Kazi Liakat Hossain : The historic May Day is being observed today...
Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury : The observance of the May Day on the first day of the month of May every year is an international event. During the 18th and 19th Centuries there were no fixed working hours for the workers in industry. The workers were forced to work from morning to evening, sometimes even more. Work environment was highly inhuman and totally unhygienic. There were no set laws to govern service conditions, to guarantee social security of the workers and...