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The 23rd of March is an epoch-making day in our national history that reminds us of our past, invites us to ponder over our present state of affairs and inspires us to build a...
New Nation Supplement
Bangla in the challenge of diversification
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :From 1858 to 1947, it was a part of the British Raj under brutal and exploitative British colonial rule. Decades of anti-colonial build-up led to the creation of the Mountbatten...
History of Bhasha Dibas
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...
The bloodstained Ekushey February
Md. Arafat Rahman :On this day in 1952 (Thursday, 8 Falgun, 1358), many young minds were martyred in the police firing on the students who were protesting for making Bengali one of the state...
How Mother Language Day was born
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...
Only Sadharan Bima Corporation Can restore confidence in Nonlife Insurance
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...
Historic Victory Day, the culmination of Liberation War
Alaul Alam :We achieved victory on the 16th December in 1971 through the sacrifice of thousands of lives. In the nine-month long war the Pakistani occupation forces along with their local collaborators killed three...
1971: A time to remember, a time to move forward
Enayetullah Khan :I vividly remember 1971 December 16 as Bangladesh was liberated. Freedom had been in the air for a while and it was obvious that the Pakistani forces were going down. Every one...
Bangladesh enters the 52nd year of victory, the victory of December is the victory of our national identity
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....
When the sun eclipsed
Professor Anwarul Karim, PhD :Bangabandhu is dead. Long live Bangabandhu. Every year, August 15, appears as the darkest and blackest spot in the history of Bangladesh, nay the civilized world, following the treacherous and...
Bangabandhu: Portrait of a patriot
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic...
August 15, the most tragic day in our history
Prof Dr Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin :Every year 15th August comes back to us and brings back the unbearable pain concerned with the day to cause mourning and weeping. The admirers of Bangabandhu remember...