Genesis of the Language Movement
A.T.M.Nurun Nabi :The movement for decorating Bengali with the status of an official language in India began long before the creation of Pakistan. An English writer N.B. Holhed in the year 1778 published a...
New Nation Supplement
Contribution of women in the Language Movement
Selina Hossain :Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wrote in connection with the language movement in his autobiography “The Unfinished Memoirs”: We were put up in a place in the jail. It...
Poem: The Mother Tongue
Sohrab Pasha :Spring breeze vibrates through the dust-grey forest of the world todayHere the Spring blossoms as flowers of Ekusbey. Shahid Minar fills up with bunches of red flowers of tender love The amazed...
Poem: They want to snatch away the words of my mouth
Abdul Latif :They want it snatch away The words of my mouth. They chain my hands and feet For sheer fun What my grandfather spoke That too my father spoke And now tell me,...
Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language
Barrister Nazir Ahmed :Bangla is the State Language of Bangladesh – more than 155 million people of Bangladesh speak Bangla. It is the mother tongue of almost all people of Bangladeshi origin. Although Bangla...
38th Anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran: Iran, a Major Victim of Terrorism
From the very beginning of the Revolution in 1979, Iran has suffered many terrorist attacks. One could even say Iran is somehow one of the major victims of terrorism in the world. If you...
Message from the Ambassador
On the behalf of the Iranian government and the people of Iran, we would like to extend our heartfelt greetings to the government and the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of the 38th...
Iran at a Glance
Geography: Location: Middle East, bordering the Oman Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan.Area: 1,648,195 sq kmCountry comparison to the world: 18Border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km,...
Old and modern customs of celebration of New Year’s Day
January 1 represents the fresh start of a new year after a period of remembrance of the passing year, including on radio, television, and in newspapers, which starts in early December in countries around...
Peace for prosperity
Zahurul Alam :Peace is one of the important prerequisites for prosperity. ‘If you want to spoil a heart make that void of peace; if you want to break a mind make that restless; and...
Beginning of a New Dawn
Barrister Miti Sanjana :As the new year approaches with new hopes and promises, it is the perfect time to let go of all the fears, grudges, sadness and past mistakes. We cannot change the...
The New Year
Rabindranath Tagore :Like fruit, shaken free by an impatient windfrom the veils of its mother flower,thou comest, New Year, whirling in a frantic danceamid the stampede of the wind-lashed cloudsand infuriate showers,while trampled by...