Shab-e-Barat
Syed Ashraf Ali :Of the nights in a year there are six which may safely be marked out for their grandeur and majesty, serenity and...
New Nation Supplement
Reality of the holy night
Mufti Taqi Usmani :Sha’ban is one of the meritorious months for which we find some particular instructions in the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi...
Tagore’s poems
Where the mind is without fear :Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world...
Tagore : Embracing the world
Uma Das Gupta :There were various stages in the development of Rabindranath’s humanism. His deepening experience in relating to man and nature gave him his...
The great artist Rabindranath Tagore
M.Mizanur Rahman :The lustrous myriad-minded genius of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) has its reflection in his century-old poetry and prose Bangla literature. There are fountains of...
Selected writings for children : Rabindranath Tagore
Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee :‘Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man’; ‘On the seashore of endless worlds children meet....
The significance of May Day
Chris Remington :130 years have passed since the infamous Chicago Haymarket protests. On May 1, 1886, approximately 35,000 workers walked off their jobs, demanding the...
Origins of May Day
Eric Chase :Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an...
Promoting healthy Trade Unionism
Kazi Liakat Hossain :The historic May Day is being observed today throughout the country and elsewhere in the world as a mark of respect to...
The study of folklore
Saifuddin Chowdhury :Folklore has developed into a discipline for academic study. Dan Ben-Amos, an American folklorist of international fame, defined folklore as “artistic communication in...
Pahela Baishakh : The roots
Mohammad Shahidul Islam :Today, the nation celebrates Pahela Baishak, the first day of the Bengali New Year, with traditional pomp and splendour. People from all...
Pahela Baishakh traditions
Mohammad Nurul Huda :The identity of a people is nowhere better reflected than in their inalienable cultural expressions created since antiquity. These expressions were handed...