Saturday | February 07, 2026 | Dhaka
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. They build their houses with sand, and they play...
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 standardisation of eight-hour workdays. Many labor historians point to...
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 assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state...
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 workers, who shed their blood for the establishment of...
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 small groups.” This definition, though very short, has received...
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 walks of life, dressed for the occasion, will enjoy...
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 down from one generation to another following oral tradition...
M. Mizanur Rahman :When a year ends, as it were, a new span of life expands touching another year. But it does not mean that the old one is left aside. You cannot throwaway...
Uttam Kumar Nag :In Bengal, Emperor Akbar started the Bengali calendar-year on 10 March, 1585, but it became effective from 16 March, 1586, the day of his ascension to the throne. The basis of...
The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War refers to an armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The...
Shamsur Rahman :What shall I do with the spring when I hear only the cuckoo moaning and cannot see gorgeous flowers blossom? What shall I do with the gardenWhere no birds ever pays a...
Al Mujahidi :This day is exclusively my day … Repeatedly explains my existence This day is exclusively my day … Awakes me through my existence. Explains the essence of my life and death- And...