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....
New Nation Supplement
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...
On a new year
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 history of the Bengali New Year
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...
Bangladesh War of Independence
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)...
Poem: Roar, O Freedom
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...
Poems: My soil and the sons of the soil
Al Mujahidi :This day is exclusively my day … Repeatedly explains my existence This day is exclusively my day … Awakes me through my existence....