Humans share fish genes that aid in repairing spinal cord
Weekend Plus Desk :Scientists have found that many of the genes that aid in the natural repair of injured spinal cord in the lamprey fish are also active in the repair of the peripheral...
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Legend in Bengali novels Najibor Rahman Shahityaratna
Prof Nurul Amin Chowdhury :The history of Bengali literature appeared in its own shape by Raja Ram Mohon Roy (1774-1833), Peari Chand Mitro (1814-83) the writer of ‘Alaler Ghorer Dulal,’ 1858, considered as the...
Intellectual Abul Hashim
Golam Kibria Bhuiyan :Abul Hashim (1905-1974) was a Muslim nationalist politician and intellectual. Born in the village Kashiara in Burdwan district, West Bengal, Abul Hashim obtained his Graduation degree from the Burdwan Raj College...
Poems: Bad Player
Dr Augustine Cruze : Oh God destroy my enemies Because they have made injustice to me Destroy them for they have betrayed me For they have mistrusted me For out of jealousy put me...
Legend in Bengali novels
Another cause of the popularity of Anowara was its perspicuity, straight and easy style of statement. On the other hand, Najibor Rahman was first and pioneer to introduce Persian, Urdu, and Arabic words in...
Turn boring bathroom into a contemporary one
Weekend Plus Desk :Abhishek Somany, Managing Director at Somany Ceramics Limited, and Manish Bhatia, CEO at Evok Retail, HSIL Limited, have listed a few ways of turning a boring bathroom into a contemporary one:*...
Researcher writer M Akbar Ali
Ali Nawaz :M Akbar Ali (1911-2001) was an educationist, researcher and writer. Akbar Ali was born on 1 March 1911, in the Gopalpur village of Sujanagar upazila, Pabna. He passed the ISc examination from...
Bande Ali Mia
Mahbubul Haque :Bande Ali Mia (1906-1979) poet, novelist, playwright and writer of children’s literature, was born in the village of Radhanagar in Pabna district on 15 December 1906. He passed the Entrance examination (1923)...
Poet Abul Hussain
Bimal Guha :Abul Hussain, (1896-1938) writer, intellectual and social activist, was born on 6 January 1896 at the home of his maternal uncle in Panisara in Jessore. His paternal residence was at Kauria in...
Muslim Sahitya-Samaj
Khondkar Serajul Huq :Muslim Sahitya-Samaj was a literary and cultural organisation founded by some free-thinking and progressive teachers and students of Dhaka University and Dhaka Intermediate College. It was established on 19 January 1926...
POEM: To play with the Victory violin
-Tahia TabassumWhat is the day today? The celebration I say. You know the history of it, A complicated journey to get rid. I found myself lost And scared of the ghost. The eyes were...
The Lost Song of Naina Devi: Revisiting the life of the musician, 100 years on
Suanshu Khurana :The name Naina Devi draws no response from the driver taking us to the Chapslee estate on Shimla’s Elysium Hill. This hill station thrives on stories of the times gone by, but...