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Snap-Apple Night, painted by Daniel Maclise in 1833, shows people feasting and playing divination games on Halloween in Ireland. (Source Wikimedia commons)

When human sacrifices were made on Halloween

Weekend Plus Desk :Halloween is an industry. With projected sales of about $9.1 billion this year (and by the way this figure is just for USA, according to the US National Retail Federation), it...

Maulana Maniruzzaman Islamabadi

Maulana Maniruzzaman Islamabadi

M Inamul Hoque :Maulana Maniruzzaman Islamabadi, (1875-1950) Islamic thinker, nationalist activist and journalist. Born in Aralia, a village under Patiya upazila of Chittagong district, Maulana Maniruzzaman was a colourful presence in Bengal Muslim politics...

Abbasuddin Ahmed: Legend of folk song

Wakil Ahmad :Abbasuddin Ahmed (1901-1959), folk singer, was born at Balarampur in Tufanganj subdivision in the district of Cooch Bihar on 27 October 1901. His father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at the...

When is Halloween 2017?

Weekend Plus Desk :Halloween is popularly known as the spookiest time of the year and is celebrated on October 31. The roots of this ancient holiday date back to the Celtics, who observed their...