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My brothers’ blood spattered 21 February

Literature Desk :amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano (My brothers’ blood Spattered) is a Bengali song written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in 1952 East Pakistan. It was first published anonymously...

Litterateur Kazi Akram Hossain

Litterateur Kazi Akram Hossain

Badiuzzaman :azi Akram Hossain, (1896-1963) educationist and litterateur, was born in the village of Paigram in Kasba. He took MA in English (1920) from Presidency College, Kolkata. While still studying, he taught briefly at...

Writer and preacher Shaikh Jamiruddin

Writer and preacher Shaikh Jamiruddin

Muhammad Shamsul Alam :haikh Jamiruddin, (1870-1937) writer and Islamic preacher, was born on 28th January 1870 at Garadobe Bahadurpur village in Gangni Upazila in Meherpur district. While studying at Meherpur Amjhupi Christian School and...

Novelist Syed Muztaba Ali

Nurur Rahman Khan :yed Muztaba Ali, (1904-1974), was an educationist, novelist and short story writer. He was born on 13 September 1904 at his father’s workplace in Karimganj, Sylhet. His father, Syed Sikandar Ali,...

Book Review

Ontorer Ontoraler Ponktimala(Verses from Inner of the heart)byMahmuda Dewan [Publisher: Sayeed Ahmed Anis, Kalantor Prokashoni, C/31, Zakir Hossain Road, Block-E Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207. Published on 9th Falgun 1424/21st February 2018. Cover design: Mahmmda Dewan. Compose:...

POEMS

POEMS

The old man and my dream -Moniruddin Yusuf I knew an old man a long time ago. He used to walk every afternoon attired by long white dress.I knew him. He had some apathy towards life...

Great novelist Charles Dickens

Literature Desk :harles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many...

Book Review

Nazrul: Tanr Somokale(Nazrul and his contemporary)by Dr Anwarul KarimPublisher: Eftakher Rasul George, Nawroze Sahitya Samvar/Nasas, Dhaka, 46, PK Ray Road, Banglabazar, Dhaka-1100. 1st print: Janurary 2017. Cover: George Haidar, Printing: Prantika Mudroni, 43, DNS...

Novelist Hasan Azizul Huq

Literature Desk :asan Azizul Huq (born 2 February 1939) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1999 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1970.Hasan Azizul Huq was born...

Doyen of journalists: Mahbubul Alam

Doyen of journalists: Mahbubul Alam

Mohammad Amjad Hossain :ince departure from this materialistic world on 6 June of 2014 I would like to recall Mr Mahbubul Alam’s excellent performances as Director General of External Publicity Division of the Ministry...

Toothpicks are everywhere, jabbed into sliders, wraps, club sandwiches and cocktail garnishes. Often, people have no idea they swallowed one, maybe because they were distracted or eating in a hurry.

He swallowed a toothpick It could have killed him

Denise Grady :young man nearly lost his life to a toothpick he didn’t even know he had swallowed, according to a harrowing report published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.The 3-inch wood...