Dr. M. Shamsher Ali :At the very outset, it must be emphasised that the contemporary implications of Maulana Rumi’s thoughts...
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Rummana Chowdhury :(From the prvious issue)Inside the cage is an unknown bird how does he come and go? The world consists of how many ways when the call comes the unknown birds in the cage will fly away. This World is a fake prison. No one belongs to the other. Everything is false is false”. We discover Lalon Shah more and more with each passing day. It was the age of Calligraphy then. It is the finest form of art...
Rummana Chowdhury :My little country Bangladesh is on the forefront of many peace missions all over the world. The 175 million plus people are often the happiest people on earth. Natural calamities, over-population, poverty, low GDP, poor infrastructure, inflation, increasing cost of day-to-day living and countless hindrances to development often make us pessimistic. But nevertheless, optimism looms in the air. And against all odds we are surviving. And surviving quite well on most days. The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, crossed...
Lewis carroll :Alice and her sister sat on the green grassy bank which was encircled by clumps of daisies. While...
Literature Desk :Edgar Allan Poe’s (1809-1849) stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious...
Tasiqul Islam :Golam Maksud Hilali (1900-1961), educationist, linguist and litterateur, was born on 30 November 1900 at Fulbari in Sirajganj....
Shawkat Hussain :Kabir Chowdhury (1923-2011), National Professor, academician, writer, cultural and social activist, was born on 9 February 1923 in...
-Mohammad Nurul Huda :This is the Ekushey day-recalling the 21st of February The day when a stirred-up race erupted incandescently And till now, that day in Bengali minds shines brilliantly. It’s a day for morning processions and bare-feet walks For crimson-lined white saris and pinned black badgesFor grieving people with bosoms bearing history’s burdens. The day is all about the mother tongue and mother earth’s giftsIt is all about promoting harmony and humanity’s happiness And reminding people everywhere about loving languages. This...
Ahmed Rafique :Ekushey February now also called just Ekushey, 21 February, Shaheed Dibas (Martyrs’ Day) and, since 2000, International Mother Language Day. On 21 February 1952, corresponding to 8 Falgun 1359 in the Bangla calendar, a number of students campaigning for the recognition of Bangla as one of the State Languages of Pakistan were killed when police fired upon them. Even before the creation of Pakistan in 1947, there had been demands that Bangla be made the State Language of...
Dulal Bhowmik :Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873), epic poet and playwright, was born on 25 January, 1824 in a landed family...
Mohammad Asad :Born in 1940 in a village called Shapkhola in Jhenidah (formerly a subdivision of greater Osman Jessore district) Zazabar, recipient of a number of awards, earned his post graduate degrees in History and English from the universities of the Punjab and Dhaka in 1966 and 1975. A pro-life writer with good command of English and Bengali, Zazabar has published sixteen books so far. Keen sense of visualisation, objective condition of the milieu, perception of the present vis-a-vis the...