Browse Category

Exclusive

Rhymester Sukumar Barua passes away

Bangla Academy Award and Ekushey Padak-winning renowned rhymester Sukumar Barua passed away today at the age of 88.

Sukumar Barua breathed his last at a private hospital in Raozan Upazila of Chattogram this morning.  His daughter Anjana Barua confirmed the death, saying he had been undergoing treatment for a week after fluid accumulated in his lungs. Despite medical efforts, he could not be saved.
He had been suffering from various age-related ailments for years. His right leg was paralysed fol...

A country between the gaze of eyes and fall of tears

Altaf Hossain Uzzal
One day, an elderly philosopher was sitting at a tea stall shaded by old trees in Paltan, Dhaka. He said softly— “Love begins in the eyes, and in the eyes it ends.” Across from him sat two people. In the eyes of one lay the exhaustion of a long political struggle—she was Khaleda. In the eyes of the other lived silent loyalty, a stubborn faith in ideals—he was Osman Sharif Hadi. Their bond was not a love story. It was a story of belief—heavier than love, yet as fragile as love itself. ...

Big question: Will Tarique build on Khaleda Zia’s legacy?

Moudud Ahmmed Sujan:

On Tuesday, the premises of Evercare Hospital in Bangladesh’s capital turned into a sombre focal point for a nation’s grief as news filtered out of the medical facility: Khaleda Zia, three-time prime minister and longtime leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was dead.

Khaleda had been receiving treatment at the hospital since the night of November 23. [caption id="attachment_34985" align="alignleft" width="770"]

Millions attend Khaleda Zia’s janaza

Millions of people from across Bangladesh attended the namaz-e-janaza of BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital.

The Janaza began around 3:00 pm, while the coffin wrapped in the national flag was brought to the venue around 2:45 pm with full state honour. Standing Committee Member of BNP, Nazrul Islam Khan, read out a brief biography of the late leader while Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib Mufti Mohammad Abdul Malek conducted the funeral prayers.

Two Revolutionaries, One Cause: Justice

Dr. Mustofa Munir 
History often forges its most enduring parallels not through chronology, but through conscience. Across different eras, languages, and battlefields, certain spirits rise with the same fire—to resist tyranny, to speak for the silenced, and to demand justice at any cost. Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Shahid Osman Hadi belong to that rare lineage. Though separated by a century, they stood on the same moral ground, fought the same kind of oppression, and, in a ...
Verified by MonsterInsights