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In a book launch held at the capital’s Bengal Shilpalay today, Gyantapas Abdur Razzak Foundation and University Press Limited held a discussion session on Professor Razzak’s Political Parties in India, his 1950 PhD thesis for the London School of Economics, published now for the first time in book form. 

When you go to a book-store, it is often difficult to choose from the plethora of newly released books available. The following list should help when deciding what new books to buy.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Padma Bridge Symbol of Nation’s Pride & Dignity: Hasina Takes Bangladesh to Unique Heights

During the Language Movement in 1952, I was not a member of the Communist Party. I was a member of Youth League, and as a member of the organisation I worked in close collaboration with the Communist Party.

Our Bhasha Andolan—the Language Movement—was undoubtedly a major event in our political history.

On the night of February 20, Zahedul Huq, Shelley, Gazi, Sultan, Mansur of Naogaon and I sat by the pond of Fazlul Haque Hall to discuss what can be done the next day.

On January 27, 1952, Khwaja Nazimuddin, addressing an open session of the Muslim League Council, said only Urdu would be the state language of Pakistan.

When I received the news of the shooting, I was in my office at the Provincial Secretariat. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

A meeting of the [Muslim League] parliamentary party was going on in the assembly hall on February 21, 1952, and I heard the gunshot during that meeting.