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February 21, 1952: The day through the eyes of Language Movement veterans

Congratulations to the happy couple!

When we heard (February 20, 1952) that the All-Party State Language Action Committee decided against violating Section 144, we got very angry. Around 9:00pm-10:00pm, seven or eight of us met on the east bank of the pond at Fazlul Haque Hall.

On February 21, 1952, a meeting of students began at Amtala (now Dhaka Medical College and Hospital). Gaziul Haque presided over the meeting.

We all read the history of the Bangla Language Movement of 1952 in our textbooks. As a child I learned that Shaheed (martyred) Salam, Jabbar, Shafiur and...

Relentless snowfall in J&K has canceled flights and blocked roads, but help was just a call away for a pregnant woman, who was shifted to the hospital for delivery in a JCB.

A favourite with elders, this smoked fish dish – faer'ie – involves cleaning raw fish, leaving it to dry, setting its grass bed alight, scraping off the outer layer, cleaning it once again and then selling or eating.

Incidents of firing into the air took place at night throughout the city

Incidents of firing into the air took place at night throughout the city

Top brass of J&K Police, intelligence agencies, and officers of central forces to attend todays meeting in Delhi to discuss the security situation in the Valley.