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by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an oasis” He was eagerly awaiting the transfer to Peradeniya where ” the desert would blossom like the rose” ( KR, Intro. Xxiii) .As we all know it did indeed. (Let us leave aside the “cultural desert” part.) . Being empowered to “develop” in a separate Faculty, Sinhalese, Tamil, Pali and Sanskrit studies expanded their academic vistas. I think the most momentous development was in the Department of Sinhalese. In Peradeniya, i...

Bangabandhu V-Day Basketball begins tomorrow 283 DHAKA, Dec 19, 2020 (BSS) – Bangabandhu Victory Day Basketball tournament will begin tomorrow (Sunday) at Dhanmondi basketball gymnasium in the city. BBF and Bangladesh Medical Association’s president Dr. Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin will inaugurate the meet as the chief guest, organised by BBF, said a Bangladesh Basketball Federation (BBF) press release today. A total of six teams – split into two groups- are taking part in the tournament which will be held to celebrate the Birth Centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Ra...

Mauritius names street after Bangabandhu Diplomatic Correspondent 17th December, 2020 10:25:05 The ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Street’, named in honour of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was inaugurated in Port Louis, Mauritius on Thursday.  Mohammad Anwar Husnoo, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Local Government & Disaster Risk Management of Mauritius and AK Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, jointly inaugurated the street virtually. Organized by the Bangladesh High Commission, Port Louis, Mauritius and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, both...

Mauritius dedicates a street after Bangabandhu’s name 365 Port Louis after the name of Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman celebrating the Mujib Borsha, marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. The street was today jointly inaugurated by vice-prime minister and also local government and disaster risk management minister of Mauritius Mohammad Anwar Husnoo and Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, virtually, organized by the Bangladesh High Commission in Port Louis, a foreign ministry press said. In a video message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sa...