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Tajuddin’s 96th birth anniv observed 23rd July, 2021 11:19:02 PM The 96th birth anniversary of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of independent Bangladesh and one of the four national leaders, was observed on Friday. Tajuddin, a great man and a political logician to the core, was born on this day in 1925 at Dardariya village in Kapasia, Gazipur, reports UNB. Since the 1947 partition, Tajuddin Ahmad played a very important role in all movements from anti-communalism to the Language Movement to the 1971 Liberation War. A close confidante of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Tajuddin w...

While he was still reeling with shock from the loss of his eight-year-old younger son, Mohidul Islam had to see his elder son taken away by police. Sourav, 12, was not only shown arrested in the case for murdering his brother Sohag but also forced to give a confessional statement, said the father, a day labourer by profession.   "Police took bribe from the murderers since they

The Mangaluru Rural Police on Thursday arrested four persons on charges of assaulting the panchayat development officer (PDO) of Mallur Gram Panchayat on Tuesday. The four had allegedly assaulted Raje

Brahmaputra river char: Where people can't afford to celebrate Eid in pandemic Photo: S Dilip Roy Aheda Bewa is a resident of Jatrapur char in the Brahmaputra river, under Kurigram Sadar upazila. She stays with her son Atoar Ali's and his family. She occasionally works as a day labourer. For her, Eid-ul-Fitr morning -- which sees celebrations and festivities around the world and in Bangladesh -- was not joyous. She was depressed as she could not manage to buy new clothes for them. Neither could her son Atoar (45). He works at a tea stall, and yet could not buy sugar and shemai (vermicelli) fo...

On April 17, 1971, the provisional government of Bangladesh was sworn in. I was lucky to have witnessed the historic event first-hand. India was monitoring the developments in Bangladesh, particularly Pakistan army's build-up, from March 1, 1971 onwards. India had apprehensions that Pakistanis might create some mischief on the International Border (IB) to draw away the attention of Bangladeshis. Therefore, from March 20, the Indian Army deployed some units (including my one) on the IB as a precautionary measure. The Indian Army's Wireless Experimental Units (monitoring enemy wireless transmis...