Buildings on either side of Satmasjid Road between Jigatala and Shankar in the capital’s Dhanmondi are teeming with signs and hoardings of different sizes and colours, mostly in English.

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.

Samra Soura, 85, the oldest resident of Soura village is forgetting his mother tongue. People of the Soura community mostly speak Bangla, Oriya and Sadri languages.

As the vice president of Women’s Students’ Union, I was responsible for organising female students. I sent some of them to girls’ schools to bring the girls to the meeting at Amtala [February 21, 1952].

“Joy Bangla”, the strongest slogan during the Liberation War and also during the struggle for the country’s independence, is set to become the national slogan of Bangladesh.

Sharif Uddin, who was sacked by the Anti-Corruption Commission last week, said he had always tried to unmask the corrupt and confiscate illegal wealth during his time at the commission. 

A skilled and judicious officer, who is well experienced in investigation. He is worthy of promotion.

The search committee is not likely to disclose whom it will recommend to the president for the posts of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners.

The meeting started at Amtala [February 21, 1952]. There was a question in everyone’s eyes -- what will happen, what will we do now?

The Sundarbans has to be protected as it acts like a shield to save the coast and country from cyclone, said speakers at the inaugural session of a conference in Khulna yesterday.

Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed has been appointed as the new director general of Border Guard Bangladesh.

Highlighting the growing friendship between Bangladesh and India, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam yesterday reiterated the unwavering commitment of the Bangladesh government to ensure peace and stability in the region and beyond.

The government has formulated rules to regularise the sale and consumption of alcohol, a move that narcotics control officials believe will generate revenue and make alcohol easily accessible to individuals with permission to drink.

The Daborkhali Canal in Chattogram’s Ichakhali union is at the risk of dying after Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (Bepza) has filled up around a two-km stretch of the critical water body to set up an economic zone.

In response to Khwaja Nazimuddin’s declaration on January 27, 1952 that only Urdu would be the state language of Pakistan, an all-out strike was organised in all schools and colleges in Dhaka on February 4.

IGP Benazir Ahmed has cancelled his trip to Germany planned for this month amid a controversy over the visit regarding “procurement of one lakh pieces of bedsheets and pillow covers for the force”.

Three government officials toured abroad this month using funds from a water development board project in Cox’s Bazar, although none of them was directly associated with the work.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to set up a universal pension scheme for people aged above 60 and also for those who worked in the informal sector.

The queues and chaos in front of TCB trucks have only been growing recently due to reduced earnings of low- and middle-income groups and price hikes.

I had about 10 taxis on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route. There was no strike on that route on the morning of February 21. At that time, I was in Narayanganj. The transport strike actually began in the evening, shortly after the shooting.