Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud was one of the brightest filmmakers of Bangladesh who as an independent filmmaker, stood out from the crowd and set
15 December 2016

Numbers 200

Is the number of military personnels who are deployed to Syria to help the campaign to drive the Islamic State militant group from Raqqa,
15 December 2016

MAILBOX

To Walk Alone but Strong
15 December 2016

SNAPSHOT

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” – Jim Morrison, American singer, songwriter, and poet.
15 December 2016

Songs of Victory

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love,” said Mahatma Gandhi, and how true his words are! The people of Bengal fought for liberation and freedom – not only with strategies, guns and grenades, but also with poetry, words of inspiration and melodies that were strong enough to move mountains.
15 December 2016

Alamdanga killing field could have more to say

The Pakistan army's killing field in Alamdanga of Chuadanga could be holding further proof of the brutality of the anti-liberation forces.
15 December 2016

Putin's barking dog takes center stage at media interview

Ahead of his visit to Japan later this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin brings his dog Yume into an interview with Japanese journalists, and the large Akita breed makes sure she as well as her master are well heard.
15 December 2016

Gaibandha mass grave now a barren ground

Shoddy fencing and a few worn out signboards are the only things that separate a piece of land in Gaibandha’s Fulchari – where over 4,000 people were slain by the Pakistan forces in 1971.
15 December 2016

Killing fields of 1971: Our grief, our strength

Around 3,000,000 people were brutally killed by the then West Pakistan forces during the nine months of Liberation War in1971, their bodies were dumped and buried in hundreds of mass graves and killing fields across the country.
15 December 2016

Aleppo battle: Evacuation of rebel-held east 'under way'

An operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and fighters from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo is under way despite an earlier attack on a medical convoy by pro-government forces.
15 December 2016

Battle of Aleppo ends after years of bloodshed with rebel withdrawal

Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ends after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment, as insurgents agree to withdraw in a ceasefire.
14 December 2016

Mass grave in utter neglect

Golahat mass grave near Saidpur railway station in the district bearing the horrifying memory of the massacre of 437 Marwaris by
12 December 2016

Secret operation of a young surgeon

He always kept his duties well above everything. Even when his mother and newly married wife were undergoing treatment at a hospital the day after the Pakistan army crackdown on March 25, 1971, Dr Azharul Haque did not walk away from his duties towards patients and the nation.
12 December 2016

The making of 'Blockade'

July, 1971. An uneven war was on for about four months.
11 December 2016

War history e-archived

Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman, a doctoral student at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Clark University in the US, has research interests in the role of paramilitary groups during the 1971 Liberation War.
10 December 2016

A Platform for Cartoon Lovers

Cartoon People is a community that is testament to the adage that you can find your inner artist at any age.
8 December 2016

Sexist jokes are not funny

These days breaking into a male dominated is not impossible, but staying in it is the real challenge. Gender biases and negative attitudes toward women make it difficult for us to break into male-dominated fields.
8 December 2016

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was the most visible figure in Mexican muralism, a large-scale public-art initiative that emerged in the 1920s in the wake of the Mexican Revolution.
8 December 2016

NUMBERS 21,000

Is the number of Rohingyas who have been fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar, an official of the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.
8 December 2016

MAILBOX

Shishu Park, although in a dilapidated condition, is still one of the most visited children's theme parks in Bangladesh.
8 December 2016