14 March of this year marked the 143rd death anniversary of Karl Marx, a revolutionary philosopher whom I do not need to introduce to my readers.

There is something extraordinary about traditions that have stood the test of time.

The Eid processions of 1952 and 1953 often presented political and social issues satirically.

This article will examine nine biryanis across the subcontinent, each representing a different historical layer.

In seconds, the night was altered. Strobes of light flashed from the mouths of the tanks, igniting the dorms in brilliant snapshots before the shell ripped off another piece of the building.

Many things from 1971 have been lost. I do not quite know how, but I found this letter again many years later. Our mother passed away twenty-six years ago. Yet this letter still shelters us like a long shadow above our heads, and continues to protect all her children who long for freedom.

After the Partition of India and Pakistan, she remained steadfast in her decision to stay in East Pakistan and introduced a blueprint of her future activities in this newly born nation.

Dr. Davis explained that this violence was not incidental, but rather a calculated strategy taken by the Pakistani Army.

In conversation with Clinton B Seely, emeritus professor of South Asian Languages and Civilisations at the University of Chicago.

From its very first issue, we have been striving to shape Ebong Boi into an important platform for writers, readers, and publishers. To continue working towards the fulfilment of the dream with which Ebong Boi began its journey seven years ago, we seek the support and companionship of book lovers.

Accessing the sea through the Karnaphuli River, Chittagong’s site was exceptional in the early modern age of commerce.

Rafiqul was an eyewitness to the Language Movement of 1948. At the time he was a Class Ten student at St Gregory’s School.

On February 22, The Azad published the news of the student shooting in an eight-column banner headline.

Principal Abul Kashem is an unforgettable figure in the history of the Language Movement.

Before and after 1947, there were many Islamist claimant parties in the Indian subcontinent.

The most significant public confrontation between the Khaksars and the Muslim League occurred in Delhi shortly before Partition, on June 9, 1947.

Walk through the narrow lanes of old Dhaka in the 1950s and you’d hear it before you saw it: the rhythmic thrum of presses, the chatter of compositors, the swish of paper reams unwrapped and weighed.

Although Maulana Madani and Maulana Maududi stood almost side by side in opposing the Muslim League’s efforts to create a separate state of Pakistan by partitioning India, they disagreed sharply on many related issues.

During the struggle for the creation of ‘Pakistan’, three distinct strands of opposition emerged from Maulana Maududi and his party towards the Muslim League.

What mattered to him were moments when journalism mattered beyond institutions.