Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
On a sultry afternoon in May 1971, Wajed Ali stood exhausted on...
27th March 1971: When it Became Apparent that the Bengali Hindus were the Target...
27th March 1971: When it became apparent that the Bengali Hindus were the targets of genocide
Sumit Roy
On the evening of 25th March 1971, the...
Linguistic conflict on the Internet: Time to recognize Bengali and Bangladeshi as separate languages?
Linguistic conflict on the Internet: Time to recognize Bengali and Bangladeshi as separate languages?
Sumit Roy
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella’s son 26 year old Zain Nadella,...
Attack on minority Hindu community for land grabbing in Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj upazila
Bangladesh's leading daily Dainik Prothom Alo reports that a family belonging to the minority Rabidas community was attacked for land grabbing in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj...
In the case of the death of lawyer Palash Roy
In the case of the death of lawyer Palash Roy, who was burnt to death in Panchagarh Jail, the question has arisen, what actually...
Popular singer Nakul Kumar Biswas has written an open letter to the Prime Minister...
Open letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister
- Nakul Kumar Biswas
Hon'ble Prime Minister-
I- an ordinary singer, an engineer.
I wrote a letter to you with great courage
Verify...
Protest procession of Muslim Touhidi people in Patia, Chittagong, idol vandalism
Protest procession of Muslim Touhidi people was held in Dhalghat camp area in Patia, Chittagong on Friday afternoon to protest against the killing of...
The tale of two infants
The tale of two infants and the reaction of the world ( specifically the media and intellectuals)
One of them is from Syria - a...
Travelling Trunk:Made in Bengal ~ 2017
Last year around the same time, a baby was born & I’ve never spoken about it in detail since then. It started off as...
When the next flood comes will we be better prepared?
Dam after dam gave in to the unseasonably early rainfall in the Haor area (a floodplain depression in the Northeastern region) of Bangladesh. Desperate...
Opinion Columns
‘Bengali Muslim’ As An Oxymoron: Crisis And Conflict Of Identities
Legendary Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay sets the context in this regard when he remarks in one of his famous literary works,‘Srikanta’, “The Bengali...
From Ekushey to Muktijuddho: The Myth of Bengali Nationalism
In 1964, the entire East Pakistan was rocked by violence against the minority Bengali Hindu community. Anti Bengal Hindu riot broke out across the...
Is Bengal Heading Towards A Genocide?
India, it is said, lives in her villages. But she can be understood through the slogans that rents her skies and the way her...