An occasion for introspection
Joyous celebration of an occasion like that of the Independence Day is always special to any nation. And when independence is achieved at the cost of blood, the celebration assumes even greater significance. Bangladeshis are such a nation and it celebrates today (Monday) its 47th anniversary of independence. The people...
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Pledge of the Independence Day
As the country's Independence Day, March 26 surpasses in its poignant significance every other red letter day on the calendar. But the day evokes all the sinister and dark memories associated with brutal Pakistani military crackdown on the unarmed Bangalee civilian population. So, here is a mixed emotion and feeling...
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A symbol of grief
A 16-year old Tamjid Sultan Mahi has become a symbol of grief. He is the son of the deceased pilot of the ill-fated US-Bangla airliner that crashed at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu. At his age the loss of his father was already too much. Now his mother who, overcome...
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Save Buriganga, save environment
IT is indeed painful to see that the Buriganga is being increasingly subjected to pollution. It looks like we are totally unaware of the disastrous consequences. We often find our city roads being inundated as a result of not-too-heavy rains as we have been killing water bodies of the city...
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Traditional foods of Dhaka
LIKE all centuries-old cities, Dhaka also is enriched with its traditional foods. Most of today's youths have little idea about these items. Even many aged people in Old Dhaka have never seen these foods. The age of pizza, pasta and grilled chicken seems to have elbowed out that of 'glassi',...
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