On 25 March 1971, at 11:30 pm, Shahjahan Mia, a wireless operator, broadcast an emergency message to the entire country from the then central wireless base station of the police at Rajarbagh in Dhaka, informing all stations of the Pakistani Army attack. In that message he said, “All base stations of East Pakistan Police are […]
Yes Parking is designed to provide users with a seamless, technology-driven way to locate, reserve and pay for parking within the museum premises. With easy navigation and real-time updates, the app ensures seamless and efficient parking experience for visitors, reducing congestion and improving accessibility. Apart from museum visitors, travelers from nearby areas can also park […]
There are matchboxes all over the room, on shelves, in glass cabinets, in boxes, everywhere. In fact, there are about 22,000 match boxes from 132 different countries in the world. Some are carefully wrapped in cellophane and some are packed in plastic boxes. Collector Shakeel Haque says, “Collecting matches is easy in cold countries, but […]
Egypt has inaugurated the first phase of restoration of the venerated Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, giving the collection a facelift after many of its items were transferred to other museums across the country. The building in Cairo’s Tahrir Square first opened in 1902 and has long ranked as one of the world’s greatest museums, […]