In the introduction to The Collected Poems of Sudhindranath Dutta, Buddhadeb Bose famously remarked that Dutta could have taken up many other professions and they would all have been natural to him, yet he chose to become a poet. The same can be said about SM Sultan. He used to say that he has broadened […]
The first chapter deals with the Middle East before the Arab Spring. It begins with the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which began with Israel’s declaration of independence on 14 May 1948 by David Ben Gurion, the acting head of the World Zionist Organization. The Arab countries and Israel have been in a state of intermittent war […]
From the very beginning of the liberation war, there were conspiracies aimed at politically accommodating East Pakistan within the framework of Pakistan on the basis of the six-point program of the Awami League. Details of such a plan are given in a letter written to him by an unknown sender on 13 August 1971: “There […]
Pritilata Promiser: Maleeka Begum Publisher: Prothoma Prokashon Price: TK 170 prothoma.com prothom hello , Did you write that article in the sixties? Maleka Begum I don't remember exactly, but I think I wrote it after the independence of Bangladesh. prothom hello , Your book, a biography titled 'Pretilata Vaadear', was published in 2018. Your article […]
Another essay, “World Refugee Day: Human Dignity in Areas of Exclusion” examines the refugee crisis in a global context. It sheds light on the plight of refugees, highlights the geopolitical factors fueling displacement, and underlines the moral responsibilities of the global community. While advocating a necessary re-evaluation of policies and attitudes towards refugees, the essay […]
In his book, Ashok Modi has given a detailed account with facts and figures of how the people of India suffered as a result of Modi’s demonetization, imposition of VAT, lockdown during the pandemic and his close friendship with millionaires. Adani. To cover up its failures, the Modi government blamed Muslims for the spread of […]
Many of us used to think that disaster meant cyclones, tidal surges and floods only in Bangladesh. But for common readers, this book has expressed the meaning of disaster from different angles and types. General readers can know through this book the different types and components of natural and man-made disasters which are not much […]
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has fixed some errors in three English version textbooks for classes IX and X, three months after some corrections were made in the Bengali version. These three books are: History of Bangladesh and World Civilization, Bangladesh and Global Studies and Civics and Citizenship.
