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Pathao Food’s food fest in Baishakh

Dive into the rich flavors of Bengali cuisine with the ‘Bangla Food Fest’— Pathao’s campaign featuring exclusive deals on mouth-watering local dishes. From April 14 to April 19, enjoy delicious discounts from your favorite Bengali restaurants, all in celebration of our culture and cravings...

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Pahela Baishakh today

The nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year 1432, today by organising various programmes at public venues in the capital and elsewhere across the country.

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Nababarsho: performing the (imagi)nation

ON THE first day of Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, the streets of Dhaka transform into a theatre of colour, memory and aspiration. Celebrated by Bengalis across religious lines, in both rural fields and urban neighbourhoods, Nababarsho is more than a calendar event, a declaration of identity. The performances that unfurl on this day offer a glimpse not only into how...

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Two motifs symbolising fascism set on fire

An unidentified youth set fire to two motifs crafted for the upcoming Bengali New Year’s Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University early Saturday.

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List of 1,156 rivers published

The government on Tuesday published a primary list of 1,156 rivers across the country to finalise rivers’ list by the next Bengali New Year after necessary verification...

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Sisimpur brings nursery rhymes to children

USAID’s Sisimpur project, the local production of Sesame Street in Bangladesh, has launched an initiative to bring the joy of nursery rhymes to children, says a press release.

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Post-Hasina Bangladesh: realigning parties?

CONFIGURATIONS of political parties in Bangladesh now carry multiple drifts — they are still inchoate after a long hiatus under an authoritarian stretch of 15 plus years. But the parties got a new lease of life since a populist revolt ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s repressive regime. Now, they are optimistic, alive and thrusting. The expected...

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Unmasking Awami League’s nationalism hypocrisy

IN HIS incisive essay ‘Notes on Nationalism’, British novelist and poet George Orwell astutely remarked that nationalism often manifests as power hunger tempered by self-deception. This observation finds a striking parallel in the Awami League’s narrow, distorted narrative of Bengali nationalism. The party’s appropriation of Bengali nationalism...

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200 houses, shops set on fire at Dighinala

At least three people were injured and more than 200 houses and shops were set on fire in a clash between Bengali people and national minority communities at Boalkhali of Dighinala in...

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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay birth anniv today

Today is the 148th anniversary of the birth of Bengali novelist and short story writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, who is revered for his literary works depicting life and struggles of rural people in the then Bengal...

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Justice must for victims of sexual violence in CHT

AMID the flash flood and imminent landslide risk, reported incidents of rape and rape attempts are an added concern for the national minorities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A rape and two cases of rape attempts were filed in the three hill districts in August 22–23. A group of Bengali men on August 22 dragged an elderly woman and her daughter out of...

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India, in sickness and in health

IN THE 1980s, a Bengali demographer had rudely but not inaccurately described four north Indian states as sick by giving them the acronym ‘BIMARU’, assembled with the first letters of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. ‘Bimar’ means sick or ailing and the four states were singled out for the description for their...

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Film to pay tribute to SN Bose

The shooting of the film on Bengali mathematician and theoretical physicist Satyendra Nath Bose titled ‘The Man Who Pervades the Universe’ is scheduled to begin today...

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