In a way, Bengal was Britain’s Gaza
Insurgency then and now: British India’s rebels and Israel’s Hamas Arpan Roy writes in Dawn: In the same way that the British cited terrorism as the reason why India was
Bangladesh, India Part of Alternative Supply Chain Centers. China Losing its Place as Factory of the World.
China is losing its place as the center of the world’s supply chains. China has been the factory of the world for the past four decades and ushered in an
Rana Begum’s Public Artwork: Interplay of light, form, nature, architecture
The ambitious, site-specific installations No.1187 Mesh and No. 1193 Mesh by Rana Begum (born 1977 in Sylhet, Bangladesh), commissioned by the Moody Center for the Arts, push the material and
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Is ‘Water Machine’ Preventing More Flood Disasters in Bangladesh?
The study contradicts the idea that we should use less groundwater Written by Rezwan at GlobalVoices.org: Being a riverine country, Bangladesh is prone to floods every year, and a large
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SEP 2022 As the World Turns…
Soldier who walked with Queen’s coffin found dead at Army barracks… ‘Metaverse’ children to replace real kids by 2050 and ‘help with overpopulation’… NY City close to deal for NORWEGIAN
Sheikh Hasina’s Delhi Visit, ‘With an Eye on General Elections’
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to Delhi on Tuesday –on a 4-day (September 5 to 8) visit and signed seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with India’s Prime Minister Narendra
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WATCH: Traffic in San Francisco. Traffic in Karachi. (Video)
USA started maturing in the 18th century. Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, etc. in So.. Asia are working their way up after getting independence in the 20th century (2 centuries later). The
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Nayyara Noor Renders Faiz Poem on Former East Pakistan (Video)
Nayyara Noor renders her voice with music to the poem written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz after his visit to Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) in 1974, and captured the feelings, having
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Coke Studio Bangla Song VIDEO: Dokhino Hawa (Southern Breeze)
O’ dear Southern breeze, I am in love today. My eyes are drunken in love; I have now lost my way… If the North Wind blows, do know that I’m
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Kazi Nazrul Islam’s ‘Bidrohi’ (The Rebel) English Translation
The Rebel: English translation of revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s famous poem ‘Bidrohi’ by Kabir Chowdhury: Say, Valiant,Say: High is my head! Looking at my headIs cast down the great
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The Subcontinent’s Anti-Colonial Movement Never Ended. It’s Where We Actually Are in History.
By Priya Satia, the Raymond A. Spruance professor of international history at Stanford University: Every historian worth their salt knows that historical and local specificities ultimately render all analogies inaccurate.
Bangladesh: From ‘International Basketcase’ to Role Model for Developing Countries
Bangladesh now has 300 state-of-the-art pharmaceutical companies which meet 97% of the domestic needs and export to 70 countries across the world. The South Asian nation has become the second
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