Amin Al Rashid
Who set fire to Bailey Road?
Leap Year, which occurs every four years with February having 29 days, is marked by a deeply sorrowful, tragic, and painful incident. On this day, a terrifying fire engulfed a building on Bailey Road in the capital city, claiming the lives of nearly half a hundred people.
Jibanananda's thought on future of Bengali language, literature
Renowned as a poet primarily throughout his lifetime, Jibanananda Das, also known as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, literary critic, and translator, saw his multifaceted identity unveiled only after his death. Despite the recognition of merely 372 printed poems during his lifetime, posthumous research reveals an approximate total of around 3,000 discovered poems. Furthermore, his literary corpus includes 19 novels, 127 short stories, 79 essays, critiques, discussions, and personal writings, along with 56 diaries spanning over 4,000 pages, and a collection of around 1500 letters and correspondences. (Gautam Mitra, Diaries from Pandulipi, Volume One, Hrit Publications/2019, p. 20).
Problem lies in Myanmar, victim is Bangladesh!
Hearing screams and cries of people outside, you opened the door and find some armed men trying to kill some innocent people. They plead for your assistance, asking for water and seeking refuge. In this moment, what will you do? If you are extremely selfish and merciless, you will close the door and stay inside, playing music loudly so you can't hear the cries of the distressed people outside. However, if you are humane, you will provide food and water to those desperate individuals, offer them shelter, and provide assistance to help them survive.
EU interested in strengthening partnership with Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) expressed interest in strengthening partnership with Bangladesh in the coming days.
The pros and of the award debate
Two things are trending on social media: 1. Controversy over a story about human sexual identity in a seventh-grade textbook, and 2. Bangla Academy Award. Both are associated with books or knowledge. It is a good sign that people are talking about books and knowledge on social media. However, the discussion about who has won the Bangla Academy Award in different genres of literature this time has been overshadowed by the fact that fiction writer Zakir Talukder returned the award ten years after receiving it. Therefore, in this article, we would like to examine the pros and cons of the Bangla Academy Award debate.