Dhaka, Dec 13 – The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Friday to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Paulo Artaxo SÃO PAULO – Last month, a deeply divided Brazil voted to elect its next president. Faced with a choice between Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party and the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians chose the extremist –…
Kevadiya, Oct 31 (AP/UNB) — India’s prime minister has unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, a key independence leader and the country’s first home minister after British colonialists left in 1947.
Naogaon, Oct 14 – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a 28-kg stone idol of a Hindu god from the residence of a local Awami League leader at Betgari village in Raninagar Upazila on Saturday night.
Sakib Al Hasan Nearly three thousand rare exhibits including 185 archaeological objects were lost from country`s only Centurion & historical Varendra Research Museum under Rajshahi University (RU have not yet been recovered. So far, no action has been taken against…
New Delhi: India should not try to reclaim the famous Kohinoor diamond as it was neither stolen nor forcibly taken, the government said Sunday. That stand, the Supreme Court has warned, could mean “You will face a problem in the…
Paris – France’s national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years, bringing furniture and belongings from the remote Atlantic Island of St. Helena to central Paris for the first time since he was exiled there…
Two ancient swords have been stolen from poet Rabindranath Tagore’s historic Shilaidaha Kuthibari in Kumarkhali upazila.
By RFE/RL Syrian government forces, backed by Russian airstrikes, have recaptured the historic city of Palmyra from Islamic State (IS) militants, an advance that President Bashar al-Assad hailed as an “important achievement” demonstrating the success of his army’s fight against…
Dhaka – The nation celebrates the 46th Independence and National Day on Saturday with due respect. On March 26, 1971, the people took up arns following the crackdown on unarmed Banglalees on the midnight of March 25 by the Pakistani…
Apparent discovery in King Tut tomb could shine light on mystery that has fired imagination of archaeologists for years. Scans of King Tut’s tomb appear to have revealed two hidden rooms – a discovery that heightened speculation the chambers contained…
Mayan civilization is one of the oldest and the most mysterious civilization of the ancient world. There had been so many stories told about their extinction, most of which are assumptions. British journalist Robin Wylie discussed what may be the…
Mayan civilization is one of the oldest and the most mysterious civilization of the ancient world. There had been so many stories told about their extinction, most of which are assumptions. British journalist Robin Wylie discussed what may be the…
Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February’, the most iconic song of the Language Movement that holds a special place in the heart of every Bangladeshi, has been sung in 12 different languages.Besides Bangla, the song, which has become an emblem…
Geneva, Mirza Alas – Developing countries stressed the need for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to have a balanced approach to intellectual property during their general statements at the 55th Assemblies of the organization’s Member States. The 55th Assemblies…
The centenary of the country’s largest steel railway bridge ‘Hardinge Bridge’, built over Padma at Paksey point of Pabna in 1915, was celebrated on Saturday. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)…
Jhenidah: The 92 years old historical “Mian Dalan” (Zamidar Bari) of Jhenidah can be a tourist spot. Local sources alleged ‘Zamdiar Bari’ (house of landlord) built by son of Zamidar Selim Chowdhrury, and one of the few relics of Jhenidah,…
A US deep-ocean exploration firm has recovered nearly 1,000 ounces of gold, worth $1.3m (£800,000), on a dive to a historic Atlantic Ocean shipwreck, company officials say. The discovery has renewed speculation that gold worth tens of millions of dollars…
When I read in the Los Angeles Times (3/18/14) that scientists had found the first direct evidence of Alan Guth’s theory of early universe inflation, and Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves, I immediately thought of the Hadith about the…
Archaeologists in Bangladesh have unearthed what they believe to be remnants of a thousand-year old Buddhist Vihara (monastery) at Nateswar in Munshiganj’s Tongibarhi. Researchers hope the discovery would help them better understand the student days of famous Buddhist scholar Atish…
China has demarcated an “air-defence identification zone” over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan.
A legendary 500-year-old portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has turned up in a Swiss bank vault ¬after decades of debate by art ¬experts over whether it existed, New York Post reported. The 24-by-18-inch painting depicts Marquesa Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance…
Muhammad Mojlum Khan’s latest book, The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a treasure of histories of the region, through the contributions of 42…