History of Pahela Baishakh
Irin Akhter
The Bangla calendar that originated during Shashanka, the Great Ruler of Gour, was a solar calendar. Its New Year was tuned to agriculture....
Bongo food affair on Baishakh
Badhan Sarkar
Pahela Baishakh is the time of the year (for Bengalis) to buy new clothes and indulge in delectable Bengali meals! Soulful noboborsho (new...
Contextualising Baishakh in urban culture
Shehrin Akhter
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali calendar bears the testimony of our history and cultural diversity. Every year, the day is celebrated...
The Maid of Orléans
Joan of Arc, a peasant girl living in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory in its long-running...
Surprising facts about Joan of Arc
Name
Joan didn’t hail from a place called Arc, as the typical Anglicization of her father’s surname, d’Arc (sometimes rendered as Darc or Tarc), might...
SAFECON aims promote safe construction
Ahammad Parvej Khan
With an objective to promote and familiarize safe and sustainable construction, building materials & technologies, an International Exhibition SAFECON-2019 kicked off in...
Revisiting significant facets of our economic matrix
When a country moves up the economic ladder other countries take particular interest in that evolving dynamics. They monitor the different facets of such...
The longest night
The night of 25 March 1971 was the longest night in our life. The dark night saw many demons emerging from the lowly gutters...
The most influential politician of all time
ulius Caesar is one of the most famous and influential war generals and politician of all time. His influence on history is nearly unparalleled....
Julius Caesar and Cleopatra: A Match Made in Power
leopatra’s famous relationship with Julius Caesar has its beginnings in the Egyptian ruler’s ascent to power at the hands of the Roman dictator. It...