26 March

ESSAY / The English-Bangla conundrum continues

When my literature professor heard I had been delving into Bangla literature and cultural media in pursuit of a self-undertaken project to finally learn Bangla, she suggested I see the 1970 film Jibon Thekey Neya.

Independence Day today / The word ‘BANGLADESH’: A journey from literature to politics

Bangladesh today proudly steps into its 53rd year of independence.

Letters to the City: Art explores the complex relations of women and girls with their urban existence

With an aim to create substantial social change, Dhaka Memory and Mongol Deep Foundation organised ‘Letters to the city’, an exhibition combining art, architecture, and gender politics.

Editorial / Nation at 46

As we step into our 46th year of independence and celebrate our freedom, we bow our heads to all the freedom fighters known and unknown...

The Treasury Officer and those dark days of March 1971

This is the story of my father who was a civil servant assigned as the treasury officer of Dhaka in 1971.

'I have no way of going anywhere'

March 23, 1971 was an extraordinary day. It had always been observed as Pakistan's Republic Day. And yet this time in 1971, something different happened. Instead of the green and white flags with a crescent and a star of Pakistan, green flags with a red disc with the map of East Pakistan in golden colour superimposed, fluttered atop all buildings in Dhaka.

March 23, 2024
March 23, 2024

The English-Bangla conundrum continues

When my literature professor heard I had been delving into Bangla literature and cultural media in pursuit of a self-undertaken project to finally learn Bangla, she suggested I see the 1970 film Jibon Thekey Neya.

March 26, 2023
March 26, 2023

The word ‘BANGLADESH’: A journey from literature to politics

Bangladesh today proudly steps into its 53rd year of independence.

March 23, 2022
March 23, 2022

Letters to the City: Art explores the complex relations of women and girls with their urban existence

With an aim to create substantial social change, Dhaka Memory and Mongol Deep Foundation organised ‘Letters to the city’, an exhibition combining art, architecture, and gender politics.

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

Nation at 46

As we step into our 46th year of independence and celebrate our freedom, we bow our heads to all the freedom fighters known and unknown...

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

The Treasury Officer and those dark days of March 1971

This is the story of my father who was a civil servant assigned as the treasury officer of Dhaka in 1971.

March 25, 2016
March 25, 2016

'I have no way of going anywhere'

March 23, 1971 was an extraordinary day. It had always been observed as Pakistan's Republic Day. And yet this time in 1971, something different happened. Instead of the green and white flags with a crescent and a star of Pakistan, green flags with a red disc with the map of East Pakistan in golden colour superimposed, fluttered atop all buildings in Dhaka.