East Bengal
Oscar Bruzon named coach of East Bengal
Spanish football manager Oscar Bruzon, renowned for leading Bangladeshi outfit Bashundhara Kings to five consecutive league titles, has been appointed as the head coach of East Bengal FC, the club announced on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Army team in Kolkata for Durand Cup
Bangladesh Army football team have reached Kolkata to participate in the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in the world.
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / One life, and a history of two economies: Mirza Nurul Huda
His is an inspiring tale of a little boy with big dreams rising from the backwaters of Bengal to become a fabled student who went on to be a professor of Dhaka University, and to hold some of the highest offices in public service.
BOOK EXCERPT: NONFICTION / Toward Ladyland: On the life and work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.
Partition 1947: Lessons we need to un/learn
Narratives from the peripheries are needed to balance out the indocentrism of Partition Studies
BOOKS ON RECORD / How Partition impacted the Dhaka book trade
With the expansion of the publishing business, bookshops also sprang up in various parts of Old Dhaka, particularly in Chawkbazar, Islampur, Mughaltuli and Patuatuli. It is estimated that the number of bookshops in Dhaka till 1900 were no less than 40.
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / A history of this subcontinent, woven in jute
The book reveals how in mid-19th century colonial East Bengal jute first emerged “as a global commodity”
123rd birth anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad / ABUL MANSUR AHMAD: Our Language and our Literature
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of author, journalist, and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898-1979) on September 3, 2021, we publish an excerpt from his essay, "Our Language and Our Literature", first published in The Concept magazine in 1965 and later collected in the book, 'End of a Betrayal and Restoration of Lahore Resolution' (1975).
Ctg Abahani, East Bengal in semifinals
Hosts Chittagong Abahani and East Bengal move into the semifinals of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup from Group B at the MA Aziz Stadium.
Oscar Bruzon named coach of East Bengal
Spanish football manager Oscar Bruzon, renowned for leading Bangladeshi outfit Bashundhara Kings to five consecutive league titles, has been appointed as the head coach of East Bengal FC, the club announced on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Army team in Kolkata for Durand Cup
Bangladesh Army football team have reached Kolkata to participate in the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in the world.
One life, and a history of two economies: Mirza Nurul Huda
His is an inspiring tale of a little boy with big dreams rising from the backwaters of Bengal to become a fabled student who went on to be a professor of Dhaka University, and to hold some of the highest offices in public service.
Toward Ladyland: On the life and work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.
Partition 1947: Lessons we need to un/learn
Narratives from the peripheries are needed to balance out the indocentrism of Partition Studies
How Partition impacted the Dhaka book trade
With the expansion of the publishing business, bookshops also sprang up in various parts of Old Dhaka, particularly in Chawkbazar, Islampur, Mughaltuli and Patuatuli. It is estimated that the number of bookshops in Dhaka till 1900 were no less than 40.
A history of this subcontinent, woven in jute
The book reveals how in mid-19th century colonial East Bengal jute first emerged “as a global commodity”
ABUL MANSUR AHMAD: Our Language and our Literature
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of author, journalist, and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898-1979) on September 3, 2021, we publish an excerpt from his essay, "Our Language and Our Literature", first published in The Concept magazine in 1965 and later collected in the book, 'End of a Betrayal and Restoration of Lahore Resolution' (1975).
Ctg Abahani, East Bengal in semifinals
Hosts Chittagong Abahani and East Bengal move into the semifinals of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup from Group B at the MA Aziz Stadium.