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Ninety-one years ago today, on August 19, 1935, a boy named Mohammad Zahirullah was born in the small village of Majupur, in the Sonagazi area of what was then Noakhali district in undivided Bengal. Nobody in that household could have guessed that this child would grow up to change the shape of Bengali storytelling twice over, first with his pen and then with his camera, before vanishing into the chaos of a newborn nation and never being found again. The world remembers him as Zahir Raihan: nove...

Today marks the death anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud. On this day in 2011, he died in a tragic road accident in Ghior, Manikganj, while returning after selecting a shooting location for his upcoming film The Paper Flower. Prominent journalist and cinematographer Mishuk Munier and three others also died in the same accident. He was born on December 6, 1956, in Nurpur village of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur. He began his education at a madrasa. After the 1971 Libe...

Sports can help eliminate the drug problem spreading among the youth while also increasing Bangladesh’s recognition on the international stage, said State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Engineer Ishraque Hossain. He made the remarks on Friday at the Tape Ball BCL 2026 grand final organized by the Bangladesh Tape Ball Cricket Board (BTCB) at the East Chandra Sporting Club ground in Kaliakair, Gazipur. Ishraque Hossain said sports are also connected to our national identity. A country...

Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Abdul Muntakim has come under criticism after claiming to be the child of a freedom fighter. He later expressed regret for the statement, describing it as an unintentional error. During a speech in parliament on 14 June, Muntakim called himself the son of...