that I first encountered 'Sultana's Dream' by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. It was then that I began to question why our four-year syllabus predominantly consisted of textbooks by Anglophone writers. For ...

The country's second-largest seaport, Mongla Port, will be transformed into a hub for international connectivity and trade, said Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, adviser to the Ministry of ...

In celebration of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's "Sultana's Dream" being ... The journey highlighted Begum Rokeya's vision of women's emancipation. Local organisers in Kathmandu announced plans to ...

However, among the former rulers of Bhopal, one name is often overlooked as it remains lost in time. The name was of the historic empress of Bhopal, Begum Sultan Jahan. Sarkar Amman, who was later ...

DHAKA, Jan 22, 2025 (BSS) – Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain has underscored the need for carrying out dredging to ensure navigability of rivers. "To protect ...

Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said on Tuesday that the construction of the Padma Bridge with large pillars is causing harm to the Padma River. He suggested that a ...

Among Bhopal’s erstwhile rulers, one name which has been lost to history, or at least overlooked, is Begum Sultan Jahan, the last female Nawab of Bhopal, who wanted to transform the historic ...

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits.

Early morning of May 30, 1981, clouds from the Bay of Bengal lashed Chittagong. Through the heavy pitter-patter of rain on the roof of the Circuit House of Chittagong, President Ziaur Rahman heard ...

At least 6,000 Westerners are still held among them - including infamous jihadi bride Shamima Begum, the 25-year-old from London. Begum was originally in al-Hol, before being moved to al-Roj.

IN 2015, Shamima Begum left her friends, her family and her future in East London and boarded a plane to Turkey. Her final destination was Syria, and her intention to join ISIS, a jihadi death cult.