We had the good fortune to witness a sizable gathering of this bird for the last time at a remote part of Hakaluki haor a decade ago. No haor can offer that spectacle anymore
To the surprise of many, nearly 500 residents of Bengal – 200 of them Hindu and the rest Muslim – jointly petitioned the government in 1839 in favour of Persian against their native Bengali language.
This year marks the 75th year of our freedom from foreign rule. We gained independence on August 15, 1947. We took the reins