'Wangala' or harvest festival is celebrated by the Garos to pay tribute to this deity for the new crop and to ask permission to consume it
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Two esteemed figures will be specially honoured during the festival and they are, Kalim Sharafi, marking his 100th birthday on May 8, and the late Sadi Mohammad.
This garden of tulip flowers, built on about two acres of land in Darjipara village of Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh, is like a piece of the Netherlands. Tourists flock to this area in Panchagarh to enjoy the beauty of this flower
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There is a 65-foot long sleeping idol of Kumbhakarna, along with 501 idols based on stories from the four ages of Hindu mythology. An array of activities are going on centring this year's Durga Puja at Shikdar Bari in Hakimpur village in Khulna
On the occasion of Ganga Puja, a border-bond fair is held every year in the no man’s land on the Bangladesh-India border in Lalmonirhat
In Gobindaganj of Gaibandha, the Santals celebrated the flower festival or Baha Parab by dancing and singing. The women, men and girls of Santal Palli in Gaibandha welcomed spring by wearing newly-blossomed flowers on their heads
March 8 is the International Women's Day. The purpose of International Women's Day is to recognise and honour women's achievements in the fields of business, politics, and society. Women from different walks of life, in different professions and places, became successful overcoming many obstacles of life
Chattogram was one of the main cities in the country that stirred up the Language Movement. Chattogramplayed a key role in two phases of the Language Movement. In 1948, the first phase of the language movement was manifested in Chattogram
Bidyanondo has been providing basic education, food, medical, and legal services to underprivileged and street children since its inception
Dhirendranath Dutta, of Brahmanbaria’s Ramrail village, placed his demand for honouring Bangla as a state language to the Gana Parishad in February 1948.
Although Jhenidah too was stirred up from the first phase of the language movement in 1948, it was 1952 when this district burst into protests and processions against the repressive decisions of the Pakistani regime.
With the entire East Bengal, Jashore too was boiling up in protests against the repressive actions of the Pakistan regime from 1948. The frontlines of the movement in the city were in Michael Madhusudan College and the Town Hall premises.
One of the strongest protests against Pakistan’s repressive actions towards Bangla was organised in Faridpur. In 1952, Ambika Maidan, Rajendra College, and Zilla Schools became the focal points of the movement in the district.
For its 5th session, SHOUTx DS Books’ Slam Poetry Nights performed at the Dhaka Lit Fest 2023.