Unique characteristics of a bank note is its number. One currency note is different from the other. This number is didived into two parts, a PREFIX, bearing letters (alphabet/s). This prefix have one or two alphabets or admixture of alphatbet… Continue reading

Siddique Mahmudur Rahman Bangla literature is one of the most ancient literatures of the world. Kobita or Kavya is the most ancient form of Bangla literature. Bangla kavya or Bangla kobita emerged from mystic genre of Bangalee people. Bangalees are… Continue reading

Young men in their teens work in the city’s Bangla motor area at road side “auto-repair shops”. They specialise in repairing broken or damaged plastic body parts of motor-bikes and motor-cars. Though highly skilled, these young men’s jobs are extremely… Continue reading

১৮৬২ সালের ১৫ নভেম্বর প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয় বাংলাদেশের প্রথম রেলস্টেশন কুষ্টিয়ার ‘জগতি’। পূর্ণ হলো এর দেড় শ বছর। শুভ জন্মদিন!

A full lunch for Taka 20,is still available in the city. So rickshaw peddlers, rag pickers and others, who can not afford more than that flocks around wayside eateries of Momena Khala’s at convenient places like the Central Shahid Minar… Continue reading

If you can not read Bangla please install Bangla font. – Download Bangla Font ‘TONNY-BANGLA-MJ’ – For Microsoft Windows – XP/NT3.5 / NT4 Installation Instruction: 1. Download & save the font in your PC. 2. Copy the file. ( Select… Continue reading

Taka name of the currency of Bangladesh. The word is derived from Sanskrit ‘Tanka’ which was in ancient, and even in medieval times, a denomination of silver coin of four masha weight. The term Taka was widely used in different… Continue reading

Asiatic Society (1784) The first learned organisation in Bengal to study Asian civilisations scientifically, particularly of South Asia. The idea of founding an association for pursuing systematic research on Asia in general and South Asia in particular first came from… Continue reading

Publication Ceremony of an exceptional research publication ‘Cowri to  Taka- Evolution of Coins and Currencies of Bangladesh’ was held on 10 September 2011 Publication Ceremony of an exceptional research publication ‘Cowri to Taka- Evolution of Coins and Currencies of Bangladesh’… Continue reading

In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was awarded the Nobel award and Prize for Literature. He was the first non-European to receive it. His coming by the Nobel created much excitement not only in India but outside it as well. Rabindranath,… Continue reading

SIDDIQUE MAHMUDUR RAHMAN, (born: 4 September 1946, Jessore) , is an ardent researcher, prolific litterateur, a successful translator, an efficient editor and printing and publication specialist. Father, Fazlur Rahman, served in the Education and Foreign service during Pakistan period, had… Continue reading

Between 1878 and 1932, Tagore visited more than 30 countries on five continents; many of these trips were crucial in familiarising non-Indian audiences with his works and spreading his political ideas. In 1912, he took a sheaf of his translated works… Continue reading

William Shakespeare was “born under a rhyming planet” at the building now known as ‘The Birthplace’ in Henley Street in 1564. He died in 1616 on the same day — April 23 — and was buried in Stratford’s Holy Trinity… Continue reading

Siddique Mahmudur Rahman Abstract As a capital, though, Dhaka city is four hundred years old, it was known as an important township in different names from time immemorial. It is older than most of the cities of eastern India. The… Continue reading