Dear friends Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah Hope you are all OK though some of you might have fallen victim to heat-related in the searing summer and certainly started using umbrella and taking lots of fluid along with oral saline to counterbalance the heat. Those of you who have appeared at the [...]
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May 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Editorial
Editorial: May 2010
Dear reader Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah People, particularly the rich section of the world, are consuming 25 percent more than the planet can produce though over 100 crore people go to bed on an empty stomach most of whom live in the predominantly Muslim South Asia and Sub-Saharan countries. The[...]
April 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Editorial
Editorial: April 2010
Dear reader Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuhu We are fine by the kindness of Allah and pray that so are you with His blessings. Happy Bangla New Year or ‘Shuva Nobobarsa’. As Bangla Nobobarsa, which falls on April 14, reminds us of the Mughal Emperor Akber’s introductio[...]
February 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Editorial
Editorial: January 2010
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu As the cover story of these issue is on the extinct languages of the planet, so we remember the language martyrs Salam Barkat, Rafiq and Jabbar who laid down lives for our mother tongue Bangla. For Bangla-speaking peoples they are embodimen[...]
January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Editorial
Editorial: January 2010
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu As citizens of a post-colonial society probably you are waiting for another Gregorian new year with a well-thought plan, aspirations and also ambitions. Those who have sat for final exams in Bangla-medium schools and madrassah in December, [...]
December 3rd, 2009 - 2:00 am § in Editorial
Editorial
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Hope you are fine. Those of you who go to Bangla-medium schools are certainly passing fleeting moments of joy, planning to visit your near and dear ones in and outside the country. As another august December has appeared with a new message [...]
November 1st, 2009 - 12:01 am § in Editorial
Editorial
Dear subscribers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Hope you are all right by the grace of Allah. The country is at cross-road as the news of deployment of soldiers by Myanmar along the Bangladesh frontier. The whole country is worried at the news of this imminent war between two friendl[...]
October 1st, 2009 - 6:14 am § in Editorial
Editorial
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Hope you are OK by the grace of Allah subhanu wa taala. Town planning makes the cover story of this issue. A green city sprouted with a master plan is an expectation for every citizen. It is important city people but it is equally important[...]
September 6th, 2009 - 10:20 am § in Editorial
Editor’s Desk
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum war rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Hope you are fine and busy with your things-to-do. September is knocking at the next door. The very first day of the month reminds us that Germany invaded Poland in 1939, kicking off the World War II, which ended with the fall of occupat[...]