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Rock icon James turns 62
The Nagar Baul frontman, known to fans as 'Guru', marks his birthday after more than four decades at the heart of Bangla…
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Durga Puja at 33,851 Mandaps This Year as Government Unveils Nationwide Security Plan
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed says no mandap has been flagged as high-risk; 24-hour monitoring cells and a reporting app will be in…
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How Jagadish Chandra Bose wrote one of the first Bengali science fiction stories
The scientist whose family came from Rarhikhal in Bikrampur wrote 'Niruddesher Kahini' in 1896, a tale of a cyclone calmed by a…
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Padma Nadir Majhi: the river novel that went from page to screen
Manik Bandopadhyay's 1936 novel about Padma fishermen became a joint Bangladesh and India film by Goutam Ghose, shot entirely on location in…
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Five writers whose family roots run back to Bikrampur
Buddhadeva Bose, Manik Bandopadhyay, Samaresh Basu, Humayun Azad and Imdadul Haq Milan all trace their origins to the region, which helped shape…
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From Jamdani to rickshaw art: Bangladesh's six traditions on UNESCO's heritage list
Baul songs, Jamdani weaving, the Pohela Boishakh procession, Shital Pati mats, Dhaka's rickshaw painting and Tangail saree weaving are now on UNESCO's…
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Bikrampur Museum in Balashur: a community-run home for the region's past
Housed in an old zamindar house at Balashur in Sreenagar, the Bikrampur Museum is run by the Agrasar Bikrampur Foundation, the local…