Tag Archive for: Dhaka
Hilsa by Ashik Masud
Hilsa or Ilish belongs to the species Tenualosa of the family Clupeidae, order Clupeiformes. Shad or Herring are a near relative of hilsa. Locally known as Ilish, the fish is an addiction of Bengalis especially to those who originated from Bangladesh.…
Banarasi Handloom, by Ashik Masud
During the partition of 1947, some 125 families migrated to Parbatipur of Rajshahi district, and to various areas of Old Dhaka, Becharam Deuri, Kazi Alauddin Road, Kaiktuli, Tanti Bazar, Doyaganj and Gandaria from Benaras in India. They brought…
To Victory by Shahnaz Parvin
16th December is our victory day, the victory of red and green. The color red in our national flag represents the 3 million people who were brutally killed by Pakistani Army in 1971. And the color green represents the ever green Bangladesh.…