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Akhtar Husain Khan

Akhtar Husain Khan is former secretary of the Government of Bangladesh and a former student of Faridpur Zilla School.

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An Anchorite’s Call to Reread Tagore

19 April 2019
Tagore is almost a century-old fixation with the Bengali-speaking world. A continual sprightly stream of books, writings and speeches
19 April 2019
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Padma Bridge: Bonding old terrain and forging regional integration

4 February 2016
The great poet Rabindranath Tagore used to frequent his tenants in Kushtia, Rajshahi and Pabna during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in
4 February 2016
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Blatter: Four years late and murky

3 June 2015
As Joseph Blatter declared stepping down as president of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) on Tuesday amid the brouhaha of US-led corruption investigation, the first thing that strikes the mind is that people should know when to leave.
3 June 2015
AKM Jalaluddin

IN MEMORIAM / AKM Jalaluddin: A scholar and mentor

1 April 2015
IF he had been alive now, he would be 72. However, fate ordained otherwise.
1 April 2015
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