Mutsuddy was born into a Buddhist family in Rangunia, Chittagong, British India.

We call '1947' a phenomenon. Although often referred to as 'the Partition' for convenience, it is hard to settle on an agreed description. How should one describe 1947?

Partition, unquestionably a pivotal event of the South Asian twentieth century, has become a subject of great significance in its own right.

Through 1945 to 1946 and a part 1947, we were in Calcutta. During the riots, three families moved to 11 Circus Range for protection from any attack from non-Muslims.

An Indian court gives a woman permission to divorce her husband because their home did not have a toilet, forcing her to seek relief outdoors.

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The number of students pursuing science is decreasing at an alarming rate

The article titled 'How safe are our schools?' published in the Star Weekend on August 4, showed us that we have willingly blindfolded ourselves about the vulnerable condition of fire safety in our educational institutions.

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." — Frederick Douglass

Incarcerated in the camps in (West) Pakistan after the surrender of General Niazi and the capture of over 90,000 Pakistani soldiers, the Bengali Armed Forces Officers and their families counted the days and months as they eagerly awaited repatriation to their newly liberated motherland.

A Canadian woman who lost her engagement ring 13 years ago while weeding her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground on a misshapen carrot.

A giant tortoise that made a break from a Japanese zoo is found safe and sound two weeks after it escaped -- just 140 metres from the park.

For a few days this week a goat will be king of a small town in Ireland's rural south west.

Sazeda visits every home in the village regularly and educates parents and other family members about the harmful effects of child marriage and the importance of educating female children.

With no democratic student governments in private universities, what recourse do students really have?

Dhaka University in its golden era of students' organised movement contributed to upholding the democratic values and rights of citizens whenever peace was endangered and democracy threatened throughout the history of Bangladesh.

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.”

The fatal shootings of several cows in southeastern New Mexico spark fears of a serial cattle killer running loose.

All we did was give him a shelter. But what Sorry probably valued most was the love he got from so many in the Asiatic family and from Joynal, his caretaker.

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