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At Quamrul Hasan’s Studio
Original price was: 50.00৳.38.00৳Current price is: 38.00৳.
Quamrul Hasan has earned fame at home and abroad for his masterly paintings with powerful stroke of brush.
Faiz Ahmed is renowned for his writings for children. The two masestro of different genre has joined hands to create a book without parallel, rhymes written by Faiz Ahmed following Quamrul Hasan's work at his studio. Usually in a children's book illustration follow the writing, but in this extraordinary book that order has been reversed. National Professor Kabir Chowdhury translated the book into English and enabled the wider readership to share the joy of wonderful creation by the painter and the author.
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At Quamrul Hasan’s Studio
Original price was: 50.00৳.38.00৳Current price is: 38.00৳.
Quamrul Hasan has earned fame at home and abroad for his masterly paintings with powerful stroke of brush.
Faiz Ahmed is renowned for his writings for children. The two masestro of different genre has joined hands to create a book without parallel, rhymes written by Faiz Ahmed following Quamrul Hasan's work at his studio. Usually in a children's book illustration follow the writing, but in this extraordinary book that order has been reversed. National Professor Kabir Chowdhury translated the book into English and enabled the wider readership to share the joy of wonderful creation by the painter and the author.
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Bangandhu Sheikh Mujib liberation war Bangladesh
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.50৳Current price is: 262.50৳.
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Bangandhu Sheikh Mujib liberation war Bangladesh
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.50৳Current price is: 262.50৳.
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Bangladesh 1971 : Dreadful Experience
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
Bangladesh went through dreadful experiences in 1971 when the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators committed the crime of genocide all over the land for nine months. The Bengali book 1971 : Dreadful Experiences, published in 1989, created big impact on the readers as it depicted the human aspect of the sufferings. The anthology included 50 narratives of atrocity committed in different parts of the country in various months. Few of the narratives were translated and published in the anthology “Genocides in the Twentieth Century”, but the international readers could not be reached because of the language barrier. The expatriate youths of Bangladesh came forward to meet the challenge and created a group to translate and edit the book. They wanted to give faces to the millions of people killed and tortured by presenting stories of their suffering to an international audience. The book of mass atrocities can be termed as Black Book of Genocide, difficult to read but essential to say ‘Never Again.
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Bangladesh 1971 : Dreadful Experience
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
Bangladesh went through dreadful experiences in 1971 when the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators committed the crime of genocide all over the land for nine months. The Bengali book 1971 : Dreadful Experiences, published in 1989, created big impact on the readers as it depicted the human aspect of the sufferings. The anthology included 50 narratives of atrocity committed in different parts of the country in various months. Few of the narratives were translated and published in the anthology “Genocides in the Twentieth Century”, but the international readers could not be reached because of the language barrier. The expatriate youths of Bangladesh came forward to meet the challenge and created a group to translate and edit the book. They wanted to give faces to the millions of people killed and tortured by presenting stories of their suffering to an international audience. The book of mass atrocities can be termed as Black Book of Genocide, difficult to read but essential to say ‘Never Again.
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Birth of a Nation : Story Of The Liberation War of Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Enayet Mowla, living a peaceful family life in the Southern port-city of Chittagong, couldn’t remain a bystander when the war of liberation of Bangladesh began in March, 1971. His skill in hunting provided him with expertise in handing weapons, and his courage and commitment made him a great support of the young freedom fighters. His home ‘Kakoli’ in the city became a hide-out and center of resistance. Enayet Mowla not only witnessed the days of liberation war, he actively took part in the struggle and thereby is the right person to tell the story of the nation’s struggle in human terms. He is living in the US since 2004 and felt the strong urge to render his experience in English so that the new generation of expatriate Bangladeshi can learn about the days of courage and sacrifice of their forefathers who went through the trial of fire to gain independence for the nation. This is the story of a person which depicts the birth of a nation, the tragic and heroic story of Bangladesh.
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Birth of a Nation : Story Of The Liberation War of Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Enayet Mowla, living a peaceful family life in the Southern port-city of Chittagong, couldn’t remain a bystander when the war of liberation of Bangladesh began in March, 1971. His skill in hunting provided him with expertise in handing weapons, and his courage and commitment made him a great support of the young freedom fighters. His home ‘Kakoli’ in the city became a hide-out and center of resistance. Enayet Mowla not only witnessed the days of liberation war, he actively took part in the struggle and thereby is the right person to tell the story of the nation’s struggle in human terms. He is living in the US since 2004 and felt the strong urge to render his experience in English so that the new generation of expatriate Bangladeshi can learn about the days of courage and sacrifice of their forefathers who went through the trial of fire to gain independence for the nation. This is the story of a person which depicts the birth of a nation, the tragic and heroic story of Bangladesh.
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Bullets of ’71 : A Freemdom Fighter’s Story
Original price was: 900.00৳.600.00৳Current price is: 600.00৳.
Bullets of `71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story details Dr. Nuran Nabi’s experience growing up in rural Bangladesh and living through the tumultuous episodes of the Bangladesh liberation movement and the liberation war. This is the true story of how a frail young man developed into a politically conscious student activist before transforming into a heroic freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Throughout Dr. Nabi’s narrative, the untold stories of the Bangladesh Liberation War unfold. The sacrifices and heroic actions captured through Dr. Nabi’s words define more than his accomplishments, they define his entire generation. The Bangladesh Liberation War was a people’s war. Men and women, young and old, students, farmers, bureaucrats, laborers, political activists, and defected Bengali soldiers of the Pakistani military, all joined the liberation war. Bullets of `71 is their story.
But among all the pages in this book none are more candid and horrific than those that cover the atrocities committed by the Pakistani military. Although the Bangladesh genocide unfolded during the nine months of the liberation war, Dr. Nabi thoughtfully separates these stories to remind us of why he and his fellow freedom fighters fought.
Bullets of `71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story is a captivating story that captures the elements of the universal struggle for freedom.
Language : English
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Bullets of ’71 : A Freemdom Fighter’s Story
Original price was: 900.00৳.600.00৳Current price is: 600.00৳.
Bullets of `71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story details Dr. Nuran Nabi’s experience growing up in rural Bangladesh and living through the tumultuous episodes of the Bangladesh liberation movement and the liberation war. This is the true story of how a frail young man developed into a politically conscious student activist before transforming into a heroic freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Throughout Dr. Nabi’s narrative, the untold stories of the Bangladesh Liberation War unfold. The sacrifices and heroic actions captured through Dr. Nabi’s words define more than his accomplishments, they define his entire generation. The Bangladesh Liberation War was a people’s war. Men and women, young and old, students, farmers, bureaucrats, laborers, political activists, and defected Bengali soldiers of the Pakistani military, all joined the liberation war. Bullets of `71 is their story.
But among all the pages in this book none are more candid and horrific than those that cover the atrocities committed by the Pakistani military. Although the Bangladesh genocide unfolded during the nine months of the liberation war, Dr. Nabi thoughtfully separates these stories to remind us of why he and his fellow freedom fighters fought.
Bullets of `71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story is a captivating story that captures the elements of the universal struggle for freedom.
Language : English
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Catalyst : In the Wake of Great Bhola Cyclone
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
The smell come first, then the tops of coconut palms : flouting on tiny stalks above the placid hay- at last the low mud bank with its horrcandans harden of decaying bodies. I had to run the dinghy down the coast for over a mile before I could find a spot to land without stepping an one of the luckless victims of the cyclone. I scrambled up the slippery bank, nearly retackling, and stood on a dirt mound that only last week had been a home. There before me was a beautiful, golden, flattened and utterly desolate land…
― Jon Rohde’s account of landing on Manpura, November 23, 1970
Catalyst is story of the most devastating cyclone in history, which struck one of the most overpopulated and defenseless places on earth. On November 12, 1970, a massive storm build up a twenty-foot high wall of water that surged with deadly force across the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal. The islanders, along with their lives tic, boats, possessions and any buildings not made of concrete, were flung into the raging wind and sea. Only the strongest survived. With an estimated half million deaths, the Great Bhola Cyclone stands as the worst in recorded history.
Drawing on original field notes, archival research, recollections of participants, interviews and memoirs, ‘Catalyst’ tells the true story of the response of a group of young friends to this unprecedented natural disaster, and to the subsequent conflict that led to the new nation of Bangladesh. A compelling tale about the choices that define us and shape our lives, ‘Catalyst’ illustrates how times of great calamity and confusion can become a cartography of human purpose.
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Catalyst : In the Wake of Great Bhola Cyclone
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
The smell come first, then the tops of coconut palms : flouting on tiny stalks above the placid hay- at last the low mud bank with its horrcandans harden of decaying bodies. I had to run the dinghy down the coast for over a mile before I could find a spot to land without stepping an one of the luckless victims of the cyclone. I scrambled up the slippery bank, nearly retackling, and stood on a dirt mound that only last week had been a home. There before me was a beautiful, golden, flattened and utterly desolate land…
― Jon Rohde’s account of landing on Manpura, November 23, 1970
Catalyst is story of the most devastating cyclone in history, which struck one of the most overpopulated and defenseless places on earth. On November 12, 1970, a massive storm build up a twenty-foot high wall of water that surged with deadly force across the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal. The islanders, along with their lives tic, boats, possessions and any buildings not made of concrete, were flung into the raging wind and sea. Only the strongest survived. With an estimated half million deaths, the Great Bhola Cyclone stands as the worst in recorded history.
Drawing on original field notes, archival research, recollections of participants, interviews and memoirs, ‘Catalyst’ tells the true story of the response of a group of young friends to this unprecedented natural disaster, and to the subsequent conflict that led to the new nation of Bangladesh. A compelling tale about the choices that define us and shape our lives, ‘Catalyst’ illustrates how times of great calamity and confusion can become a cartography of human purpose.
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CLIMATE CHANGE – Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Human induced climate change has become an issue of considerable importance and a matter of hot debate since the early 1980s. in Bangladesh as well as globally First and foremost, there is the knowledge issue. How much do we know about the green house gases, green house effects, global warming and climate change? How familiar are we with the climatic processes involved in the green house effects, global warming climate change? Did IPCC work with scientific objectivity and transparency in dealing with aspects of climate science? What are the projected impacts of climate change in Bangladesh? Would the sea level actually rise and engulf part of Bangladesh due to human induced global warming? Would tropical cyclone making landfall in Bangladesh actually increase in frequency and intensity? Would drought incidence increase in North Bengal? What does the evidence say? What other problems Bangladesh face besides climate change? As the Kyoto protocol makes a sad demise, and the IPCC finds it difficult to come out of the climategate, are we not even more required to rely on our own resilience, a quality for which we are justly proud of? This book is a collection of articles arranged in chapters from different authors to provide some answers to all the questions posed above. The answers are neither exhaustive, nor comprehensive. But it is hoped that the general readers might find a direction for finding the answers they might be looking for.
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CLIMATE CHANGE – Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Human induced climate change has become an issue of considerable importance and a matter of hot debate since the early 1980s. in Bangladesh as well as globally First and foremost, there is the knowledge issue. How much do we know about the green house gases, green house effects, global warming and climate change? How familiar are we with the climatic processes involved in the green house effects, global warming climate change? Did IPCC work with scientific objectivity and transparency in dealing with aspects of climate science? What are the projected impacts of climate change in Bangladesh? Would the sea level actually rise and engulf part of Bangladesh due to human induced global warming? Would tropical cyclone making landfall in Bangladesh actually increase in frequency and intensity? Would drought incidence increase in North Bengal? What does the evidence say? What other problems Bangladesh face besides climate change? As the Kyoto protocol makes a sad demise, and the IPCC finds it difficult to come out of the climategate, are we not even more required to rely on our own resilience, a quality for which we are justly proud of? This book is a collection of articles arranged in chapters from different authors to provide some answers to all the questions posed above. The answers are neither exhaustive, nor comprehensive. But it is hoped that the general readers might find a direction for finding the answers they might be looking for.
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Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives for South Asia
Original price was: 2,500.00৳.1,875.00৳Current price is: 1,875.00৳.
This book is designed for teachers, researchers, environmental professionals, tertiary level students and informed general readers of South Asia looking for a supplementary reading on what is happening to the Climate of this Monsoon region. Coming as a sequel to the earlier two books published in 2011 and 2015 respectively on Climate Change and Climate Variability Issues, both in Bangladesh context, this book looks at the climate change issues at South Asian scale. South Asia enjoys the same Monsoon climate, and climate change would affect us all, without respect to national political boundaries. With 19 articles collected from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, arranged in four sections, address three issues. First, the knowledge issue, dealt with in section one. How familiar are we with the science of climate change? What are the developments in the UN Climate Change Conferences? Did IPCC work with scientific objectivity and transparency in dealing with the aspects of climate science? Second is the impact issue based on field evidence related to projected climate change impacts. Impact issues are covered in sections two and three. The third is the policy issues, placed in the last section. We looked at national policies and planning related to climate-change-adaptation and mainstreaming with the national development programs. How did the South Asian nations policy responses evolved through various protocols and agreements signed over the last decades regarding the Green House Gas emission, Climate Change adaptation and mitigation? The political ecology of the climate issues linked with the intertwined problems of poverty, sustainable development, environment and vulnerability challenge all the South Asian nations. While most of the development problems are definable and measureable making them amenable to planned solution, how far the climate change problems are amenable to planned solution without affecting the scheduled development requirements?
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Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives for South Asia
Original price was: 2,500.00৳.1,875.00৳Current price is: 1,875.00৳.
This book is designed for teachers, researchers, environmental professionals, tertiary level students and informed general readers of South Asia looking for a supplementary reading on what is happening to the Climate of this Monsoon region. Coming as a sequel to the earlier two books published in 2011 and 2015 respectively on Climate Change and Climate Variability Issues, both in Bangladesh context, this book looks at the climate change issues at South Asian scale. South Asia enjoys the same Monsoon climate, and climate change would affect us all, without respect to national political boundaries. With 19 articles collected from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, arranged in four sections, address three issues. First, the knowledge issue, dealt with in section one. How familiar are we with the science of climate change? What are the developments in the UN Climate Change Conferences? Did IPCC work with scientific objectivity and transparency in dealing with the aspects of climate science? Second is the impact issue based on field evidence related to projected climate change impacts. Impact issues are covered in sections two and three. The third is the policy issues, placed in the last section. We looked at national policies and planning related to climate-change-adaptation and mainstreaming with the national development programs. How did the South Asian nations policy responses evolved through various protocols and agreements signed over the last decades regarding the Green House Gas emission, Climate Change adaptation and mitigation? The political ecology of the climate issues linked with the intertwined problems of poverty, sustainable development, environment and vulnerability challenge all the South Asian nations. While most of the development problems are definable and measureable making them amenable to planned solution, how far the climate change problems are amenable to planned solution without affecting the scheduled development requirements?
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CLIMATE VARIABILITY-Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
This book is for those who have interest in and concern about what is happening to the climate of Bangladesh. They would like to find out whether Bangladesh is going through climate change or climate variability, whether such phenomena is unprecedented, and whether such phenomena is likely to continue into an unknown future. Does any extreme weather event mean either climate change or climate variability? What exactly do the terms weather, climate, climate change, climate variability, and climate system mean when national and international professionals talk about them and warn that Bangladesh is a victim of Climate Change? What can we do to prevent our weather and climate getting worse or help them getting better? What is IPCC, and why was it formed, for what purposes, with what mandate? What is ClimateGate that we hear about? What is Kyoto Protocol? What issues are important from Bangladesh perspectives? This book, as a sequel to our earlier book titled Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh (published 2011), tries to provide answers to some of these and other pertinent questions in as simple terms as possible, and gives a Bangladesh perspective to the global scenario. The articles selected were written by professionals who have contributed to the appreciable volume of scientific literature that has grown over the last 30 years or soon the relevant fields here in Bangladesh. The overall findings are unmistakably clear: both the weather and the climate of Bangladesh is variable. The climate is marked by seasonality and extreme events. The causes are mostly natural. It would take long term careful research with scientific objectivity based on our national data to determine the nature and causes of changes, if any, in our climate here in Bangladesh. Climate related measures, such as adaptation, mitigation and risk reduction plans, programs and activities would be better tuned if the attention is on the challenges of the extreme climatic events. Meanwhile, the pace of economic development, based on agriculture, fisheries and livestock, as well as on industry, trade and transport, must go ahead impeded, keeping the considerations of environmental sustainability in one planning and budgeting. Our continued focus on the present certain problems and issues and more research effort on issues of climate in an uncertain future would be better productive to the development planning of Bangladesh.
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CLIMATE VARIABILITY-Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh
Original price was: 900.00৳.675.00৳Current price is: 675.00৳.
This book is for those who have interest in and concern about what is happening to the climate of Bangladesh. They would like to find out whether Bangladesh is going through climate change or climate variability, whether such phenomena is unprecedented, and whether such phenomena is likely to continue into an unknown future. Does any extreme weather event mean either climate change or climate variability? What exactly do the terms weather, climate, climate change, climate variability, and climate system mean when national and international professionals talk about them and warn that Bangladesh is a victim of Climate Change? What can we do to prevent our weather and climate getting worse or help them getting better? What is IPCC, and why was it formed, for what purposes, with what mandate? What is ClimateGate that we hear about? What is Kyoto Protocol? What issues are important from Bangladesh perspectives? This book, as a sequel to our earlier book titled Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives for Bangladesh (published 2011), tries to provide answers to some of these and other pertinent questions in as simple terms as possible, and gives a Bangladesh perspective to the global scenario. The articles selected were written by professionals who have contributed to the appreciable volume of scientific literature that has grown over the last 30 years or soon the relevant fields here in Bangladesh. The overall findings are unmistakably clear: both the weather and the climate of Bangladesh is variable. The climate is marked by seasonality and extreme events. The causes are mostly natural. It would take long term careful research with scientific objectivity based on our national data to determine the nature and causes of changes, if any, in our climate here in Bangladesh. Climate related measures, such as adaptation, mitigation and risk reduction plans, programs and activities would be better tuned if the attention is on the challenges of the extreme climatic events. Meanwhile, the pace of economic development, based on agriculture, fisheries and livestock, as well as on industry, trade and transport, must go ahead impeded, keeping the considerations of environmental sustainability in one planning and budgeting. Our continued focus on the present certain problems and issues and more research effort on issues of climate in an uncertain future would be better productive to the development planning of Bangladesh.
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Freedom for Choice: Essays on Human Development
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
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Freedom for Choice: Essays on Human Development
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
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From Protest to Freedom: The Birth of Bangladesh
Original price was: 600.00৳.450.00৳Current price is: 450.00৳.
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From Protest to Freedom: The Birth of Bangladesh
Original price was: 600.00৳.450.00৳Current price is: 450.00৳.
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Globalisation and Related Issues
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
by the same author
Economic Essays
Japan-Centerpiece of the World Of Derugulation and Central Bank Autonomy
USA Today and Tomorrow
Tormented Soul (Poems)
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Globalisation and Related Issues
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
by the same author
Economic Essays
Japan-Centerpiece of the World Of Derugulation and Central Bank Autonomy
USA Today and Tomorrow
Tormented Soul (Poems)
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Happy Garden-
Original price was: 60.00৳.45.00৳Current price is: 45.00৳.
Tunu is a young girl growing up in a world of fantasy and reality, in the way only a girl of her age can be. She is a favourite character of our juvenile literature. Ekhlas Uddin Ahmed has written many tales of Tunu depicting the world of children and Happy Garden is one of those, brilliantly translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor of English of Dhaka University and himself an author of repute.
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Happy Garden-
Original price was: 60.00৳.45.00৳Current price is: 45.00৳.
Tunu is a young girl growing up in a world of fantasy and reality, in the way only a girl of her age can be. She is a favourite character of our juvenile literature. Ekhlas Uddin Ahmed has written many tales of Tunu depicting the world of children and Happy Garden is one of those, brilliantly translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor of English of Dhaka University and himself an author of repute.
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International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) Judgment The Case Of R P Shaha, Bhabani Prasad (ROBI) and Others
Original price was: 1,500.00৳.1,125.00৳Current price is: 1,125.00৳.
RP Shaha
– Biography
Born in a lower middle-class family, Ranada Prasad Shaha popularly known as R P Shaha rose to great heights, creating a huge business empire only to give away all his worldly possessions for the welfare of the poor and needy. He was born at his maternal uncle’s village home at Savar on 15 Nov 1896 to Debendra Podder and Kumudini Devi.
The young Ranada was extremely attached to his mother. His mother’s sudden death from post-natal tetanus when he was 7, turned his whole world upside down. This brought home to him 2 irrevocable facts: The poor quality and non-availability of medical services and the sorry plight of women in the then social hierarchy. Yearning motherly love and affection he ran away from home and finally ended up in Calcutta (Kalkata). He survived by doing any honest work he could find. Many a day he went to sleep hungry. One day, while he was selling newspapers in a rail station, a child fell onto the railway tracks. A crowd gathered, but no one did anything. Ranada immediately jumped onto the railway track, saving the child just before the train approached.
Later, he became involved with the Swadeshi Movement and got into trouble with the law enforcement agencies. He even spent a short time in jail. In the meantime, WW1 started and young Ranada enlisted in the British Army as a medic. His unit, the Ambulance Corps maintained a hospital in Baghdad to treat the wounded soldiers. This hospital caught fire when a nearby magazine exploded. Risking his life Ranada saved around 20 wounded soldiers from the blazing inferno. This act of bravery resulted in his commanding
officer Captain Cook’s entry in his service book, “. ….On the occasion of the magazine explosion near the hospital, he remained cool and worked hard being one of the last to leave the hospital.” On 26 Sep 1916 Ranada returned to a hero’s welcome in Calcutta. He then decided to join the Bengali Double Company which later became the 49th Bengal Regiment. There R P Shaha received his commission as a Viceroy’s Commissioned Officer. On 30 Aug 1920 his regiment was decommissioned. After a few years in the Railways, he decided to strike out on his own. Thus, began another chapter in his life. He started a small coal shop in Calcutta, supplying coal to both households and businesses. Through hard work, diligence and good management Ranada soon became one of the leading coal merchants in Calcutta. He also diversified into other businesses, including a river transport company (later to be named Bengal River Service).
Ranada now had the resources to pursue his dream. He started a sm dispensary in his ancestral village of Mirzapur which grew into a hosp (named after his mother Kumudini). He also set up the residential girls’ sc named Bharateswari Homes. Lord R G Casey, the then Governor of Bengal came all the way from Calcutta to inaugurate Kumudini Hospital on 27 July 1944. In his inaugural speech Lord Casey stated, “Some of you may wonder why I should take such close personal interest in a hospital which happens to be situated in a part of Bengal never before visited by a Governor of the Province. My answer is simple: I feel this hospital affords a high example of what can be done when the initiative, enterprise and public spirit of one man is directed towards the welfare and wellbeing of the community.” After the ceremony, R P Shaha handed him a cheque amounting to Rs 2,50,000/- as his contribution to Red Cross Appeal Fund created to look after the wounded soldiers of WW2.
Today, 85 years after its creation, Kumudini Hospital has evolved into a 1050 bed general hospital providing high quality and almost free medical care. Mr Shaha also established Kumudini Women’s College in Tangail and Devendra College in Manikganj.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan on a visit to Kumudini Complex at Mirzapur in the mid-1950s wrote in the visitor’s book:
“A poor man became a millionaire, and the millionaire voluntarily became a poor man, spending his all in the service of humanity, for the suffering and the distressed, for the furtherance of education, for rendering a service to the state, which the state itself has not undertaken. But is the Rai Bahadur poor; he is rich in the esteem, in the affection, in the love of a grateful people; having given all his worldly possessions, he has obtained more than those who were his compeers. May that state and the people he has served so well give him that recognition which is his due, and not destroy the great institution he has built with such love and devotion.”
In a cruel twist of fate, this great man along with his son and successor Bhabani Prasad Shaha were abducted by the Pakistan Army and the Razakars on 7 May 1971. They never returned.
Mr Shaha did not believe that he was doing charity to anyone. To him Kumudini was no ordinary institution. It was an embodiment of his mother, of the shelter and care that he was deprived of. Hence its motto: “Kumudini Cares”.
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International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) Judgment The Case Of R P Shaha, Bhabani Prasad (ROBI) and Others
Original price was: 1,500.00৳.1,125.00৳Current price is: 1,125.00৳.
RP Shaha
– Biography
Born in a lower middle-class family, Ranada Prasad Shaha popularly known as R P Shaha rose to great heights, creating a huge business empire only to give away all his worldly possessions for the welfare of the poor and needy. He was born at his maternal uncle’s village home at Savar on 15 Nov 1896 to Debendra Podder and Kumudini Devi.
The young Ranada was extremely attached to his mother. His mother’s sudden death from post-natal tetanus when he was 7, turned his whole world upside down. This brought home to him 2 irrevocable facts: The poor quality and non-availability of medical services and the sorry plight of women in the then social hierarchy. Yearning motherly love and affection he ran away from home and finally ended up in Calcutta (Kalkata). He survived by doing any honest work he could find. Many a day he went to sleep hungry. One day, while he was selling newspapers in a rail station, a child fell onto the railway tracks. A crowd gathered, but no one did anything. Ranada immediately jumped onto the railway track, saving the child just before the train approached.
Later, he became involved with the Swadeshi Movement and got into trouble with the law enforcement agencies. He even spent a short time in jail. In the meantime, WW1 started and young Ranada enlisted in the British Army as a medic. His unit, the Ambulance Corps maintained a hospital in Baghdad to treat the wounded soldiers. This hospital caught fire when a nearby magazine exploded. Risking his life Ranada saved around 20 wounded soldiers from the blazing inferno. This act of bravery resulted in his commanding
officer Captain Cook’s entry in his service book, “. ….On the occasion of the magazine explosion near the hospital, he remained cool and worked hard being one of the last to leave the hospital.” On 26 Sep 1916 Ranada returned to a hero’s welcome in Calcutta. He then decided to join the Bengali Double Company which later became the 49th Bengal Regiment. There R P Shaha received his commission as a Viceroy’s Commissioned Officer. On 30 Aug 1920 his regiment was decommissioned. After a few years in the Railways, he decided to strike out on his own. Thus, began another chapter in his life. He started a small coal shop in Calcutta, supplying coal to both households and businesses. Through hard work, diligence and good management Ranada soon became one of the leading coal merchants in Calcutta. He also diversified into other businesses, including a river transport company (later to be named Bengal River Service).
Ranada now had the resources to pursue his dream. He started a sm dispensary in his ancestral village of Mirzapur which grew into a hosp (named after his mother Kumudini). He also set up the residential girls’ sc named Bharateswari Homes. Lord R G Casey, the then Governor of Bengal came all the way from Calcutta to inaugurate Kumudini Hospital on 27 July 1944. In his inaugural speech Lord Casey stated, “Some of you may wonder why I should take such close personal interest in a hospital which happens to be situated in a part of Bengal never before visited by a Governor of the Province. My answer is simple: I feel this hospital affords a high example of what can be done when the initiative, enterprise and public spirit of one man is directed towards the welfare and wellbeing of the community.” After the ceremony, R P Shaha handed him a cheque amounting to Rs 2,50,000/- as his contribution to Red Cross Appeal Fund created to look after the wounded soldiers of WW2.
Today, 85 years after its creation, Kumudini Hospital has evolved into a 1050 bed general hospital providing high quality and almost free medical care. Mr Shaha also established Kumudini Women’s College in Tangail and Devendra College in Manikganj.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan on a visit to Kumudini Complex at Mirzapur in the mid-1950s wrote in the visitor’s book:
“A poor man became a millionaire, and the millionaire voluntarily became a poor man, spending his all in the service of humanity, for the suffering and the distressed, for the furtherance of education, for rendering a service to the state, which the state itself has not undertaken. But is the Rai Bahadur poor; he is rich in the esteem, in the affection, in the love of a grateful people; having given all his worldly possessions, he has obtained more than those who were his compeers. May that state and the people he has served so well give him that recognition which is his due, and not destroy the great institution he has built with such love and devotion.”
In a cruel twist of fate, this great man along with his son and successor Bhabani Prasad Shaha were abducted by the Pakistan Army and the Razakars on 7 May 1971. They never returned.
Mr Shaha did not believe that he was doing charity to anyone. To him Kumudini was no ordinary institution. It was an embodiment of his mother, of the shelter and care that he was deprived of. Hence its motto: “Kumudini Cares”.
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International Mother Language Day – Bangla Souvenir
Original price was: 125.00৳.94.00৳Current price is: 94.00৳.
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International Mother Language Day – Bangla Souvenir
Original price was: 125.00৳.94.00৳Current price is: 94.00৳.
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Journey to Freedom : Memories of a Freedom Fighter
Original price was: 600.00৳.450.00৳Current price is: 450.00৳.
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Journey to Freedom : Memories of a Freedom Fighter
Original price was: 600.00৳.450.00৳Current price is: 450.00৳.
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Kabuli Wala And Other Stories Rabindranath Tagore
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“Tagore was a poet even as he wrote in prose; and the nuances, metaphors, ironies and, above all, the music of his writings refuse to be translated adequately. Shawkat Hussain’s translation of a selection of Tagore’s short stories is a noteworthy venture in the field. He has brought his deep interest in Tagore together with his academic and professional skill in English to bear on his challenging undertaking. His translation offers a new opening for the non-Bengali readers to the fascinating world of Tagore. The book will be helpful even for those who have read the stories in the original. And the selection itself speaks of a taste which is well worth getting acquainted with.” Serajul Islam Chowdhury, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Dhaka “Like all great writers, Rabindranath Tagore is inexhaustible, and it is fitting that he should continue to attract and challenge translators. Professor Shawkat Hussain has lovingly translated a dozen of his best known stories into eminently readable English – with a sprinkling of words carried over unaltered from the original. Teachers, students and translators, and hopefully the common reader, will enjoy (re)encountering Tagore in English garb.” Kaiser Haq, Professor of English, ULAB
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Kabuli Wala And Other Stories Rabindranath Tagore
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“Tagore was a poet even as he wrote in prose; and the nuances, metaphors, ironies and, above all, the music of his writings refuse to be translated adequately. Shawkat Hussain’s translation of a selection of Tagore’s short stories is a noteworthy venture in the field. He has brought his deep interest in Tagore together with his academic and professional skill in English to bear on his challenging undertaking. His translation offers a new opening for the non-Bengali readers to the fascinating world of Tagore. The book will be helpful even for those who have read the stories in the original. And the selection itself speaks of a taste which is well worth getting acquainted with.” Serajul Islam Chowdhury, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Dhaka “Like all great writers, Rabindranath Tagore is inexhaustible, and it is fitting that he should continue to attract and challenge translators. Professor Shawkat Hussain has lovingly translated a dozen of his best known stories into eminently readable English – with a sprinkling of words carried over unaltered from the original. Teachers, students and translators, and hopefully the common reader, will enjoy (re)encountering Tagore in English garb.” Kaiser Haq, Professor of English, ULAB
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Kendo’s Naughty Deeds
Original price was: 100.00৳.75.00৳Current price is: 75.00৳.
Exhilasuddin Ahmed, leading author of juvenile fiction and rhymes, has created many characters of his own, and Kendo the Tiger is one such important figure. Kendo has both real and unreal element in her. Nobody knows if she actually exists or it is all in the imagination of Tunu the child another of Ekhlasuddin Ahmed's favourite character. But whatever that may be everybody knows about Kendo, they suffer and enjoy from all her misdeeds and find that life becomes more joyful because of the ever presence of Kendo, the reality or unreality withstanding. From the series of stories involving Kendo, National Professor Kabir Chowdhury has translated one so that children of either cultures can also share the fun of Kando's Naughty Deeds alongwith the children of Bangladesh.
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Kendo’s Naughty Deeds
Original price was: 100.00৳.75.00৳Current price is: 75.00৳.
Exhilasuddin Ahmed, leading author of juvenile fiction and rhymes, has created many characters of his own, and Kendo the Tiger is one such important figure. Kendo has both real and unreal element in her. Nobody knows if she actually exists or it is all in the imagination of Tunu the child another of Ekhlasuddin Ahmed's favourite character. But whatever that may be everybody knows about Kendo, they suffer and enjoy from all her misdeeds and find that life becomes more joyful because of the ever presence of Kendo, the reality or unreality withstanding. From the series of stories involving Kendo, National Professor Kabir Chowdhury has translated one so that children of either cultures can also share the fun of Kando's Naughty Deeds alongwith the children of Bangladesh.
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Looking Beyond Boundaries
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Haroon Habib, a Senior journalist, author and columnist, remains a powerful voice in journalism, creative writings and social activism. A guerrilla fighter in the Bangladesh’s Liberation War, Habib simultaneously worked from the waterfronts for the Joy Bangla weekly and Saadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio, two powerful mouthpieces of the provisional government that led Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. He obtained Masters degree in journalism from the University of Dhaka and later Post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Habib led the country’s national news agency BSS as Chief Editor and Managing Director, served for over two decades and Dhaka Correspondent of India’s prestigious English daily The Hindu and … magazine, contributed for the TIME magazine, and worked for second years as Bangladesh Correspondent of the Bengali Service of the German radio… . A leading civil society proponent, Habib is deeply involved in social and cultural activism, particularity with the Pro-Liberation civil society movement for the trial of the perpetrators of worst crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. A committed essayist, novelist and short story writer, Haroon Habib writes regular columns, in both Bangla and English, for leading Bangladesh and regional newspapers. He now leads Journalism & Peace Foundation (JPF), an organization for promoting peace and social harmony.
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Looking Beyond Boundaries
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
Haroon Habib, a Senior journalist, author and columnist, remains a powerful voice in journalism, creative writings and social activism. A guerrilla fighter in the Bangladesh’s Liberation War, Habib simultaneously worked from the waterfronts for the Joy Bangla weekly and Saadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio, two powerful mouthpieces of the provisional government that led Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. He obtained Masters degree in journalism from the University of Dhaka and later Post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Habib led the country’s national news agency BSS as Chief Editor and Managing Director, served for over two decades and Dhaka Correspondent of India’s prestigious English daily The Hindu and … magazine, contributed for the TIME magazine, and worked for second years as Bangladesh Correspondent of the Bengali Service of the German radio… . A leading civil society proponent, Habib is deeply involved in social and cultural activism, particularity with the Pro-Liberation civil society movement for the trial of the perpetrators of worst crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. A committed essayist, novelist and short story writer, Haroon Habib writes regular columns, in both Bangla and English, for leading Bangladesh and regional newspapers. He now leads Journalism & Peace Foundation (JPF), an organization for promoting peace and social harmony.
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My Golden Bengal: Story of the Emergence of Bangladesh
Original price was: 250.00৳.187.00৳Current price is: 187.00৳.
Sanjida Khatun is the leading exponent of Tagore song in Bengal and eminent figure in the cultural arena of Bangladesh. She has founded along with others ‘Chhayanaut’, an institution per excellence promoting the music culture of Bengal, Dr. Sanjida Khatun got her education from Viswa-Bharati, Shantiniketan and retired as Professor of Bengali, Dhaka University. With her life-long struggle to uphold the cultural identity of the Bengali people and distinguished career in music, arts and literature, Sanjida Khatun has become a cultural icon in the society. Her renderation of the history of the emergence of Bangladesh for the young readers in undoubtedly a unique book on the cultural history of Bangladesh.
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My Golden Bengal: Story of the Emergence of Bangladesh
Original price was: 250.00৳.187.00৳Current price is: 187.00৳.
Sanjida Khatun is the leading exponent of Tagore song in Bengal and eminent figure in the cultural arena of Bangladesh. She has founded along with others ‘Chhayanaut’, an institution per excellence promoting the music culture of Bengal, Dr. Sanjida Khatun got her education from Viswa-Bharati, Shantiniketan and retired as Professor of Bengali, Dhaka University. With her life-long struggle to uphold the cultural identity of the Bengali people and distinguished career in music, arts and literature, Sanjida Khatun has become a cultural icon in the society. Her renderation of the history of the emergence of Bangladesh for the young readers in undoubtedly a unique book on the cultural history of Bangladesh.
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Ragpicker Amin Ragpicker Pussy Cat
Original price was: 100.00৳.75.00৳Current price is: 75.00৳.
Ragpicker Amin Ragpicker Pussy Cat is a juvenile novel with difference, mixing reality with fantasy and thereby depicts in a fascinating way the life of children who roam in the streets of Dhaka. Tokai is the generic name for these boys who sleep on park benches, sidewalks, in railway platforms; they roam the streets and pick up rags, scraps of paper etc.. hoping to sell them to some dealer and thus struggle to survive in a ruthless environment. Lutfor Rahman Riton (b. 1961) in this novel gives us very interesting portrait of a ragpicker called Amin Ali who is joined by a non-human ragpicker, a pussy cat. The adventures of ragpicker Amin and ragpicker pussy cat reflect our socio-political milieu in a manner that is amusing as well as disturbing.
This unusual novel for children has been translated into English by National Professor Kabir Chowdhury (b.1923), who happens to be the country's most prolific translator of world literature into Bengali. He has also rendered various contemporary Bengali writings into English.
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Ragpicker Amin Ragpicker Pussy Cat
Original price was: 100.00৳.75.00৳Current price is: 75.00৳.
Ragpicker Amin Ragpicker Pussy Cat is a juvenile novel with difference, mixing reality with fantasy and thereby depicts in a fascinating way the life of children who roam in the streets of Dhaka. Tokai is the generic name for these boys who sleep on park benches, sidewalks, in railway platforms; they roam the streets and pick up rags, scraps of paper etc.. hoping to sell them to some dealer and thus struggle to survive in a ruthless environment. Lutfor Rahman Riton (b. 1961) in this novel gives us very interesting portrait of a ragpicker called Amin Ali who is joined by a non-human ragpicker, a pussy cat. The adventures of ragpicker Amin and ragpicker pussy cat reflect our socio-political milieu in a manner that is amusing as well as disturbing.
This unusual novel for children has been translated into English by National Professor Kabir Chowdhury (b.1923), who happens to be the country's most prolific translator of world literature into Bengali. He has also rendered various contemporary Bengali writings into English.
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Songs of Our Swampland
Original price was: 400.00৳.300.00৳Current price is: 300.00৳.
When the killing starts in Dhaka, the villagers know the army from West Pakistan will soon be in their area, but unlike the other young men, and his beloved step-sister Moni Banu, Kamal cannot join the resistance. Born with a hole for a mouth, most people, except Abbas Miah, the teacher who adopts him, his friends and Moni Banu, regard him as the village idiot. With Abbas Miah, Kamal embarks on a Noah’s ark journey, with the motley survivors of the massacre that inevitable comes, to find refuge in the distant floodplains until the war is over. Along with a bombastic old actor, the village mullah, the village cut-throat, two Hindu boatmen, a foul-mouthed old women, and a pious Islamist, who might just be a collaborator, Kamal discovers that there can be no escape from the war and the issues it raises. As our guide to the painful emergence of the new nation of Bangladesh, Kamal is forced both to observe the face of evil, the complexity of betrayal, and look within to discover whether he has the capacity for true community, whether he can follow the injunction: “If someone knocks on your door, you don’t ask who it is. You don’t even look at their face. You just do everything you can for them.
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Songs of Our Swampland
Original price was: 400.00৳.300.00৳Current price is: 300.00৳.
When the killing starts in Dhaka, the villagers know the army from West Pakistan will soon be in their area, but unlike the other young men, and his beloved step-sister Moni Banu, Kamal cannot join the resistance. Born with a hole for a mouth, most people, except Abbas Miah, the teacher who adopts him, his friends and Moni Banu, regard him as the village idiot. With Abbas Miah, Kamal embarks on a Noah’s ark journey, with the motley survivors of the massacre that inevitable comes, to find refuge in the distant floodplains until the war is over. Along with a bombastic old actor, the village mullah, the village cut-throat, two Hindu boatmen, a foul-mouthed old women, and a pious Islamist, who might just be a collaborator, Kamal discovers that there can be no escape from the war and the issues it raises. As our guide to the painful emergence of the new nation of Bangladesh, Kamal is forced both to observe the face of evil, the complexity of betrayal, and look within to discover whether he has the capacity for true community, whether he can follow the injunction: “If someone knocks on your door, you don’t ask who it is. You don’t even look at their face. You just do everything you can for them.
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Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
Original price was: 800.00৳.600.00৳Current price is: 600.00৳.
Baul is a mystico-religious cult which flourished on the soil of Bengal during the early process of Hindu-Buddhist-Islamic synergy. Its occult root may be traced back through time even to the pre-Vedic Tantric cults.
Lalon, the great exponent of Baul philosophy, belonged to the mainstream of the original Baul cult which, although a melting pot of Sufi, Tantric and Vaishnava world views, was an unique syncretism of Dehatatwa and mysticism. Lalon added a critical social dimension to the already spreading subaltern stream of consciousness. His songs inspired Rabindranath Tagore to ‘plunge into the river of beatitude.’ We are sure the readers of this book will also have the same opportunity through the able translation of Samir Dasgupta.
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Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
Original price was: 800.00৳.600.00৳Current price is: 600.00৳.
Baul is a mystico-religious cult which flourished on the soil of Bengal during the early process of Hindu-Buddhist-Islamic synergy. Its occult root may be traced back through time even to the pre-Vedic Tantric cults.
Lalon, the great exponent of Baul philosophy, belonged to the mainstream of the original Baul cult which, although a melting pot of Sufi, Tantric and Vaishnava world views, was an unique syncretism of Dehatatwa and mysticism. Lalon added a critical social dimension to the already spreading subaltern stream of consciousness. His songs inspired Rabindranath Tagore to ‘plunge into the river of beatitude.’ We are sure the readers of this book will also have the same opportunity through the able translation of Samir Dasgupta.
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The Events in East Pakistan, 1971- (Geneva 1972)
Original price was: 300.00৳.225.00৳Current price is: 225.00৳.
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The Events in East Pakistan, 1971- (Geneva 1972)
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The Memsaheb’s Foot
Original price was: 300.00৳.225.00৳Current price is: 225.00৳.
"Set in the 1990s, in Dhaka, against the backdrop of a military regime, The Memsaheb's Foot is a fascinating story about a young university professor who is also a left radical, his beautiful wife with an uncontrolled temper and many unfulfilled desires, and their nubile maid Phulbanu who blooms into a beautiful young woman herself, seemingly challenging the beauty of her Memsaheb. Seen from the perspective of Phulbanu, the subaltern narrator, this novella is a powerful critique of the gradual corruption of a youthful, idealistic leftist intellectual who slowly succumbs to the lure of big money 'consultancies.' Phulbanu, the maid, is witness to the lives of the fascinating couple as they become increasingly prosperous, and her own life as it becomes complicated by a passionate love affair that Memsaheb cannot endure. Originally written in Bangla by Kashinath Roy, this dramatic story has been lovingly translated by his friend Shawkat Hussain, both former professors of English at Dhaka University."
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The Memsaheb’s Foot
Original price was: 300.00৳.225.00৳Current price is: 225.00৳.
"Set in the 1990s, in Dhaka, against the backdrop of a military regime, The Memsaheb's Foot is a fascinating story about a young university professor who is also a left radical, his beautiful wife with an uncontrolled temper and many unfulfilled desires, and their nubile maid Phulbanu who blooms into a beautiful young woman herself, seemingly challenging the beauty of her Memsaheb. Seen from the perspective of Phulbanu, the subaltern narrator, this novella is a powerful critique of the gradual corruption of a youthful, idealistic leftist intellectual who slowly succumbs to the lure of big money 'consultancies.' Phulbanu, the maid, is witness to the lives of the fascinating couple as they become increasingly prosperous, and her own life as it becomes complicated by a passionate love affair that Memsaheb cannot endure. Originally written in Bangla by Kashinath Roy, this dramatic story has been lovingly translated by his friend Shawkat Hussain, both former professors of English at Dhaka University."
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The Peacekeeper
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
THE PEACEKEEPER
Ahsan paints a brave new world, a world in transition, the surface of which is changing shapes, and the inner self of it, driven by love, truth and beauty, is constantly striving to create a beautiful tomorrow -The Star Magazine
An empathic human register-The Daily Star
An enlightening and thought provoking read-The Purple Magazine
Deep inside the jungles of Congo, Samir, on his peacekeeping mission, comes face to face with all the incredible challenges Africa has to offer. Cloaked in a cover of uncertainty, his only hope for surviving the mayhem of the brutal cannibals, gun-trotting child soldiers and the bloodthirsty belligerent rebels is his wit which he finds challenged every single day. As he lives through his ordeal, Africa surfaces to life with all her magnificence, seduction, gloom and gore from the pages of the books he read back home. Death hovers over his head like a cloud yet he is awed by the beauty of Africa, humored by the non-congruity of life and excited about his job of bringing peace in the war ravaged country.
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The Peacekeeper
Original price was: 350.00৳.262.00৳Current price is: 262.00৳.
THE PEACEKEEPER
Ahsan paints a brave new world, a world in transition, the surface of which is changing shapes, and the inner self of it, driven by love, truth and beauty, is constantly striving to create a beautiful tomorrow -The Star Magazine
An empathic human register-The Daily Star
An enlightening and thought provoking read-The Purple Magazine
Deep inside the jungles of Congo, Samir, on his peacekeeping mission, comes face to face with all the incredible challenges Africa has to offer. Cloaked in a cover of uncertainty, his only hope for surviving the mayhem of the brutal cannibals, gun-trotting child soldiers and the bloodthirsty belligerent rebels is his wit which he finds challenged every single day. As he lives through his ordeal, Africa surfaces to life with all her magnificence, seduction, gloom and gore from the pages of the books he read back home. Death hovers over his head like a cloud yet he is awed by the beauty of Africa, humored by the non-congruity of life and excited about his job of bringing peace in the war ravaged country.
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The Progression Urban and Regional Development Planning Perspective
Original price was: 1,500.00৳.1,125.00৳Current price is: 1,125.00৳.
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The Progression Urban and Regional Development Planning Perspective
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The Progression Urban and Regional Development Planning Perspective
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The Progression Urban and Regional Development Planning Perspective
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War after the War : A Mother’s Tale
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“For many wives and mothers of martyrs, the war of liberation of Bangladesh ended not in victory but with the begining of a new unforeseen and unimaginably difficult battle. The brutal killing of the head of the family shattered the course of life as they knew it. For the author’s mother, an instant took away her husband, confidant and head of her family. From a housewife overnight she was forced into the role of homemaker and bread-earner, the dual responsibility of being the father and mother of the family. For many widowed mothers in the time, so ensued an everyday struggle for existence and raising their children with education, strength and skill to face the challenges of life. In doing so they carried forward the legacy of the liberation spirit, the fulfillment of the dream of those who sacrificed their life for the freedom of the nation. This is the tale of one mother, a martyr’s wife, whose resilience and resolve is narrated by her youngest daughter, Shilpi Rahman. It is an intimate story animating the turbulence and trauma of a family– their war after the war. Ultimately it is the celebration of human spirit which can be an inspiring tale for all.
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War after the War : A Mother’s Tale
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“For many wives and mothers of martyrs, the war of liberation of Bangladesh ended not in victory but with the begining of a new unforeseen and unimaginably difficult battle. The brutal killing of the head of the family shattered the course of life as they knew it. For the author’s mother, an instant took away her husband, confidant and head of her family. From a housewife overnight she was forced into the role of homemaker and bread-earner, the dual responsibility of being the father and mother of the family. For many widowed mothers in the time, so ensued an everyday struggle for existence and raising their children with education, strength and skill to face the challenges of life. In doing so they carried forward the legacy of the liberation spirit, the fulfillment of the dream of those who sacrificed their life for the freedom of the nation. This is the tale of one mother, a martyr’s wife, whose resilience and resolve is narrated by her youngest daughter, Shilpi Rahman. It is an intimate story animating the turbulence and trauma of a family– their war after the war. Ultimately it is the celebration of human spirit which can be an inspiring tale for all.
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War after the War : A Mother’s Tale
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“For many wives and mothers of martyrs, the war of liberation of Bangladesh ended not in victory but with the begining of a new unforeseen and unimaginably difficult battle. The brutal killing of the head of the family shattered the course of life as they knew it. For the author’s mother, an instant took away her husband, confidant and head of her family. From a housewife overnight she was forced into the role of homemaker and bread-earner, the dual responsibility of being the father and mother of the family. For many widowed mothers in the time, so ensued an everyday struggle for existence and raising their children with education, strength and skill to face the challenges of life. In doing so they carried forward the legacy of the liberation spirit, the fulfillment of the dream of those who sacrificed their life for the freedom of the nation. This is the tale of one mother, a martyr’s wife, whose resilience and resolve is narrated by her youngest daughter, Shilpi Rahman. It is an intimate story animating the turbulence and trauma of a family– their war after the war. Ultimately it is the celebration of human spirit which can be an inspiring tale for all.
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War after the War : A Mother’s Tale
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
“For many wives and mothers of martyrs, the war of liberation of Bangladesh ended not in victory but with the begining of a new unforeseen and unimaginably difficult battle. The brutal killing of the head of the family shattered the course of life as they knew it. For the author’s mother, an instant took away her husband, confidant and head of her family. From a housewife overnight she was forced into the role of homemaker and bread-earner, the dual responsibility of being the father and mother of the family. For many widowed mothers in the time, so ensued an everyday struggle for existence and raising their children with education, strength and skill to face the challenges of life. In doing so they carried forward the legacy of the liberation spirit, the fulfillment of the dream of those who sacrificed their life for the freedom of the nation. This is the tale of one mother, a martyr’s wife, whose resilience and resolve is narrated by her youngest daughter, Shilpi Rahman. It is an intimate story animating the turbulence and trauma of a family– their war after the war. Ultimately it is the celebration of human spirit which can be an inspiring tale for all.
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Washington Consensus : How and Why it Faield the Poor
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Washington Consensus : How and Why it Faield the Poor
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We Owe an Apology to Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
This is an anthology of writings by Pakistani Human Rights activists, journalists, poets, academics and others regarding the events of 1971 when the ruling military junta unleashed their attack on the civilian population in the Eastern part of the country violating every norms of a civilized society. The heinous crimes against humanity was covered up by a massive propaganda exercise that blinded most people in Pakistan giving rise to a pseudo-nationalistic religious fervour. But in that dark period there were people not comfortable with official version of the truth. Their observations and writings represented the voice of justice in Pakistan and the realization that Pakistan owes an apology to Bangladesh for the brutal atrocities perpetrated by its Armed Forces and ruling coterie in 1971.
We hope this collection of articles will contribute in promoting justice and understanding which is so much necessary to come in terms with history.
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We Owe an Apology to Bangladesh
Original price was: 500.00৳.375.00৳Current price is: 375.00৳.
This is an anthology of writings by Pakistani Human Rights activists, journalists, poets, academics and others regarding the events of 1971 when the ruling military junta unleashed their attack on the civilian population in the Eastern part of the country violating every norms of a civilized society. The heinous crimes against humanity was covered up by a massive propaganda exercise that blinded most people in Pakistan giving rise to a pseudo-nationalistic religious fervour. But in that dark period there were people not comfortable with official version of the truth. Their observations and writings represented the voice of justice in Pakistan and the realization that Pakistan owes an apology to Bangladesh for the brutal atrocities perpetrated by its Armed Forces and ruling coterie in 1971.
We hope this collection of articles will contribute in promoting justice and understanding which is so much necessary to come in terms with history.
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Wildlife of Bangladesh: From Amphibia to Mammalia – A Checklist
Original price was: 250.00৳.187.50৳Current price is: 187.50৳.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Reza Khan was born in an enlightened family in the Ballia Bora Bari, Village: Ballia, under Dhamrai of Dhaka District on January 1,1947. He spent his childhood in the village completing primary education there and then moved to Manikganj to continue with the rest of his schooling and Higher Secondary Certificate studies. He did his B.Sc. from the Notre Dame College and M.Sc. with Ornithology major from the Zoology Department of Dhaka University in 1968 and 1970 respectively. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the Bombay University working under Dr. Salim Ali- the Birdman of India- between June 1974 and December 1977.
Before joining Dhaka University as a Lecturer of Zoology in November 1973 he taught Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Wildlife Biology in Ideal Collage and Notre Dame College, Dhaka and Rajshahi University. Dr. Khan moved to the UAE to manage the zoos there in December 1983 and is still continuing his job as the Specialist for the management of wildlife and zoo in Dubai, under the Government of Dubai, UAE.
Research works related to his four decade-long field studies and the zoo resulted in the publication of seven books in English and nine books in Bengali and dozens of scientific paper publications at home, India, Switzerland, UAE, UK and US on the bio-diversity, environment and wildlife of Bangladesh, India and the UAE.
His most outstanding publication to date has been the 'Wildlife of Bangladesh- a Checklist, 172-page book published by Dhaka University in 1982 that laid the foundation for the study of wildlife in Bangladesh. His most acclaimed book was the three-volume 'Bangladesher Bonnnyaprani, first published by Bangla Academy in 1987 and reprinted in 1996. He has contributed many entries in the Banglapedia and the Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, both published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. His most recent publications include the Bangladesher Pakhi by Bangla Academy, 2008, and Birds of Bangladesh- a picture guide by a local Bank in 2010
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Wildlife of Bangladesh: From Amphibia to Mammalia – A Checklist
Original price was: 250.00৳.187.50৳Current price is: 187.50৳.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Reza Khan was born in an enlightened family in the Ballia Bora Bari, Village: Ballia, under Dhamrai of Dhaka District on January 1,1947. He spent his childhood in the village completing primary education there and then moved to Manikganj to continue with the rest of his schooling and Higher Secondary Certificate studies. He did his B.Sc. from the Notre Dame College and M.Sc. with Ornithology major from the Zoology Department of Dhaka University in 1968 and 1970 respectively. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the Bombay University working under Dr. Salim Ali- the Birdman of India- between June 1974 and December 1977.
Before joining Dhaka University as a Lecturer of Zoology in November 1973 he taught Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Wildlife Biology in Ideal Collage and Notre Dame College, Dhaka and Rajshahi University. Dr. Khan moved to the UAE to manage the zoos there in December 1983 and is still continuing his job as the Specialist for the management of wildlife and zoo in Dubai, under the Government of Dubai, UAE.
Research works related to his four decade-long field studies and the zoo resulted in the publication of seven books in English and nine books in Bengali and dozens of scientific paper publications at home, India, Switzerland, UAE, UK and US on the bio-diversity, environment and wildlife of Bangladesh, India and the UAE.
His most outstanding publication to date has been the 'Wildlife of Bangladesh- a Checklist, 172-page book published by Dhaka University in 1982 that laid the foundation for the study of wildlife in Bangladesh. His most acclaimed book was the three-volume 'Bangladesher Bonnnyaprani, first published by Bangla Academy in 1987 and reprinted in 1996. He has contributed many entries in the Banglapedia and the Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, both published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. His most recent publications include the Bangladesher Pakhi by Bangla Academy, 2008, and Birds of Bangladesh- a picture guide by a local Bank in 2010
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বাংলার লোকছড়া / Folk Rhymes of Bangladesh
Original price was: 60.00৳.40.00৳Current price is: 40.00৳.
Folk-rhymes of Bengal, although centuries old, have a timelessness and modernity about them. They sing the joys and sorrows of life with playful sounds and fine images and have attracted the imagination of the little child generation after generation. This selection of Bengali folk rhymes has been ably translated into English by National Professor Kabir Chowdhury and illustrated in full colour by renowned painter Rafiqun Nabi. Hopefully this attractive book will interact with the child in a playful way enriching his learning process.
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বাংলার লোকছড়া / Folk Rhymes of Bangladesh
Original price was: 60.00৳.40.00৳Current price is: 40.00৳.
Folk-rhymes of Bengal, although centuries old, have a timelessness and modernity about them. They sing the joys and sorrows of life with playful sounds and fine images and have attracted the imagination of the little child generation after generation. This selection of Bengali folk rhymes has been ably translated into English by National Professor Kabir Chowdhury and illustrated in full colour by renowned painter Rafiqun Nabi. Hopefully this attractive book will interact with the child in a playful way enriching his learning process.
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বিপন্ন পৃথিবী-পরিবেশের সংক্ষিপ্ত অর্থ নৈতিক ইতিহাস: জন বেলামি ফস্টার
Original price was: 175.00৳.132.00৳Current price is: 132.00৳.
সভ্যতার অগ্রগতি নিয়ে আমাদের গর্বের অন্ত নেই, কিন্তু এই অর্থনৈতিক বিকাশ ক্রমাগতভাবে পরিবেশ ধ্বংস করে বিপন্ন করে তুলছে পৃথিবী, মানব-অস্তিত্বকে ঠেলে দিচ্ছে হুমকির মুখে। এমনি অমোঘ পরিণতি থেকে রক্ষা পাওয়ার জন্য পথানুসন্ধান করে ফিরছে বিশ্বসমাজ, তবে মূল সমস্যা এড়িয়ে যেসব সংস্কার ও ক্ষতিপূরণের ব্যবস্থার কথা বলা হচ্ছে তা পারছে না স্থায়ী সুফল বয়ে আনতে। জটিল অথচ অতীব গুরুতর এই সমস্যার নির্মোহ, তথ্যমূলক ও বিশ্লেষণী পর্যালোচনা করেছেন লেখক জন বেলামি ফস্টার, প্রখ্যাত মান্থলি রিভিউ পত্রিকার তিনি সম্পাদক এবং রাজনৈতিক-অর্থনৈতিক বিষয়ক একাধিক গ্রন্থের প্রণেতা। অর্থনৈতিক ইতিহাস ও বিন্যাসের নিরিখে পরিবেশ সঙ্কট বিচারে ব্রতী হয়েছেন তিনি। আধুনিক উৎপাদনব্যবস্থার উদ্ভব ও বিকাশের পটভূমিকায় পরিবেশ সঙ্কট বিচার করবার মধ্য দিয়ে পাওয়া যাবে সঙ্কটমোচনের ইশারা, মিলবে প্রচলিত ভাবনার গণ্ডি পেরিয়ে সামাজিক মানুষের নিয়ন্তা ভূমিকা জোরদার করবার উপায়। পরিবেশ নিয়ে ভাবিত পাঠকদের জন্য এই গ্রন্থ নতুন চিন্তার খোরাক যোগাবে, সভ্যতার সর্বগ্রাসী সঙ্কটের মুখোমুখি বিকল্প ভাবনার গুরুত্ব যেমন মেলে ধরবে, তেমনি দেখাবে পথানুসন্ধানের রেখা।
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বিপন্ন পৃথিবী-পরিবেশের সংক্ষিপ্ত অর্থ নৈতিক ইতিহাস: জন বেলামি ফস্টার
Original price was: 175.00৳.132.00৳Current price is: 132.00৳.
সভ্যতার অগ্রগতি নিয়ে আমাদের গর্বের অন্ত নেই, কিন্তু এই অর্থনৈতিক বিকাশ ক্রমাগতভাবে পরিবেশ ধ্বংস করে বিপন্ন করে তুলছে পৃথিবী, মানব-অস্তিত্বকে ঠেলে দিচ্ছে হুমকির মুখে। এমনি অমোঘ পরিণতি থেকে রক্ষা পাওয়ার জন্য পথানুসন্ধান করে ফিরছে বিশ্বসমাজ, তবে মূল সমস্যা এড়িয়ে যেসব সংস্কার ও ক্ষতিপূরণের ব্যবস্থার কথা বলা হচ্ছে তা পারছে না স্থায়ী সুফল বয়ে আনতে। জটিল অথচ অতীব গুরুতর এই সমস্যার নির্মোহ, তথ্যমূলক ও বিশ্লেষণী পর্যালোচনা করেছেন লেখক জন বেলামি ফস্টার, প্রখ্যাত মান্থলি রিভিউ পত্রিকার তিনি সম্পাদক এবং রাজনৈতিক-অর্থনৈতিক বিষয়ক একাধিক গ্রন্থের প্রণেতা। অর্থনৈতিক ইতিহাস ও বিন্যাসের নিরিখে পরিবেশ সঙ্কট বিচারে ব্রতী হয়েছেন তিনি। আধুনিক উৎপাদনব্যবস্থার উদ্ভব ও বিকাশের পটভূমিকায় পরিবেশ সঙ্কট বিচার করবার মধ্য দিয়ে পাওয়া যাবে সঙ্কটমোচনের ইশারা, মিলবে প্রচলিত ভাবনার গণ্ডি পেরিয়ে সামাজিক মানুষের নিয়ন্তা ভূমিকা জোরদার করবার উপায়। পরিবেশ নিয়ে ভাবিত পাঠকদের জন্য এই গ্রন্থ নতুন চিন্তার খোরাক যোগাবে, সভ্যতার সর্বগ্রাসী সঙ্কটের মুখোমুখি বিকল্প ভাবনার গুরুত্ব যেমন মেলে ধরবে, তেমনি দেখাবে পথানুসন্ধানের রেখা।
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যাদুকরের সাগরেদ
Original price was: 80.00৳.60.00৳Current price is: 60.00৳.
সাগরের রাজা ট্রাইটন ভীষণ রেগে গেছেন। তাঁর মেয়ে কিনা বিয়ে করতে চায় ডাঙার মানুষ এক রাজকুমারকে। মৎস্যকন্যাকে ফেরাতে রাজা সাহায্য চাইলেন সাগর-ডাইনির। কিন্তু ডাইনি মনে মনে আরেক কথা ভাবছে। সে ফন্দি আঁটলো...
যারা একেবারে ছোট নয়, যাচ্ছে স্কুলে, নিজেরাই বানান করে পড়তে শিখেছে তাদের জয় এই বই। ডিজনির কাহিনীর চেনা সব চারিত্র নিয়ে সন্ধ্যার সন্ধার পর। পার রয়েছে পাতা জুড়ে ভুলাহলে হবি। তবে শুরু হোক বই পড়া
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যাদুকরের সাগরেদ
Original price was: 80.00৳.60.00৳Current price is: 60.00৳.
সাগরের রাজা ট্রাইটন ভীষণ রেগে গেছেন। তাঁর মেয়ে কিনা বিয়ে করতে চায় ডাঙার মানুষ এক রাজকুমারকে। মৎস্যকন্যাকে ফেরাতে রাজা সাহায্য চাইলেন সাগর-ডাইনির। কিন্তু ডাইনি মনে মনে আরেক কথা ভাবছে। সে ফন্দি আঁটলো...
যারা একেবারে ছোট নয়, যাচ্ছে স্কুলে, নিজেরাই বানান করে পড়তে শিখেছে তাদের জয় এই বই। ডিজনির কাহিনীর চেনা সব চারিত্র নিয়ে সন্ধ্যার সন্ধার পর। পার রয়েছে পাতা জুড়ে ভুলাহলে হবি। তবে শুরু হোক বই পড়া