Committee to inspect legendary diamond mortgaged by Nawab Salimullah in 1908
Local folklore suggests that a person named Sheikh Malek Uddin Akheruzzaman constructed the mosque
With HSBC’s association with the album publication, this event aims to preserve the cultural heritage of Bangladesh and encourage artistic expression.
Find out more about Abdur Rahim on today's Inside Bangladesh
What authors, publishers are saying about an ‘off-season’ book fair
“Mr Speaker Sir, what did Bangalee intend to achieve? What rights did Bangalee want to possess? We do not need to discuss and decide on them now [after independence]. [We] tried to press our demands after the so called 1947 independence. Each of our days and years with Pakistan was an episode of bloodied history; a record of struggle for our rights,” said Tajuddin Ahmad on October 30, 1972 in the Constituent Assembly. He commented on the proposed draft constitution for Bangladesh, which was adopted on November 4, 1972.
