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  • Bangladesh To Preserve Biplobi Ullaskar Dutta’s Sesquicentennial House

    BRAHMANBARIA | THE government of Bangladesh has taken the initiative to declare the sesquicentennial house of revolutionary leader Ullaskar Dutta as an antiquities in Sarail, Brahmanbaria. In this regard, Director General of Antiquities Preservation Wing of Directorate of Archeology Chandan Kumar Dey wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Brahmanbaria. This information was obtained from the letter sent to the District Commissioner. The letter mentions that earlier on December 7, the Deputy Commissioner sent a letter to the Department of Archaeology. In that letter, it was said that the residence of the revolutionary leader Ullaskar Dutta has historical importance as a witness to his life and work in Kalikachha village under Sarail upazila.   According to the instructions of the Ministry of Culture, the local administration… …. 

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  • Survivors Of Kalapani

    CATHY SCOTT-CLARK / ADRIAN LEVY THEY came for him on the fifth day of the hunger strike, with bamboo truncheons drawn. He remembered the bell in the Central Tower ringing, so it must have been 11am when they ripped back the bolts. Rough hands grabbed his forearms and thighs, one warder riding on his bucking chest. The familiar voice of Dr Edge boomed along Levels One and Two: "Teach the terrorists a lesson." "I was… …. 

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