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In the annals of the Liberation War, an extraordinary event unfolded in the city of Pabna: the inaugural resistance battle against the Pakistani military. Over the span of two relentless days on March 28th and 29th, nearly 200 Pakistani soldiers met their fate in Pabna. Following this valiant stand, Pabna enjoyed a reprieve from enemy […]

18th December, 1971The third evening of independent Bangladesh will come soon. The red-green flag is fluttering in the sky of Dhaka with the smell of gunpowder. An old man in his seventies is playing with a teenager in the sound of ‘Joy Bangla’ which has come out of the procession in the neighborhood. The whole

On February 26, 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came to Basantpur village north of Nagarbari in Pabna district. On that day, he inaugurated the construction of Mujibbandh. A public meeting was organized on the occasion of the construction of the said Mujibbandh. There were so many people in the public meeting – so many people

23rd MarchThe first hoisting of Independent Bangladesh’s flag in Pabna. The turbulent March in 1971.The month of our independence. Every single day of march was unique and important for the movement. The civil disobedience movement against the Pak government was started during this period.The flag of independent Bangladesh was hoisted in Dhaka University on 2nd

Naturally, the political activities that started among the students in Dhaka in February 1948 in the raise of the rejection of Dhirendranath Dutta’s proposal on Bengali language in the session of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly had an active effect in Pabna. A major source of this is the politically conscious students of the local Edward

For more than six decades Suchitra Sen remained an iconic figure in Bengali cinema. Synonymous with grace, beauty, and the quintessential Bengali femininity, she held a special place in the hearts of millions. She was born as Roma Dasgupta in Pabna district in Bangladesh 1931. She wed Dibanath Sen, son of a wealthy Bengali industrialist,

Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist.He passed the Entrance examination (1923) from Majumder Academy in Pabna and studied painting (1927) at the Indian Art Academy in Kolkata. For some time he worked as a journalist in the magazine Islam