Category: Archives
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Women Fighters in 1971 Liberation War: Bhanunesa
Bhanunesa, born Bhanumati in 1940 in Sathia Upazila of Pabna, is remembered as the only known woman freedom fighter from the area who directly assisted the Mukti Bahini during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War. The daughter of Nagen Haldar of Talat village, she lost her mother early in life and was raised by her aunts. At…
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Have you Forgotten Swarnamoyee Biswas?
On 18 October 2025, 28-year-old Swarnamoyee Biswas, a junior graphic designer at Dhaka Stream, was found dead in her apartment in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area. Police initially recorded the case as a suspected suicide and sent her body for autopsy. Her death quickly drew public attention, not only because she was a young media professional, but…
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2002 Model Tinni Murder Case: Two Decades Later and Still No Justice
The murder of Bangladeshi model Syeda Tania Mahbub, widely known as Tinni, remains one of the most widely discussed criminal cases in Bangladesh’s media history. Tinni’s body was discovered on 10 November 2002 beneath the China–Bangladesh Friendship Bridge over the Buriganga River in Dhaka. She was 21 years old at the time of her death.…
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