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Tribute to Comrade Moni Singh

Today is the 31st death anniversary of Comrade Moni Singh, founder president of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB).  He died on this very day in 1990 at the age of 84. Moni Singh was born on 28 July 1901 in a middle class family in Kolkata. After the death of his father he came to Susang Durga...

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A tribute to Col Shawkat Ali

Today is the 1st death anniversary of Col (retd) Shawakat Ali,  one of the accused of  Historical Agartala Conspiracy Case and  former Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh National Parliament. On  this day in 2020 he died of old age complicacy. He was born on 17 January in 1937 at Lunsen...

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Remembering Rani Ma Ila Mitra

Today is the 96th birth anniversary of comrade Ila Mitra, the legendary leader of Nachol Farmer's Revolution (Peasant Movement of Nachol) Rani Ma (Queen Mother) of the Santals. On this day in 1925 Ila Mitra was born at Bakutia village in present Jhenaidah district. She was the eldest child among...