New Age (Bangladesh)

Dec 25, 2024 | newagebd.net

The Christian community on Wednesday celebrated the Christmas Day in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with festivity and religious fervour commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ.

Oct 22, 2024 | newagebd.net | Rabindranath Tagore

The 70th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest poets of Bangla literature Jibanananda Das was observed in Barishal on Tuesday. Marking the day, different organisations held programmes in the city. Pragati Lekhak Sangha Barishal unit placed a floral wreath on the portrait of the poet at the Memorial Hall in the city’s Jibanananda Das Sarak in the morning. The organisation also held a discussion on the poet and recitation of his poems.

Apr 6, 2024 | newagebd.net | Ali Khayam

CHILDREN in Pakistan have the least amount of playtime in schools as compared with the neighbouring countries in South Asia. According to a report published by UNDP in 2018, only seven per cent of Pakistani children and youth have access to a playground in their school or community, and over 60pc of them reported not having frequent access to sport and play activities. These numbers are worse if we consider gender-segregated data.

Apr 6, 2024 | newagebd.net | Dominik Müller

THE first states will start voting in India’s general election on April 19. All votes are expected to be counted by June 4. The official line is that the economy is flourishing and growth has helped lift many Indians out of poverty. Farmers and agricultural workers are not, however, among those who benefit from the policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mar 28, 2024 | newagebd.net | Paul Larudee

Joe Biden is not Dwight D Eisenhower, nor John Kennedy, nor even Richard Nixon or Jimmy Carter. We no longer have a president with the guts or the acumen to defy anyone, least of all the Zionist Lobby, and we have no prospect of ever having such a person in the White House in the foreseeable future, writes Paul LarudeeTHE future always surprises us to some degree.