We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kamal Lohani. He was an eminent journalist and cultural activist. Born in Shantala village of Ullahpara upazila in Sirajganj on 26 June 1934, Lohani lived through the Partition of India, Bengal Famine, Language Movement, and Liberation War of Bangladesh. Lohani began his career as a journalist at […]

The passing of National Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman on 14 May 2020 is an enormous loss of an engaged public intellectual and an eminent scholar. He was a Trustee of the Bengal Foundation and Chair of the Board of Editors of Kali O Kalam, an acclaimed Bengali literary journal. He was also a founding Trustee of […]

The passing of National Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman on 14 May 2020 is an enormous loss of an engaged public intellectual and an eminent scholar. He was a Trustee of the Bengal Foundation and Chair of the Board of Editors of Kali O Kalam, an acclaimed Bengali literary journal. He was also a founding Trustee of the Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq […]

বরেণ্য সংগীতজ্ঞ আজাদ রহমান মারা গেছেন। আজ শনিবার ১৬ মে রাজধানীর শ্যামলীতে একটি হাসপাতালে বেলা সাড়ে ৪টায় শেষ নিশ্বাস ত্যাগ করেন তিনি। তাঁর মৃত্যুতে আমরা শোকাহত। ‘জন্ম আমার ধন্য হলো মা গো’, ‘ভালোবাসার মূল্য কত’, ‘ও চোখে চোখ পড়েছে যখনই’, ‘মনেরও রঙে রাঙাব’, ‘ডোরা কাটা দাগ দেখে বাঘ চেনা যায়’, ‘এক বুক জ্বালা নিয়ে বন্ধু […]

জাতীয় অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান আজ, ১৪ মে ২০২০, বিকাল ৪টা ৫৫ মিনিটে ঢাকার সম্মিলিত সামরিক হাসপাতালে শেষ নিশ্বাস ত্যাগ করেছেন (ইন্নালিল্লাহি ওয়া ইন্না ইলাহি রাজিউন)। তাঁর বয়স হয়েছিল ৮৩ বছর। তিনি বার্ধক্যজনিত নানা জটিলতায় ভুগছিলেন। অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান ছিলেন কালি ও কলমের সম্পাদকমণ্ডলীর সভাপতি। তাঁর দিকনির্দেশনায় এ পত্রিকা হয়ে উঠেছে বাংলা ভাষার প্রধানতম সাহিত্যপত্রিকা। বেঙ্গল ফাউন্ডেশনের তিনি […]

Bengal Foundation mourns the passing of National Professor Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury. A renowned engineer and educator, he was the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Asia Pacific. Born in Sylhet in 1943, Jamilur Reza Choudhury completed his BSc in Civil Engineering in 1963 from the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), with honours. […]

We are saddened by the passing of renowned architect and educator Bashirul Haq. Born in 24 June 1942, Haq completed his Bachelor of Architecture from the National College of Arts, Pakistan, in 1964. He went on to receive a John Heinrich Tuition, Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, at University of New Mexico, United States, in 1971, […]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Sorkin. Born in 2 August 1948, Michael Sorkin was a renowned American architect, author, and teacher based in New York. Considered to be one of the most distinctive voices for social justice and sustainability in the design of the urban environment, he received a Bachelor’s degree from the University […]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Nemai Ghosh. Born on 8 May 1934, Nemai Ghosh was a renowned photographer from India. He was best known for working with Satyajit Ray; an association which lasted for nearly three decades, and earned him the title of ‘Boswell with a camera’; starting with Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in […]