Despite all odds, the newly raised 39 (ad hoc) Division fought against the enemy’s aggression and laid their lives in the defense of the motherland. The remains of the valiant soldiers buried in Dacca would always be the pride of the nation. Chandpur literally means the place of the moon. There are several tales of how this place got its exotic name. It has been variously attributed to Chand Rai, a Zamindar of Bikrampur or Chand Faqir or Shah Ahmed Chand, an administrator from Delhi in the fifteenth century, who had established a river port here.1 Chandpur found its place on the modern maps in 1779 CE, when Major James Rennel, a British surveyor, drew a map of Bengal and included an obscure town called Chandpur in it.2 It figured prominently as a place where a last-ditch battle was fought in the 1971 War. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Chandpur is a river port situated... Read More

The global forecast of declining growth rates for various economic indicators may lead the world economy into recession. Pakistan must identify the possible impacts and embrace the structural and selective sectoral growth to minimize the negative impact of recession. Nowadays, rising infl... Read More

Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s political career is spread over four phases. First, when he remained a member of Indian National Congress (INC) from 1897 to 1913. The second phase was during 1913-1934 in which he tried his best to bring the INC leaders towards a political patch-up, like the... Read More