The new site where the hospital would be built used to be a ‘houz’ till 1914. It carries the name of a Qutb Shahi palace that was the playground for the women in the zenana of the last Qutb ...

Jashore's fight for mother tongue began in February 1948, and during the course of the language movement, it eventually became the home to the second Shaheed Minar after Rajshahi in February 1952.

The PTI had decided to observe black day on Feb 8 to protest against its 'stolen mandate' in last year's general elections and announced a plan to hold public gatherings in Minar-e-Pakistan ground.