Chattogram under water, again
18 August 2026
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Bangladesh
Daisy Edgar-Jones to lead new adaptation of ‘Sense and Sensibility’
26 June 2026
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TV & Film
Leak on space station triggers brief safety alert
5 June 2026
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Science
DGHS issues show-cause notice to Ad-din Hospital over newborn deaths
4 June 2026
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Hospitals
Opposition not in parliament for idle talk or history lessons: Jamaat ameer
1 May 2026
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Politics
Porsche to launch all-electric Cayenne Coupe
24 April 2026
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Technology
Shift / F1 2026: How a rule change turned motorsport into 'Mario Kart'
15 April 2026
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Technology
Shift / Avik Anwar wins UAE touring car title after final-round victory
12 April 2026
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Technology
Jamaat alleges voting irregularities in Bogura-6 by-polls, Sherpur-3 election
9 April 2026
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Bangladesh
'If one can't be appointed without party affiliation, that is unfortunate'
7 April 2026
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Parliament
Home-grown solutions for a global crisis: 'Rohingya Camp Narratives' launches at IUB
“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.
29 July 2022
Humayun Ahmed and the language of Bangladeshi novels
His written language came close to spoken language due to the primitive and original style of Bengali syntax—simple sentence structures.
29 July 2022
Teacher recruitment scam: West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee sacked from cabinet
West Bengal’s Commerce and Industry minist Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the multi-crore-rupee school teacher recruitment scam, was sacked from the cabinet today (July 28, 2022).
28 July 2022
Govt needs to spend $9 per patient annually
Life-saving care for high blood pressure -- the leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes -- can be expanded nationwide if the government spends $9 per patient annually, according to a study.
27 July 2022
‘Tortured by cops, framed in false case’
A former Union Parishad member has alleged of being tortured and implicated in a false case by police in Rajshahi’s Mohonpur a week ago.
27 July 2022
Right policies to tackle crisis vital
With global food and fertiliser prices alarmingly high already, the government must come up with policy responses to offset the increase in
27 July 2022
‘Persuasion’, ‘Bridgerton’, ‘Emma.’ What’s missing from these quirky period dramas?
Studios seem to think female characters need to be glossed with a “zany” and “feisty” persona in order to be relevant.
27 July 2022
Ali Riaz’s ‘More than Meets the Eye’ and a writer’s responsibility
Writers and intellectuals are obligated to stir moral indignation at gross injustices and the plight of the masses.
27 July 2022
Mundanities, magic realism, Bangladesh—Shahidul Zahir’s novellas
The personal space is the same as the political sphere, the individual on the same strand as the collective.
27 July 2022
Increase capacity of labour wings at foreign missions
Labour welfare wings at different foreign missions need to be more friendly and sensitive towards migrant workers while providing services to them, speakers said at a workshop yesterday.
27 July 2022
Unconventional narrators dominate the 2022 Booker Prize longlist
Glory is narrated by a vivid chorus of animal voices, while Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is partly told by the malevolent cancer travelling through the body of protagonist Lia.
27 July 2022
Stocks rise for second day
Stocks in Bangladesh continued to rise for the second consecutive day today, thanks to the buying tendency among institutional investors.
26 July 2022
July’s ULAB Literary Salon discusses Bangladeshi short story anthologies
An engaging discussion on translations unfolded at the event.
26 July 2022
Devote yourselves for the interest of people: PM to public servants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 23, 2022) asked the public servants to devote themselves to the welfare of the people who pay taxes for their salaries, comforts and luxuries.
23 July 2022
Revelling in nature
If you are planning a vacation or having a break from work, there is hardly a destination better than Cox’s Bazar.
22 July 2022
1,104 new Covid cases and 1 death recorded
The health directorate yesterday reported just one death from Covid-19, down from eight the previous day.
20 July 2022
The retrospection of Christopher Isherwood: A man exploring the heart of falling Berlin
Perhaps his most significant occupation was one as a diarist who took it upon himself to document his life as he moved through some of the most interesting scenes of human history.
16 July 2022
Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
Sudden erosion by the Jamuna river has devoured several homesteads and vast farmlands within a few hours at Mazzan village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila last week, creating panic among the villagers.
13 July 2022
Homegoers get stuck in tailbacks
People going to their hometowns from Dhaka to spend Eid suffered immensely due to shortage of buses, long tailbacks on the highways and delayed trains.
8 July 2022
9.87pc pass in DU Kha Unit entry test
Only 9.87 percent students passed in Dhaka University’s Kha Unit admission test for the academic session of 2021-22.
27 June 2022