Bangladeshi mariner stranded on drone-hit tanker
6 December 2025
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Daria-i-Noor, ‘sister’ to Koh-i-Noor, awaits first light in 117 years
8 October 2025
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Nafisa’s HSC result the last memory left with her mother
16 October 2024
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A glimpse into Zahir Raihan's Films
19 August 2024
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Dubai floods / Thousands of Bangladeshis stranded at Dhaka, Dubai airports
18 April 2024
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Natural Disaster
From outlaws to flower growers
14 April 2024
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'Genuine' SSC, HSC certificates for sale!
1 April 2024
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Counterfeiting currency / Learning from YouTube, he sells them on Facebook
28 March 2024
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Why many countries are trying a four-day work week
21 January 2024
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Shaheed Asad: The spark that lit a fuse in 1969
20 January 2024
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The fading days of mangoes
The mango season is over but the craving for this delicious fruit lingers on in our taste buds.
15 August 2016
In twist, Chinese divers get engaged on Olympic medal stage
China's He Zi receives the shock of her life when teammate and boyfriend Qin Kai rushed up with a diamond ring during the medal ceremony of the women's 3 metre springboard event, marking the second marriage proposal of the Olympics.
15 August 2016
Nation pays homage to Bangabandhu
People from all walks of life are observing the National Mourning Day with due respect and solemnity, marking the 41st anniversary of assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
15 August 2016
Dalim goes on air
The night still shadowed the whole nature with its deep black curtain. It was around 4:30am. Four people at the radio office in Dhaka's Shahbagh just fell into exhausted slumber following a late night programme that ended at 2:00am.
14 August 2016
Shame darker than the night
It was around 3:00am of August 15, 1975. Preparations for carrying out a barbaric assassination were almost done.
Major Syed Faruk Rahman, one of the masterminds of the massacre, was sitting on a stool in front of the lancer unit headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment. An operation map was open on his knees. Execution of which would send a massive blow to the newly independent Bangladesh. Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid, another mastermind, was standing beside him.
14 August 2016
Bloodbath on Road 32
It was not dawn yet. A false dawn spread its pale light across the sky. At House 677 of Road 32 in Dhanmondi, it was time to change guards while everybody was still in deep sleep: President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, wife Begum Mujib, sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russell, daughters-in-law, and brother Sheikh Naser.
14 August 2016
Terminally ill woman holds party before ending her life
In early July, Betsy Davis emails her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: "These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness."
12 August 2016
About Town
About Town
11 August 2016
QUIRKY SCIENCE
As scientists and policymakers around the world try to combat the increasing rate of climate change, they have focused on the chief culprit: carbon dioxide.
11 August 2016
The Manmade Deluge
During the drier seasons from November to March, anybody visiting the northern districts of Bangladesh will come across a
11 August 2016
Star Diary
The other day I was going to my office in Motijheel by a rickshaw. As I was having a conversation with the elderly rickshaw
11 August 2016
Ayub Bachchu
Ayub Bachchu is a singer, a lyricist, a composer and also the founder of the country's one of the leading bands, the LRB. He
11 August 2016
7
The number of athletes who are representing Bangladesh in the Rio Olympics in Brazil this year. Bangladesh had made its debut
11 August 2016
The Mother of Thousand Eighty Four
On July 28, 2016, we lost a mother – a mother who taught us to dream, who coached us to speak for the rights of others and
11 August 2016
MAILBOX
I do not know how many times I passed by Ramna Park, but unfortunately I never thought of learning it’s history.
11 August 2016
Snapshot
“Everything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.” – Pablo Neruda
11 August 2016
Surviving the Disaster
This year, one of the most devastating floods in the last ten years of Bangladesh has affected 3.4 million people mostly in the northern districts of the country.
11 August 2016
Never say “Goodbye”
It was ten minutes past nine, however, the populace outside Shahjalal International Airport showed no signs of lateness of the night.
8 August 2016
Sao Tome and Principe president boycotts own run-off vote
In an unusual move, the president of the west African state of Sao Tome and Principe boycott his own run-off election, handing victory to his rival.
8 August 2016
The Thai village using poop to power homes
After successfully lighting up their homes with solar panels and stoves fueled by cow dung, the villagers are now clean energy crusaders in a gas-guzzling country that overwhelmingly relies on fossil fuels.
5 August 2016