Reading Sarat Chandra at 150, with empathy
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Who really owned Britain’s royal jewels?
19 September 2026
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The 25,000-year history of betel nut chewing
17 September 2026
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The world map we know is distorted. Why does it matter?
15 September 2026
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Bengal and the coming of Islam: A story of soil and spirit
14 September 2026
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Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
11 September 2026
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre
10 September 2026
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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Untold stories of 1971 through private letters
7 September 2026
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Anti-Liberation War forces have taken advantage of the failure of democracy
In conversation with Rehman Sobhan, one of Bangladesh’s most distinguished economists and a celebrated public intellectual.
24 December 2025
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies
Due to its strong ties to Pakistan as a Cold War ally, the Nixon administration declined to recognise the genocide.
15 December 2025
The art lover who stole The Love Letter for Bangladesh’s freedom
The condition: money must be used for refugees suffering in the war in East Pakistan
15 December 2025
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world
In 1971, artists did not merely respond to history—they helped shape it.
15 December 2025
Kazi Fazlur Rahman, a civil servant and an intellectual giant
Kazi Fazlur Rahman was a Member of Bangladesh’s first Interim Government in 1991
15 December 2025
Chittagong, before Chittagong: An early history
In the remote east of a region once called Harikela lies Chittagong, an upper Bay of Bengal port city at the juncture of the medieval Bengal, Arakan and Tripura kingdoms.
14 December 2025
The untold story behind 1971’s two most haunting photographs
Because the image was published, Naib Uddin’s life came under threat.
12 December 2025
What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within
Liberation is not about what one wears or does not wear but about the values they live by
7 December 2025
Living in a time of fear: The rise of digital inquisition in Bangladesh
The pervasive violence — both physical and symbolic — in our times is contagious.
4 December 2025
A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story
In April 1971, at the age of 24, Val Harding was volunteering as a nurse at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, when she first heard of the atrocities on March 25 in Dhaka and the fight for the Liberation of Bangladesh.
30 November 2025
Early North Bengal: A (re-)creation and a lone journey
Naturally, ENB, which was mentioned as Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti in the Gupta epigraphs, remained mostly understudied.
30 November 2025
My experience as an editor of a Bangla magazine
We wanted Edesh-Ekal to say something to all citizens and at the same time to maintain a strong focus on women and their problems
28 November 2025
‘Struggle’: Noazesh Ahmed and his first masterpiece
All his life, Noazesh remained immersed in the enchantment of art.
24 November 2025
Remembering Munier Bhai
Munier Chowdhury's extraordinary contributions—not only through his own work but also by inspiring others and engaging in dialogue—made him unique.
23 November 2025
Photographing Muslim women: How Sufia Kamal broke the camera taboo
Sufia herself faced no trouble for having her photograph printed, but her poem did create difficulties.
20 November 2025
Dhaka’s forgotten WWII story: What soldiers feared more than Japanese bullets
The US soldiers and Allied crews who passed through Dhaka during the war ended up fighting two battles at once
18 November 2025
Bhashani and the gayebi janazah of 1968: A photographic history
The atmosphere was heavy and tense. It seemed unlikely that people would turn up for the gayebi janazah.
17 November 2025
Two forgotten kingdoms of Bengal
Maps are regarded as affirmative visual documents, permanently fixing places, distances, and itineraries in our minds. Yet we often forget that early modern maps were subjective texts, only approximating places.
16 November 2025
‘Let democracy be free’: The image that shook a dictator
After the photo’s publication, government intelligence officers began searching for Pavel Rahman.
10 November 2025
A song for the soul
How ‘Mayer Tori’ is reviving folk music in the north
10 November 2025