Unbound Mother: The making and remaking of Kaali in Bengal
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Do great leaders make history, or does history make them?
29 September 2026
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Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal
28 September 2026
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Partition, Bor Porong and the Chakmas’ unfinished struggle for belonging
27 September 2026
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The young radicals who challenged 19th-century Bengal
24 September 2026
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More men are cooking. But is patriarchy leaving the kitchen?
23 September 2026
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Everyday secularism and the Bangladesh we rarely talk about
22 September 2026
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Reading Sarat Chandra at 150, with empathy
21 September 2026
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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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China duty bound to contribute to international development
Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Ma Mingqiang said China has taken up several initiatives like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as the country is duty-bound to make contributions to international development endeavours.
1 October 2015
MoU signed with Japanese firm
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) and Re-Tem Corporation, Japan, yesterday signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for planning, developing and successfully implementing hi-tech parks in Bangladesh.
1 October 2015
Preserve hydro-geological data
Bangladesh urgently needs an effective hydro-geological database to manage and preserve its water resources, experts told a workshop in the capital yesterday.
1 October 2015
Law should incorporate preventive measures too
A law stating both preventive and punitive measures is required to check the recent rise in violence against women and children, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.
1 October 2015
Bus owners start raising fares
Some bus operators in Dhaka have already raised fares while most are to do so in a couple of days as the new rates, fixed by the government in line with the recent hike in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) and announced on September 10, came into effect yesterday.
1 October 2015
Govt shuffles coordination bodies for speedy results
The government yesterday reconstituted the divisional and district development coordination committees, expecting speedy implementation of development programmes.
1 October 2015
Nahid requests them to go back to classes
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday mentioned that the government was working on the demands of the public university teachers, and requested them to continue with regular academic activities instead of agitating over the eighth payscale.
1 October 2015
Shawkat Mahmud to be quizzed at jail gate
A Dhaka court yesterday allowed police to interrogate BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shawkat Mahmud at the jail gate within three working days in an arson case filed on January 21.
1 October 2015
Unfazed by police clubbing students back on street
Undeterred by Wednesday's police clubbing, some 1,000 demonstrators again took to the capital's streets yesterday staging sit-ins at Central Shaheed Minar and Shahbagh demanding fresh tests for admission to medical and dental colleges citing question paper leak allegations.
1 October 2015
JCD backs protesting medical admission seekers
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP), announces its support for the students demanding retake of medical and dental college admission tests.
1 October 2015
Increased bus fares effective from today in Dhaka, Ctg
People will have to pay extra bus fares from today onwards for travelling in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolises and their adjacent districts.
30 September 2015
Lone source with shadowy credentials
The SITE Intelligence Group, an online tracker of terrorist organisations, stands as the lone source of linking the Islamic State (ISIS) to the murder of Italian citizen Tavella Cesare in Dhaka Monday.
30 September 2015
Two more countries issue alerts
Two more countries have issued security alerts for their nationals living in Bangladesh following Monday's killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella inside the capital's diplomatic zone.
30 September 2015
Foreign missions concerned
The killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella inside the capital's diplomatic zone has created a security flutter among different foreign
29 September 2015
14 containers released with fake documents seized in Ctg
Customs officials recovered 14 loaded containers from a private depot in Chittagong city yesterday, eight days after those were released
29 September 2015
Delay may discourage potential investors
Although large renewable energy projects, especially solar schemes, are being taken in both public and private sectors in line with the
29 September 2015
Holland shows interest in building seaports
The Netherlands has shown its interest in construction of seaports in Chittagong and Paira in Patuakhali.
29 September 2015
IS link not confirmed
After an Italian aid worker was shot to death in an attack reportedly claimed by the Islamic State (IS), the government said the terror
29 September 2015
Militant attack fear: US, Canada alert citizens in Bangladesh
A day into murder of an Italian in Dhaka, US and Canada advise their citizens to limit their movement while in Bangladesh, saying they have info that militants may target foreigners here.
29 September 2015
Retest demand grows louder
The protest against the question leak of the medical college admission test grew louder yesterday, with more candidates and an anti-
28 September 2015