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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US-Bangla aircraft skids off runway at Syedpur Airport
Operations at Syedpur Airport in Nilphamari were halted for two hours yesterday after a wheel of an aircraft of US-Bangla airlines
4 September 2015
Save Pahartali European Club
Socio cultural and right activists yesterday demanded that the government preserve the historic Pahartali European Club as “Pritilata
4 September 2015
Three policemen closed
Three members of Bagharpara Police Station were closed to the District Police Lines on Thursday night after a constable arrested in
4 September 2015
Sarigaan: Male Domain, Female Paradigm
With references to dehototto (esoteric knowledge of the human body), symbols and metaphors of the human body are commonly used in Bangla folk songs.
4 September 2015
Hundreds of houses devoured by Meghna
Nearly 300 acres of croplands and 800 houses and shops were devoured by the river Meghna in Rajapur and Elisha unions in Sadar
4 September 2015
Saifur Rahman worked for country's dev
Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman had worked for the economic development and wellbeing of the country and its people
4 September 2015
Bangladesh’s home minister says MP Bodi not liked to drug smuggling
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday claimed that they had not found any involvement of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi in drug smuggling.
3 September 2015
Uniform family law must to end discrimination
Speakers at a discussion yesterday suggested enacting a uniform family law in the country instead of religion and custom-based laws, which often discriminate against women.
3 September 2015
Uphold press freedom, save bloggers
Newly appointed German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz yesterday said Bangladesh needs to uphold freedom of the press and protect bloggers as blogging has become a new form of journalism.
3 September 2015
Students now join hands with teachers
The ongoing movement of the teachers demanding removal of the vice chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet took a new turn as a group of students yesterday expressed solidarity with them.
3 September 2015
Three suspects denied bail
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail of three alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team and sent them to jail
3 September 2015
Rain-induced floods engulf a dozen districts in Bangladesh
Heavy rain has deteriorated the flood situation inundating fresh areas in over a dozen districts of the North and the Northeast.
2 September 2015
Dhaka Int'l Business,Social Science Research Confce Jan 20
Aiming to create a network among the scholars in various fields of research, a three-day “Dhaka International Business and Social Science
2 September 2015
No arrest made yet over Ctg Jubo League man murder
Police could not arrest anyone till yesterday in connection with Jubo League activist Badal murder in Chittagong on Tuesday.
2 September 2015
Dhaka drainage struggles to deal with unusual rain levels
Even the areas of Dhaka with a well equipped sewerage system that usually do not get waterlogged due to rain were inundated yesterday as rainfall exceeded normal levels.
2 September 2015
Dhaka Deluged
Just one hour of heavy rains led to the collapse of the capital's traffic system as most of the roads, lanes and bi-lanes were inundated with hundreds of vehicles stranded for hours yesterday, causing immense sufferings to tens of thousands of commuters.
Waterlogging compelled many to walk miles after getting off buses stuck in nearly unending tailbacks in all major roads, including the Kazi Nazrul Islam avenue, Mirpur road, Manik Mia avenue, Pragati Sarani.
1 September 2015
Appeal for help
Anowar Hossain Mazumder, 37, a former employee of UNDP, is suffering from severe renal failure and in need of immediate kidney
1 September 2015
Publishers of Zafar Iqbal to hold sit-in over Sust assault today
Publishers of noted writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal will hold a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar today, protesting the assault on his
1 September 2015
Nepalese envoy visits Scholastica
Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha on Monday visited the Scholastica senior campus in the capital's Mirpur.
1 September 2015
Ctg city under water again
Most of the low-lying areas of Chittagong city again went under knee- to waist-deep water after the heavy shower since Monday night.
1 September 2015