Unbound Mother: The making and remaking of Kaali in Bengal
30 September 2026
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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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Dhaka-Sylhet bus strike called off
Around 10 hours into its enforcement, transport workers yesterday afternoon withdrew their indefinite strike from Dhaka-Sylhet highway
12 August 2015
Checks and balances of power vital in democracy
Concerned Citizen's Group, a platform of distinguished personalities, yesterday recommended formation a “constitution reform commission” to bring necessary changes to the charter for an effective democratic system.
11 August 2015
Medical students keep demanding restoration of 'carry on' system
Hundreds of medical students demonstrated in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding restoration of “carry on” system which allowed them to
11 August 2015
8-year-old killed in city
An eight-year-old girl was killed and five others were injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was hit by a lorry at the city's Khilgaon last evening.
10 August 2015
Rajshahi teachers' strike today for removal of board chairman
Teachers of educational institutes of Rajshahi and guardians of students have called a strike at all the institutions today demanding removal of the chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi.
10 August 2015
Strong land commission for plain land Adivasis sought
The separate land commission demanded for the plain land indigenous people of the country should have the power to take legal action rather than just make recommendations to the government, speakers said at a national seminar yesterday.
10 August 2015
Transport strike in Ctg on Thursday
Chittagong City Transport Owners' Federation and Workers' Union yesterday announced a dawn-to-dusk mass transport strike for Thursday to press home their 10-point demand, including an end to "harassment" of drivers by police.
10 August 2015
NGFF school alumni gets executives
BM Kamal has been elected president of NGFF School Alumni Association and Iftekhar Mahmud Helim general secretary for 2015-2017,
9 August 2015
Bangladeshi relief reaches Myanmar
The first consignment of relief materials, containing over 1 tonne of medicines and water purification tablets, of the Bangladeshi
9 August 2015
Bobby reinstated as Ershad's special adviser
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday reinstated his special adviser Bobby Hajjaj, said a party press release.
9 August 2015
Half of Ctg dist vehicles unfit
Around 44,000 motor vehicles out of total 82,406 registered ones are plying the roads and highways in Chittagong district without
9 August 2015
Withdrawal of ban demanded
Transport leaders in Chittagong yesterday urged the government to withdraw the recently imposed ban on plying of engine-run three-
9 August 2015
Delay in producing PW disappoints court
A Dhaka court expressed its disappointment at the public prosecutor's failure to produce any witness yesterday over the killing of
9 August 2015
PWDs demand separate unit at hospitals
People with disabilities (PWDs) yesterday demanded a separate unit and an interpreter at every hospital of the country to get special medical care.
9 August 2015
Shahed, Mamun RUJ president, secy
Kazi Shahed and Mamunur Rashid were elected president and general secretary respectively in the two-yearly election of the Rajshahi
8 August 2015
Medical students continue demo for restoration
Medical students yesterday continued demonstrating demanding that the authorities concerned restore the "carry on" system that allows
8 August 2015
School students first cast ballots
Adarsha High School in Mirpur wore a festive look yesterday with its building decorated with colourful handwritten posters seeking
8 August 2015
Protests pour in
Different social and political organisations yesterday protested the brutal murder of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, and
8 August 2015
Killing of another blogger sparks protest
Condemning the murder of a fourth blogger in the last six months in Bangladesh, New York-based secularist group Center for Inquiry
7 August 2015
Bangladesh aircraft makes emergency landing in India
A Bangladesh aircraft with 173 people on board landed under emergency conditions at Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, capital of central
7 August 2015