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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Prisoner avenges assault on brother in Rajshahi jail
To avenge an assault on his brother, a prisoner attacked an inmate inside Rajshahi Central Jail Saturday evening days after the former was sent to the prison.
26 July 2015
Fakhrul leaves for Singapore for better treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is leaving for Singapore for better treatment.
26 July 2015
200kg of piranha, 500kg of shrimps seized at Dhaka market
A mobile court yesterday seized 200kg of banned piranha and 500kg of prawns and lobsters injected with harmful substance at the capital's Karwan Bazar.
26 July 2015
AC malfunction, fire at Bangladesh Bank
A small scale fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel this afternoon, however, no major losses or casualties were incurred.
26 July 2015
Ershad dreams of majority in next JS
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday asked his party activists to strengthen their activities so that it could win at least 151 seats in
25 July 2015
2 officials' rivalry paralyses Libya's Dhaka embassy
In a rare case, the operations of the Libyan embassy in Dhaka have remained suspended for around two weeks due to a dispute between
25 July 2015
Man held with Saudi Riyals at Dhaka airport
Customs officials detained a passenger with 1.5 lakh Saudi Riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday.
25 July 2015
Kidnapped man rescued, 7 held in capital
Detectives rescued a man and arrested seven kidnappers including two agents of a mobile banking service from a hotel on the capital's
25 July 2015
Trained youths must for maximising dev potential
Skill development, language training and quality education for the youth are necessary for a country to get benefits from its large
25 July 2015
No respite from deaths on roads in Bangladesh
Deaths in road accidents continue to climb as 17 more people lost their lives in different districts yesterday, taking the death toll in
24 July 2015
SUNDARBANS UNDER THREAT
Ask anyone, and they can tell you that you cannot put a price on the Sundarbans. The people who live in and around the Sundarbans,
24 July 2015
Teachers withdraw sit-in programme
Teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) yesterday withdrew their sit-in programme after 33 days' demonstration
24 July 2015
Gonojagoran Mancha starts sit-in
A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha yesterday started a sit-in and will continue the protest in the capital's Shahbagh until the final verdict
24 July 2015
1,200 unions to get high speed internet soon
As many as 1,200 unions of the country are to be provided with high speed internet facilities soon as a cabinet body approves the
24 July 2015
PCJSS to boycott markets July 29
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) and its associated organisations yesterday announced a dawn-to-dusk “Bazaar
24 July 2015
Govt to bring bodies of two Bangladeshis killed in Libya
The government will bring the bodies of two Bangladeshi migrants, who were killed after falling in a gunfight between two tribal groups in
24 July 2015
Postogola 3-wheeler drivers go on strike protesting toll hike
Drivers of CNG-run three-wheelers in Postogola Bridge area of the capital yesterday suspended their operation over the bridge
24 July 2015
Fund crisis stops Asad museum's work for 2yrs
Dhaka South City Corporation suspended construction work of Shaheed Asad Sarani Museum in 2013 due to funds shortage, after
24 July 2015
Rain floods Ctg city
Heavy rainfall and the subsequent waterlogging in many areas of Chittagong city yesterday caused immense sufferings to the residents
24 July 2015
Eid Thoughts
The movement of people during Eid is a long tradition. Take my childhood which was spent in Sylhet in the 1960's. My extended
24 July 2015