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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Civil servants to get no special privilege under proposed act
No special privilege will be given to public officials through the proposed public servant act, so the debate over the law is unnecessary, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.
23 July 2015
In the line of duty
Md Parvez Hosen, a 28-year-old constable of tourist police, was a rare soul. Policing tourist spots was rather a calling for him than a mere professional duty.
23 July 2015
Two on bail up to old tricks
Although they were arrested once for Yaba smuggling, they did not learn their lesson. Rab personnel yesterday again detained two members of a Yaba
23 July 2015
Voter list updating begins tomorrow
The Election Commission (EC) will start the countrywide voter list update process tomorrow.
23 July 2015
Rural people to get passports at doorstep
Aiming to end the harassment of the passport seekers in rural areas, Access to Information (a2i) programme of the Prime Minister's Office with the Department
23 July 2015
Clear Laldighi Maidan of rental cars
The Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday gave the administration 15 days' time to remove the rental cars
23 July 2015
Top Quote!
“SSF members have to be careful so that my security measures create no distance between me and
the people."
23 July 2015
Indian court again defers charge framing against Nur
A Barasat court yesterday deferred to August 24 charge framing against Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder
23 July 2015
'Razakar' Latif shifted to DMCH
Abdul Latif Talukdar, an alleged Razakar of Bagerhat, was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Dhaka Central Jail yesterday as
23 July 2015
Visiting a 200yr old haat (video)
Surrounded by colours, drenches in sweat and a buzz all around – part and parcel of what a traditional haat in the villages still look like.
23 July 2015
70 rights orgs demand punishment for perps who gouged out woman's eye for dowry
Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 70 women, human rights and development organisations, demanded exemplary punishment
22 July 2015
Abducted man rescued in Ctg
Detectives rescued a man early yesterday from Ambagan area of Chittagong city, a day after he was abducted.
22 July 2015
Extortion again?
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday opposed a proposal to stop extortion by party men in the name of observing the National Mourning Day programmes, sources said.
21 July 2015
Indian court yet to frame charges against Nur
Charges against Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, are yet to be framed in India although over one
21 July 2015
Rony charged
Detectives yesterday pressed murder charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of an Awami League lawmaker, for shooting dead two
21 July 2015
Refinery Gate Road to hell in port city
The Refinery Gate Road in Chittagong city's Hadipara has become popular as “gateway to hell” among locals as they have to experience
21 July 2015
Rajshahi education board chief, secy lock horns
The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rajshahi had the secretary's office locked yesterday following a
21 July 2015
Boy’s fatal brush with rowdies
A 12-year-old boy was found hanging from the beam of a tin-roofed house by his desperate mother who had run out to seek help from
21 July 2015
SC lifts HC bar on arresting MP Rana
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that asked law enforcers not to harass or arrest Amanur Rahman Khan Rana,
21 July 2015
BAF helicopter makes emergency landing
A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force was forced to make an emergency landing on a paddy field in Mirsarai of Chittagong after its main
21 July 2015