Paradise lost and found: Rediscovering early modern Bengal
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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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National moon sighting body meets Friday
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held in the Islamic Foundation Baitul Mukarram in the capital on Friday.
14 July 2015
Radiographer suspended
The Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) authorities yesterday suspended a radiographer and recommended that actions should
14 July 2015
Eid travellers to pay extra this season
Passengers have to pay Tk 11,000 crore as additional fare to travel in different modes of transport during the Eid-ul-Fitr rush, claimed
14 July 2015
Hosiery worker killed by fellow in N'ganj
A worker was killed allegedly by his co-worker over a trifling matter at a hosiery factory in the capital on Monday.
14 July 2015
Minu sent to jail on surrender
Former Rajshahi city corporation mayor and city unit president of BNP Mizanur Rahman Minu was yesterday sent to jail after he surrendered before two courts in seven cases filed against him during the BNP-led 20-party's anti-government movement this year.
13 July 2015
Namaz-e-janaza venue change
The location of namaz-e-janaza of Maj Gen (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, chief executive officer of Pran-RFL Group, has been changed due to unavoidable reasons.
13 July 2015
Entire nation outraged
"We will upload it on Facebook. The world will see it." This was what the murderers said while torturing Rajon to death.
13 July 2015
Ctg garment workers demonstrate for salary
About a hundred workers of a garment factory demonstrated on the factory premises in Anderkilla of Chittagong yesterday, demanding payment of their salary for June.
13 July 2015
US embassy to remain closed on July 15, 19-20
The US embassy in Dhaka will be closed on Wednesday in observance of the holy Shab-e-Qadr and from Sunday to Monday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.
13 July 2015
Humayun new envoy to Kenya
The government has decided to appoint Maj Gen Abul Kalam Mohammad Humayun Kabir as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh to Kenya, said a foreign
13 July 2015
Candidates gather at Dhaka board with complaints
Around 100 candidates with their guardians yesterday gathered before Dhaka Education Board in Bakshibazar with complaints about problems relating to admission to colleges.
12 July 2015
Cops make fifth arrest
A fifth person was arrested in Chittagong city's Agrabad yesterday afternoon over the liquid cocaine haul case.
12 July 2015
Century-old Hajar Dighi of port city in peril
Owners of Hajar Dighi, a century-old pond in Chittagong city, have filled nearly half of it with earth, defying law and an order by the Department of Environment (DoE).
The High Court also ordered on June 7 a stop to filling the family-owned pond, following a writ petition of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA).
12 July 2015
557 turtles seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seized nearly 1,000 turtles at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today.
12 July 2015
Appeal for help
Md Milu, 10, a class IV student in Lalmonirhat, has been suffering from blood cancer for two years, says a press release.
11 July 2015
Dedicated media outlets needed
Separate television and radio channels, online sites and newspapers should be introduced that will only broadcast and publish reports on the education sector, said speakers yesterday.
11 July 2015
Waits getting longer at Kamalapur
They took iftar there, spent the night chatting or playing cards or lying on the floor, and then had sehri there. Finally their wait came to
11 July 2015
Amjad's death condoled
Bangladesh Agro-Processors' Association has expressed deep shock at the death of Maj Gen (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, chief
10 July 2015
BSF picks up two Bangladeshis
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were picked up by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from near the Jagannathpur border in Chuadanga early
10 July 2015
Int'l help for flood forecast sought
Bangladesh yesterday sought international assistance in sharing the latest data and technology for reliable forecast and early warning of
10 July 2015