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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Victim of petrol bomb attack on running bus in Bangladesh dies
One of the eight victims of a mindless petrol bomb attack on a running bus in Comilla on the Shab-e-Barat night died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday.
12 June 2015
Rampal power plant to damage Sundarbans
Ekushey Padak winning botanist Prof Dwijen Sharma yesterday said the government should cancel the Rampal power plant project as it would cause permanent damage to the Sundarbans.
12 June 2015
Rain triggers flash flood in north
Low-lying areas of the northern Bogra, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts have been inundated by the rising waters of the Jamuna,
12 June 2015
Goldsmith shot, robbed in Old Dhaka
Miscreants last night shot a goldsmith and snatched his shopping bag carrying gold in Old Dhaka, said police.
11 June 2015
Anonymous letter makes Tureen feel threatened Files GD
An International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor, Tureen Afroz, filed a general dairy (GD) with the capital's Banani Police Station yesterday seeking “necessary action” over an
11 June 2015
Heavy rain brings blessing, curse for Ctg city residents
Heavy rain in Chittagong city yesterday afternoon was a welcome relief for the residents who saw no rain for almost two months. However, the rain also brought misery as
11 June 2015
Remove billboards felicitating yourself first
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged the new Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor to first remove
10 June 2015
Human chain formed to save Jamburi field in Ctg
Chittagong city dwellers yesterday formed a human-chain protesting the decision to turn the city's Jamburi field into a park and
10 June 2015
Appoint, train teachers to meet Jan 2016 deadline
Teachers must fast be appointed and trained if the government is to start providing indigenous children education in their mother
10 June 2015
KSA rejects request for 25,000 more hajis
The Saudi government has rejected an appeal of the Bangladesh government to allow 25,000 additional Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year.
9 June 2015
Gas crisis keeps choking Ctg city
Gas crisis in Chittagong city continued for the fourth day yesterday. Many areas of the city have not been getting any gas, while others are
9 June 2015
Ctg Railway demolishes illegal structures
The authority of Bangladesh Railway (east zone) demolished around 75 illegal tin-roofed structures, including houses and shops, in railway station area in Chittagong city yesterday.
9 June 2015
Media can help change perceptions of gender violence in Bangladesh
The media can help change perceptions of gender-based violence, and end the culture of acceptance of such violence and the social stigma attached to the victims.
9 June 2015
6 held with Tk 50 lakh fake notes in Dhaka
Detectives arrest six persons for producing fake currency and seize counterfeit notes of around Tk 50 lakh from their possession at Mirpur in Dhaka.
9 June 2015
Ice-cream factory sealed off, owner fined
A mobile court yesterday sealed off an ice-cream factory in the capital's Tejgaon for producing items using inedible ingredients, says a press release.
8 June 2015
Int'l crimes tribunal unhappy over govt's failure to execute penalty for Jamaat men
International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday expressed discontent over the failure of the government, especially police, in executing its sentence punishing two top Jamaat-e-
8 June 2015
Barisal Divisional Museum inaugurated
The Barisal Divisional Museum was inaugurated yesterday.
8 June 2015
Demand for highest penalty still ringing
Police yesterday barred protesters heading to besiege the home ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat, demanding the maximum punishment for those who gang-raped a Garo
8 June 2015
Law enforcers fail to trace 'abducted' man in 28 days
Law enforcers could not make any breakthrough in their search for a private service holder who had been “abducted” 28 days ago in the
7 June 2015
CMCH finally gets electricity back
The authorities of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) installed a new transformer yesterday three days after the old one went
7 June 2015