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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Living on the Edge
A little egret sat gracefully on the floating platform of Jhulanta Para. It was calm and quiet, lazily using its beak to comfort its broken
5 June 2015
Adivasis want sufficient budget
Bangladesh Adibashi Union yesterday demanded sufficient budget allocations for economic development, industrialisation, and
5 June 2015
Manna's release demanded
Nagorik Oikya at a discussion yesterday demanded immediate release of its convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, saying the government
5 June 2015
Appeal for help
Md Liton, 39, an egg seller in Dhaka, has been suffering from haemophilia A, a bleeding disorder caused by deficiency of clotting factor,
5 June 2015
Major streets to remain off-limits to commuters
If you need to go to office or do any work in some part of the capital today and tomorrow, make sure you avoid the routes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would use.
5 June 2015
Myanmar brings 727 boatpeople to ashore in Rakhine state
Frontier guards have been put on high alert on the Myanmar border as 727 migrants, found adrift on a Malaysia-bound fishing boat six days ago, disembarked at bordering Maungdaw on Tuesday night.
3 June 2015
Garo students demand death or life term
Garo Student Union (Gasu) yesterday hanged rapists in effigies during a rally on Dhaka University campus, demanding death penalty for
3 June 2015
A third of Ctg city solid waste flows to Karnaphuli
At least one third of the total solid waste of Chittagong city remains outside the waste collection system of the city corporation and thereby falls into the Karnaphuli river
1 June 2015
19hrs blaze melts 7-storey Gazipur textile mill
7-storey steel-framed building of Dignity Textiles Mills Ltd at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur totally collapsed yesterday due to the devastating fire that was brought under control after 19 hours.
1 June 2015
Price of essentials to remain stable in Ramadan
The price of essentials such as rice, pulse and soybean oil will remain stable during Ramadan, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday.
1 June 2015
Stop plans to let foreigners explore gas onshore
A group of university teachers yesterday protested, what they said, government plans to allow foreign companies more scope to explore and drill out onshore gas.
31 May 2015
Myanmar denies journos access
Myanmar's navy briefly detained and turned back journalists on Sunday near a migrant boat being held off the country's southern
31 May 2015
Students, police scuffle as march to PMO obsructed
Scuffles broke out in the capital's Shahbagh yesterday noon after police stopped a procession aiming to reach the prime minister's office
31 May 2015
HC clears way for CU senate meeting to elect VC
The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the senate meeting of Chittagong University to form a panel to elect its vice-chancellor.
31 May 2015
Panthapath out of danger, opens to traffic
Traffic on Panthapath’s southern lane resumes cleared off for danger four days after it was sealed following the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site.
31 May 2015
UP accountability meetings flouting law
Union parishads are not holding meetings with participation of women and underprivileged people for ensuring accountability, although
30 May 2015
SSC results slide for politics, math
After a six-year uptrend, the SSC results this year show a significant drop in pass rates and the number of GPA-5 achievers, which is largely blamed on political unrest and students' not performing as expected in mathematics.
30 May 2015
Dakhil, Vocational Pass rates up
Unlike the other boards, the success rate of madrasa and technical education boards in this year's SSC and its equivalent examinations is higher than that of the previous year.
30 May 2015
Another rally slams police nonchalance
Several rights and socio-political organisations at a rally yesterday protested repeated incidents of sexual assault on females,
30 May 2015
SA initiative against terrorism sought
South Asian countries should undertake comprehensive initiatives to combat militancy and terrorism in the region, said Sammilita
30 May 2015