Paradise lost and found: Rediscovering early modern Bengal
1 October 2026
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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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Colleagues start six-day strike
Buet Teachers Association started their six-day work abstention yesterday protesting an assault on a colleague by ruling Awami League
13 April 2015
Kerry greets Bangladeshis on national new year
US Secretary of State John Kerry, on behalf of President Obama and Americans, has greeted Bangla-speaking people marking Bangla New
13 April 2015
Kamaruzzaman buried in Sherpur
Executed war criminal Kamaruzzaman was buried at his village Kumri Mudipara in Sherpur early yesterday.
12 April 2015
Driverless train runs backwards for 27km
It was bizarre. A train ran 27km backwards yesterday, crossing three stations in Rajbari, without its driver. The train -- Faridpur Express -- could finally be stopped near Pangsha station thanks to a ticket checker's presence of mind.
12 April 2015
Barisal Church pond almost filled ignoring vehement protest
Despite protest by the Christians, an old pond belonging to Barisal Saint Peter's Church adjacent to Barisal District and Sessions Judge's
12 April 2015
Tobacco companies flouting law thru open ads
Tobacco companies are putting on advertisements at shops across the country, although it is a “punishable offence”, said anti-tobacco
12 April 2015
Foolproof security for Pohela Boishakh: DMP
Police today assured of foolproof security throughout Dhaka ahead of Pohela Boishakh celebrations – the Bangla new year.
12 April 2015
Journey to justice
Kamaruzzaman was arrested along with his party colleague Abdul Quader Mollah on July 13, 2010 in connection with a criminal case.
11 April 2015
Manju gets show cause notice
Returning officer yesterday issued a show cause notice to BNP-backed mayoral candidate Manjur Alam Manju in Chittagong City
10 April 2015
Survivors still crying for compensation
Almost two years have passed since Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24 leaving 1,136 people dead and hundreds injured but the survivors
10 April 2015
8km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg road
An eight-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway as a truck got stuck on Meghna-Gomati Bridge in Gazaria of
10 April 2015
Is poetry dying?
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…” while “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
10 April 2015
11 Bangladeshis return home
Eleven Bangladeshis, who had taken shelter in Djibouti after being evacuated from war-torn Yemen, reached home yesterday afternoon.
10 April 2015
Dhaka finally gets German envoy after ten months' void
Amid diplomatic tension with Berlin, Dhaka finally received after a void of 10 months a new German ambassador, Thomas Prinz, who
9 April 2015
125 female cops fly for Congo to join UN peacekeeping mission
A unit of 125 female police flew for Congo yesterday to join the UN peacekeeping mission there .
9 April 2015
Kamaruzzaman seeks time to 'think about' mercy petition
With differing views coming in over how much time a war criminal would get to ask for presidential clemency, death-row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman yesterday...
9 April 2015
RO warns three Ctg councillor candidates for violations
The returning officer (RO) of Chittagong City Corporation polls warned three more councillor candidates against further violation of the
8 April 2015
DoE launches online application for clearance certificate
The Department of Environment (DoE) launched the online application submission system for environment clearance certificate yesterday.
8 April 2015
UN official urges Bangladesh to halt execution
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in a statement on Wednesday urged the Bangladesh government to halt the
8 April 2015
Wife moves HC for judicial probe to trace Salahuddin
Missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed’s wife today moved the High Court demanding judicial probe to locate the whereabouts of her husband.
8 April 2015