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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HC ask to hold Viqarunnisa governing body polls by May 27
The High Court directs the authorities concerned to hold the elections to the governing body of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College by May 27.
8 April 2015
Cable glitch causes power outage in capital
Residents of many areas in the capital city have been suffering due to power outage since yesterday when a 132KV underground electric
7 April 2015
City polls campaign kicks off
The mayoral and councilor aspirants launch campaign for the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations poll.
7 April 2015
Human chain in Rajshahi for Padma River embankment protection
Hundreds of local people of Rajshahi city yesterday formed a human-chain in Shaheb Bazar area demanding actions to protect the Padma
6 April 2015
Anowar, Helal return home
The two Bangladeshis Anowar Hossain and Helal Uddin who were first abducted by unknown militants from Lybia and later freed, arrives home.
6 April 2015
Freed 2 Bangladeshis returning
The two Bangladeshi migrant workers, who have been freed on March 24 after being held captive by militants for 18 days in Libya, left
5 April 2015
Follow due process, HR chief tells cops
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman urges the law enforcement agencies to follow due process in detaining people and keeping them in custody.
4 April 2015
Biman resumes Dhaka-Barisal flights on Wednesday
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flights for Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route from Wednesday, after nine years.
3 April 2015
Thunderbolt kills Ctg farmer
A farmer was hit and killed by a thunderbolt while working in his vegetable field at Khillapara village in Patiya upazila of Chittagong
3 April 2015
Hartal in Moulvibazar today
Swechchhasebak Dal has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Moulvibazar district today protesting an attack on its leaders and activists by police.
3 April 2015
Man dies after falling sick in jail
A man died in Gaibandha Sadar Hospital after falling sick in the district jail yesterday morning.
3 April 2015
In conversation with Professor Rehman Sobhan
WHEN we request an interview with Professor Rehman Sobhan, he says he would get back to us after the final of the World Cup Cricket is over.
3 April 2015
Road works to be completed before Ramadan
Necessary action will be taken against officials and employees involved in ongoing construction and repair works of the country's roads if
3 April 2015
Abduction victims Anowar and Helal due to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow
Two Bangladeshi migrant workers, who were freed on March 24 after being abducted by militants for 18 days in Libya, may return
3 April 2015
Rana Plaza collapse victims demand compensation
Family members of those who died in the Rana Plaza collapse and the surviving victims at a human chain beside Dhaka-Aricha highway
3 April 2015
Battery-run three-wheeler drivers beat traffic constable
A traffic police constable was allegedly beaten by drivers of banned battery-run three-wheelers after he detained one running the vehicle
2 April 2015
Relocate chemical, medicine factories out of Barisal city
Inhabitants of Barisal city yesterday formed a human chain demanding that chemical and pharmaceutical factories be shifted
2 April 2015
StanChart, Star to celebrate country's heritage this year
With a call to capture the essence of the Bangladeshi identity in their lyrics, photographs and films, The Daily Star-Standard Chartered
2 April 2015
Manage Langalbandh bathing ritual like Biswa Ijtema
Rights defenders yesterday urged the government to manage the Hindu pilgrimage at Narayanganj's Langalbandh where several lakh
2 April 2015
Bigots in Bagerhat confine outlet staff for not wearing burqas
Four employees of Dhaka-based handicrafts outlet Jatra managed to leave a Bagerhat village after being allegedly confined to a local
2 April 2015