Three revolutions that reshaped the world
2 October 2026
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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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US issues alert for Riyadh embassy
The US embassy in Riyadh has cancelled all consular services for Sunday and Monday due to "heightened security concerns"
15 March 2015
Cable TV viewers forum wants representation in broadcast commission
Bangladesh Cable TV Viewers Forum yesterday placed a set of demands, including inclusion of its actual representative in the committee
14 March 2015
Rescue ends with death toll at seven
Rescue operation was called off on Friday, 23 hours after the roof of cement factory warehouse collapsed at Mongla, with the death toll
14 March 2015
NU holds anti-blockade programme
Thousands of students and teachers of National University form human chains across the country demanding withdrawal of the ongoing blockade, which is badly hampering education
14 March 2015
Former Maldives president jailed for 13yrs
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering arrest of a judge when he was in power in 2012
14 March 2015
Coordinated efforts a must
Speakers at a high-level side event at the multi-sector programme addressing violence against women at the UN have underscored the need for coordinated effort of the national and international communities to stop such crimes.
13 March 2015
Suspended SI 'missing'
Barisal police continues to maintain that a sub-inspector went “missing” after recently being suspended centring a case involving the torture and confinement of “his child bride”.
13 March 2015
Salinity on rise in coastal groundwater: Expert
Although salinity, which poses a threat to human health, is on the rise in costal aquifer due to the sea level rise, a new
13 March 2015
C'nawabganj Zila Samity AGM held
The annual general meeting (AGM) of Chapai Nawabganj Zila Samilty, Dhaka was held in the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital yesterday.
13 March 2015
A tribute to Jasimuddin
As old Greece had its Iliad and Odyssey and old India its Mahabharata and Ramayana, so modern Bengal does its Nakshi Kathar Math and Sojan Badiar Ghat.
13 March 2015
‘Basherkella chief’ held
Detectives today claimed to have detained the prime administrator of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook page Basherkella from Comilla
13 March 2015
Magnito Digital to spread word on a2i Programme
Digital marketing agency Magnito Digital from now on will spread the word about the government's Access to Information (a2i)
12 March 2015
BCC drive against illegal footpath shops obstructed by 'rowdy youths'
A Barisal City Corporation (BCC) attempt to remove some 20 makeshift shops encroaching on footpaths along a 150-feet stretch of
12 March 2015
Training on transnational crimes for Saarc cops ends in Dhaka
A three-week training for superintendent-ranked police officials from the Saarc countries ended in Dhaka yesterday with a hope to
12 March 2015
CJ for enhancing Dhaka CMM Court security
Chief Justice SK Sinha visited the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka following a bomb blast on its premises.
12 March 2015
Ministers irked by poor performance
Concerned by the failure of Malaysian company IRIS Berhad in enrolling expatriates for machine readable passports (MRP) timely,
11 March 2015
Appeal for help
Five-year-old Md Monayem has been suffering from acute myeloid leukaemia popularly known as blood cancer.
11 March 2015
Female journos can play big role in fighting graft: TIB boss
Female journalists can play an important role in combating corruption in the country, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman at an orientation programme yesterday.
11 March 2015
Titas pipeline leaking gas for 4 days under Turag
The pipeline of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd which has been leaking gas under the river Turag since Sunday is yet to be fixed.
11 March 2015
Withdraw blockade, hartal, stop violence
A group of ruling Awami League lawmakers who are also physicians yesterday issued a 24-hour ultimatum on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw the ongoing blockade, and hartals and stop violence during those times, threatening to “resist it democratically”.
11 March 2015