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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In Focus
Mosquito menace grows acute at RU
Because of a delay in spraying pesticides, the mosquito menace has grown acute in different parts of Rajshahi city and Rajshahi University in the last one month and a half.
11 March 2015
‘Bangladeshis to be relocated if Libya situation worsens’
The government will relocate Bangladeshi migrant workers to the neighbouring countries from Libya if security situation of North African country worsens further
11 March 2015
Gold hidden in gaming device seized at airport
Customs intelligence have seized eight gold bars weighing 800 grams concealed in an electronic device at Postal Freight Unit at Dhaka airport
11 March 2015
How Ireland legalized drugs for a day
Ireland accidentally legalises ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine for a day due to a legal loophole
11 March 2015
Another expat Bangladeshi ISIS hostage
Another Bangladeshi national was among the nine foreigners abducted from a Libyan oilfield on Friday, the Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli confirmed yesterday.
10 March 2015
Rescue abducted girl Snigdha within 30 days
The High Court yesterday directed the government to rescue abducted girl Snigdha Deb Jayee and produce her before it within 30 days.
10 March 2015
Dilapidated road in South Jatrabari keeps vehicles away
Taniya Akhtar, a class IV student of Jatrabari Girls High School, walks more than one kilometre every day to commute between her home and school.
10 March 2015
Ctg arson victim dies
An auto-rickshaw driver, who suffered burn injuries when pro-hartal activists firebombed his vehicle in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong on March 4, dies at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH)
10 March 2015
12-hr break in hartal today
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has relaxed its ongoing hartal for 12 hours from 6:00am today for celebrating the Tigers' historic victory in
9 March 2015
Hartal makes little impact on city life
With people hitting the city streets in large numbers over the past few days, the impact of continuous spells of hartals and an indefinite blockade seems to have largely waned.
9 March 2015
ISIS militants kidnap Bangladeshi
A Bangladeshi was among nine foreign nationals taken hostage by Islamic State militants in an attack on an oilfield in Libya on Friday.
9 March 2015
12-hr break in hartal today
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has relaxed its ongoing hartal for 12 hours from 6:00am today for celebrating the Tigers' historic victory in yesterday's World Cup match. The blockade, however, will continue.
9 March 2015
Democracy through blockade too costly for day labourers
Nowadays day labourer Mosharraf Hossain does not care if he is paid half of what he usually gets as long as he can earn money.
9 March 2015
Over 200 crash-prone spots on highways
There are over 200 accident-prone spots on highways across the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told parliament yesterday.
9 March 2015
2 lakh acres of arable land uncultivated in CHT
About 2 lakh acres of arable land remain uncultivated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) every year due to various reasons, said DAE sources.
9 March 2015
Mithapukur arson accused found dead
Police recovers the body of an accused in an arson case from Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur this morning.
9 March 2015
IS takes Bangladeshi hostage in Libya
A Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreigners has been taken hostage allegedly by Islamic State from an oil field, south of Sirte in Libya
9 March 2015
Court to decide on charge framing on Mar 18 against 8 accused in blogger Rajib killing
Dhaka court to decide on March 18 whether it will frame charges against eight accused for the blogger's killing
8 March 2015
5 killed in Mali nightclub attack
Five people are killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital, Bamako
7 March 2015
Noakhali AC land office torched
Miscreants torch the office of assistant commissioner (AC-Land) in Noakhali town by hurling two petrol bombs
7 March 2015