Mercy, love, and pluralism: A sufi vision of Islam
28 May 2026, 08:30 AM
In Focus
Beyond the loom: How Jamdani preserves the values of peace
27 May 2026, 10:30 AM
In Focus
Hair oil, bumblebees, and the lost world of Bengali advertising art
27 May 2026, 09:00 AM
In Focus
The tale of some rare portraits from Nazrul’s final days
26 May 2026, 11:06 AM
In Focus
Tuning the melody of Baul songs into peace education
26 May 2026, 09:00 AM
In Focus
Shreemati Rassundari and the making of the first autobiography by a Bengali woman
26 May 2026, 09:00 AM
In Focus
Nabayug: Nazrul’s radical pen and Fazlul Huq’s leadership
25 May 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
Reading Nazrul in an age of inequality
24 May 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
East Bengal’s victory and the memory of lost homes
24 May 2026, 09:29 AM
In Focus
The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
24 May 2026, 10:30 AM
Big Picture
Bangladeshi fisherman held by Myanmar border cops in Teknaf
Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) allegedly detain a Bangladeshi fisherman in Naf river of Teknaf of Chittagong and took him to their side of the border.
13 December 2016, 13:42 PM
Indian war veterans to celebrate Victory Day in Dhaka
Bangladesh and India will celebrate the Victory Day in Dhaka and Kolkata through exchanges of delegations comprising freedom fighters from Bangladesh and Indian war veterans.
13 December 2016, 09:45 AM
Assault on journo protested
Newsmen of Dinajpur and Joypurhat at a human chain in Panchbibi upazila yesterday protested assault on a journalist by Border Guard
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Manikganj, Bogra freed this day
Manikganj and Bogra were freed on this day in 1971.
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
BSF yet to return cattle trader's body
The body of a Bangladeshi cattle trader, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday near Durgapur border in
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
C'nawabganj road blocked for three hrs
Local people yesterday barricaded the Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port road in Shibganj upazila for three hours, protesting the
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Labourers cry for job
A good number of day labourers are suffering from job crisis as the northern district sees much less activities in different sectors with
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
6 broken bridges not repaired for years
A large number of people in different areas of Tangail, Jhalakathi, Nilphamari and Barisal districts are suffering from communication
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Woes mount as copiers of deed on strike
Service receivers suffer a lot as an indefinite strike, enforced by extra-muharrirs (copiers) at sub-registry office, still continues.
10 December 2016, 18:13 PM
Peak time for brick kilns
Workers at different brick kilns in the district are passing busy time making bricks after a delay of two weeks due to bad
10 December 2016, 18:10 PM
Road to century old temple demanded
Local Hindu people at a human chain in Chirirbandar upazila yesterday demanded a pitch road to Chibuka temple, a 100-year-
10 December 2016, 18:10 PM
Seaports asked to hoist distant warning signal 2
Maritime ports in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no. 2 as cyclonic storm ‘Vardah’ over the southeast Bay and adjoining areas moved slightly west-northwestwards.
10 December 2016, 08:23 AM
US envoy for religious freedom to visit Bangladesh
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein will visit Bangladesh this week.
10 December 2016, 05:00 AM
Cyclone ‘Vardah’ moves northwards
The cyclonic storm, ‘Vardah’, over the southeast bay and adjoining area moves further northwards over the same area.
9 December 2016, 05:14 AM
Hindus in panic
As police are yet to arrest the perpetrators behind the attacks on two temples in the last three months, 200 Hindu families in Shialkhawa
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Another dies, 10 more fall sick in Sylhet
A 65-year-old woman died after eating puffer fish and 10 more fell sick yesterday in Jaintapur upazila of the district.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Call to stop harassing indigenous people
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) organised a 30-kilometre-long human chain from Khagrachhari Sadar to Dudukchara in Panchari
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Mirzapur canal almost dead
An important canal in Mirzapur municipal area of the district has become almost dead due to mindless filling and grabbing.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Another dies after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Another woman, who fell sick after taking puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet yesterday, dies at a hospital in the city, raising the death toll to six.
7 December 2016, 14:14 PM
A cyclone of difference
In the middle of the night, Atul Sur, a fisherman from Koyra, arrives at Dublarchar, an island in the Sundarbans, in a small boat loaded with Batasha (sweets), candles, incense sticks and coconuts.
7 December 2016, 13:14 PM