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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The 25,000-year history of betel nut chewing
17 September 2026
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The world map we know is distorted. Why does it matter?
15 September 2026
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Bengal and the coming of Islam: A story of soil and spirit
14 September 2026
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Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
11 September 2026
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BSF picks up Bangladeshi
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi from near the zero line at International Border Pillar in Chargaon area under
6 September 2016
Threat to withdraw case
A man, accused in a case for trying to violate a widow in Sonatola upazila on June 4, is threatening the victim and her family members to
6 September 2016
Star News Plus: Indian cattle ban boosts Bangladesh cow market
Today Bangladesh can meet a large part of its meat demand from its domestic sources. This is the success story of a ban becoming a boon for Bangladesh.
6 September 2016
HC bars Ctg BAF Shaheen College from charging extra fees
High Court directs the authorities concerned to refrain from charging additional fees from the students of BAF Shaheen College in Chittagong for next six months.
6 September 2016
‘Rampal power plant for personal interest’
People in favour of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans are driven by their own interests, alleges National Committee to Save the Sundarbans.
6 September 2016
High alert at Benapole for Zika virus
Immigration police at the check post of Benapole land port has been kept on special alert to prevent the spread of Zika virus through the
5 September 2016
Mir Quasem execution: BR staff held for FB post in Ctg
A Bangladesh Railway staff is arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police from Khulshi area in the port city for posting provocative comments on Facebook in support of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
5 September 2016
Lightning kills 2 cousins
Two cousins were killed by lightning at Shibnagar village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased
3 September 2016
BSF hands over bodies of 3 more fishermen
Bodies of three more Bangladeshi fishermen, who drowned when a trawler was caught in a storm and sank in the Bay on
3 September 2016
Risky bamboo bridge only means
About 50,000 people of two unions in Madarganj upazila have been facing immense sufferings for want of a
3 September 2016
Jamaat hartal Monday
Jamaat-e-Islami calls an eight-hour-long hartal (shutdown) across the country on Monday, protesting the execution of its leader Mir Quasem Ali.
3 September 2016
Quasem to be buried in Manikganj
Death row war criminal Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali will be buried at his ancestral home in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.
3 September 2016
BGB deployed in Dhaka, Gazipur
Paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh has been deployed in Dhaka and Gazipur with war criminal Mir Quasem Ali waiting to walk to the gallows in Gazipur.
3 September 2016
TIB for actions against Hajj anomalies
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urges the government to take actions against Hajj agents and brokers who cheated pilgrims and caused irregularities.
2 September 2016
140 gold bars seized, 1 held in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detains a man and seized 140 gold bars from his possession when he was smuggling those to India in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
2 September 2016
Bring attackers to book, arrest land grabber
Students under the banner of Adivasi Chhatra Parishad, an organisation of the ethnic students in plain land, yesterday demanded arrest
1 September 2016
Bailey bridge at risk of collapse in Lalmonirhat
The Bailey bridge over Swarnamati River on Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway at Sarpukur village at Aditmari upazila of the district may
1 September 2016
47 newborns in croc farm
Forty-seven crocodiles hatched from the eggs laid by crocodiles Juliet and Pilpil at Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre in East
1 September 2016
Bridge collapse snaps road link
Road communications between Bandarban and Rangamati have been cut off following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Sadar upazila of
1 September 2016
Mindless waste dumping on Alutila Hills slope
Massive dumping of waste materials collected from the district town on a slope of Alutila Hills beside Khagrachhari-Chittagong Road
1 September 2016