Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal
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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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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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Eid advance bus ticket sale begins
Private bus operators start selling advance tickets for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
23 August 2016
Mild tremor jolts country
A mild tremor jolts Dhaka and other parts of the country on Tuesday morning.
23 August 2016
Teacher's punishment demanded
Guardians and locals staged a sit-in in front of Baluchar High School in Sadar upazila yesterday, demanding punishment to the
22 August 2016
For not wearing pyjamas!
A teacher of Nesariya Madrasa in Lalmonirhat town yesterday cut off trousers of eight students of the institution allegedly for attending
22 August 2016
Water transport workers’ indefinite strike from tonight
Water transport workers will go for indefinite work abstention from tonight to press home their 15-point demands including wage hike.
22 August 2016
Fishing resumes in Kaptai Lake
The authorities allowed the fishermen to resume fishing in the Kaptai Lake from yesterday, ending a ban imposed earlier on May 12.
21 August 2016
25 more infected with anthrax in Sirajganj
Twenty-five more people have been infected with anthrax in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj in the last couple of days, bringing the
21 August 2016
Tea workers' strike today
Workers of 23 tea gardens in Habiganj will observe a strike today, demanding due wages and rations for 16 weeks of 400 permanent
21 August 2016
Bamboo bridge only means
Local people, mostly students of three educational institutions in Kalapara upazila, are crossing a bamboo bridge on a
20 August 2016
Dyke construction demanded
Hundreds of erosion victims of eight villages in Kawkhali upazila formed a human chain on boats on Sandha River
20 August 2016
Guardian turns crazy, beats teacher
A guardian of a student beat up a primary school teacher at Pirojpur Sadar upazila of the district yesterday as her child
20 August 2016
Petrol pump owners threaten strike Aug 28
Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers have threatened for a countrywide token strike on August 28 if the government does not meet its 12-point demand by then.
20 August 2016
Man dies during cops' raid in Rangpur
A Saudi Arabia expatriate dies when police went to his house in Rangpur city to detain him as a suspect in a theft case.
20 August 2016
Bismillah of India
In a delightful paradox, the man who best represented the holy Indian city of Varanasi was Bismillah Khan. Born on March 21,
19 August 2016
5 ‘ABT, Hizb ut-Tahrir’ men held in Dhaka, Ctg
Law enforcers claim to have arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and two of Hizb ut-Tahrir in separate drives in Chittagong and Dhaka.
19 August 2016
Orphaned by lightning, 8 siblings in despair
The seven sisters and one brother had a somewhat happy life under the care of parents at their Purbo Jalalpur village home in Adampur
18 August 2016
Indigenous people keep vigil for safety in Bandarban
Life in Dabong Khali Marma Para in remote Baishari union of Bandarban's Nykkhongchhari upazila has been anything but usual of late.
18 August 2016
2 girls die from snakebite
Two schoolgirls died from snakebite at different villages in Monirampur upazila early yesterday. The deceased are Muslima Khatun, 11,
17 August 2016
Lightning kills 3
Three people were killed by lightning at Naldubi village in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Tuesday. The deceased were Abu Bakkar
17 August 2016
Madrasa boy missing
An eleven-year-old boy, who went missing from Mohipur area in Kalapara upazila of the district nearly three months ago, is still traceless.
17 August 2016