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10 July 2026, 00:01 AM
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9 July 2026, 00:01 AM
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How Mohammedan Sporting Club shaped Muslim identity in colonial Bengal
8 July 2026, 00:07 AM
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The untold history of the rivers that connect Bangladesh and Asia
7 July 2026, 00:30 AM
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A new history of Battala books
6 July 2026, 00:02 AM
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The forgotten history of football in Bangladesh
3 July 2026, 00:15 AM
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How old Bengali advertisements sold the dream of fair skin
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Bengal, Mysore, and the making of American independence
2 July 2026, 00:38 AM
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The many gifts of Mustafa Monwar
2 July 2026, 00:01 AM
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'Revoke decision to fell 25,000 trees in Lawachhara forest'
Lawachhara Bon O Jibo Boichitro Rokkha Andolon formed a human chain at Chowmuhona area under Srimangal upazila town of
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Power disconnection creates water crisis
Power Development Board (PDB) of Bogra has disconnected power connection to municipality buildings, water pumps and road lights
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
13 including 4 CMP cops transferred
The government transfers 13 police officials, including four of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), to different posts and places. The home ministry issues a gazette in this regard which will be effective from July 10, 2016.
28 June 2016, 12:44 PM
Brahmanbaria road crash: Tank lorry workers observe strike
Workers of Brahmanbaria District Tank-Lorry Federation go on an eight-hour work abstention in Sadar and Ashuganj upazilas, protesting a road accident that killed three of their leaders.
28 June 2016, 05:46 AM
Sluice gate collapse floods 20 villages in Gaibandha
At least 20 villages under three unions of Saghata upazila have been inundated as a sluice gate on the bank of the Jamuna River collapsed
27 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Mild tremor shakes Ctg, adjacent districts
A mild earthquake shakes Chittagong and adjacent districts in the country’s southern region.
27 June 2016, 04:28 AM
Sharp fall in potol prices frustrates growers
Potol (pointed gourd) growers of Dinajpur and Rangpur districts have been deprived of fair price of the vegetable as the price dropped
26 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Lightning kills man
A man was killed by lightning at Haribhasa Bangram village in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased is Habibur Rahman,
25 June 2016, 18:00 PM
When the Santhals rebelled
The Scottish historian William Wilson Hunter, who was also a member of the Indian Civil Service, in his book Annals of Rural Bengal
24 June 2016, 18:00 PM
11 return from Indian jail
Eleven Bangladeshi teenagers returned home yesterday through Benapole check post after serving two and a half years
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Early marriage bid foiled
A teenage girl was saved from early marriage at Chesrirampur in Kathalia upazila of the district on Wednesday. Shila
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Thousands suffer for want of bridge over river in Jamalpur
As many as 30,000 people of 13 villages under Satpua and Pugaldigha unions in Sarishabari upazila of the district
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Downpour triggers flash flood in Moulvibazar
Heavy rain coupled with onrush of water from hills in the last two days triggered a flash flood in Barlekha upazila of
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Damaged bridges pose risk to road users
For the last several years, to travel the Jhenidah – Kushtia highway is to undertake a journey with added risk. Of eight
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Pay RMG workers' wages, bonus before Eid: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal calls upon the owners of readymade garment factories to pay salaries and bonus of their workers before the Eid-ul-Fitr to avoid any untoward incident.
23 June 2016, 11:56 AM
18 infected with anthrax
At least 18 people have been infected with anthrax in Gopalpur upazila of the district on Tuesday.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Eight people including three women injured in violence
Eight people, including three women, were injured on Tuesday afternoon in a clash at Pirojpur Sadar upazila as a sequel to the violence that took place there after the union parishad (UP) polls on March 22.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Man killed by elephant
An elderly man was killed and his son injured as a herd of marauding elephants attacked their house at Gurucharan Dudnai village in Jhenaigati upazila of the district early yesterday.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Lightning kills two
Two people were killed by lightning at Dakkhin Betgari village in Gangachhara upazila of Rangpur district.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Passengers suffer as four launch ghats in awful state
Thousands of passengers are suffering a lot as two launch ghats (terminals) in Galachipa upazila under the district are virtually unusable while two others are lying without any approach road for long.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM