Do great leaders make history, or does history make them?
4 HOUR(s)
•
In Focus
Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal
28 September 2026
•
In Focus
Partition, Bor Porong and the Chakmas’ unfinished struggle for belonging
27 September 2026
•
In Focus
The young radicals who challenged 19th-century Bengal
24 September 2026
•
In Focus
More men are cooking. But is patriarchy leaving the kitchen?
23 September 2026
•
In Focus
Everyday secularism and the Bangladesh we rarely talk about
22 September 2026
•
In Focus
Reading Sarat Chandra at 150, with empathy
21 September 2026
•
In Focus
Who really owned Britain’s royal jewels?
19 September 2026
•
In Focus
The 25,000-year history of betel nut chewing
17 September 2026
•
In Focus
The world map we know is distorted. Why does it matter?
15 September 2026
•
In Focus
Ghatail people agitate protesting power outage
Several hundred villagers besieged the local office of Power Development Board (PDB) in Ghatail upazila of the district yesterday, protesting frequent power outage and low voltage.
2 March 2016
Six MMC students hurt in clash
At least six students of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) were injured in a clash over holding of a programme of M-53 batch at town's Baghmara Medical Hostel on Tuesday night.
2 March 2016
One jailed, roads to 24 sand ghats in Bhuapur off limits to trucks
A mobile court during a day-long drive on Tuesday closed several roads for movement of trucks to 24 sand ghats (collection centres) beside the Jamuna River in Bhuapur upazila under the district.
2 March 2016
Legal notice for withdrawing PP, speedy trial of Narayanganj 7-murder
A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking speedy trial of Narayanganj seven-murder and withdrawal of the public prosecutor who ousted journalists during hearing of the case.
2 March 2016
Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link snapped
The Dhaka-Mymensingh rail communication snapped this morning after the engine of a commuter train detached at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur.
2 March 2016
Interns at MMCH start indefinite strike
Interns at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on one of their
1 March 2016
57 fishermen return from Indian jail
Fifty-seven Bangladeshi fishermen returned home yesterday after serving four months in an Indian jail.
1 March 2016
Assault on teacher triggers protest in Bogra
Students of Birakoir High School in Sherpur upazila of the district staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding arrest and exemplary
1 March 2016
Turmeric traders thrive, grower profits squeezed
The scene at Jhenidah's around 50 turmeric processing fields, locally known as chatals, is lively as growers and traders arrive to buy
1 March 2016
‘Bomb-like’ object found near chief justice’s village house
An object, what police suspect to be bomb, is found near the ancestral house of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in Moulvibazar today.
29 February 2016
PP can’t ask journos to leave courtroom: Law minister
A public prosecutor (PP) cannot tell journalists to leave a courtroom, Law Minister Anisul Huq says hours after reporters are driven out of the courtroom before recording of witness depositions in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
29 February 2016
Students protest attack on fellows in Patuakhali
Teachers and students of Char Chaplee Islamia High school in Kalapara upazila of the district formed a human chain on the school
27 February 2016
'I am human'
Language represents locality, kinship, clan, lineage and other socio cultural aspects of all human societies around the world. And in our
26 February 2016
Derailment halts Mymensingh-Netrokona rail link
Mymensingh to Netrokona rail links are disrupted as a train’s engine derailed at Gouripur outer signal today.
26 February 2016
Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory
The authorities of Pran Agro Limited suspended production at a Natore factory yesterday morning following a workers' demonstration
25 February 2016
Rail link with Sylhet halted for 14 hrs
Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country was restored at around 5:00pm yesterday, 14 hours after it was
25 February 2016
Labourers start indefinite strike, stage sit-in
Labourers of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fertiliser godown at Mahendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila called
25 February 2016
Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg
Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016
Looted rice recovered
Police recovered 189 sacks of looted rice from Ghatail upazila in the district yesterday.
24 February 2016
6 bodies recovered from sunken trawler in Shitalakkhya
Rescuers recover six bodies from a sunken sand-laden trawler which capsized after colliding with another trawler in Shitalakkhya of Narayanganj.
24 February 2016