Do great leaders make history, or does history make them?
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Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal
28 September 2026
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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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University teachers’ strike continues for 4th day
Teachers of all 37 public universities observe the fourth day of their indefinite strike protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.
14 January 2016
Classes held in mosque corridor due to lack of classrooms
Abdul Khaleque Maksuda High School in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj upazila has been facing an acute classroom shortage for years. Established in 1999, the school has around 700 students, including 400 female students, but only five classrooms.
13 January 2016
Coastal forests at risk as fish barriers block flow in canals
A section of local people are building closures and removing water with power pumps to catch fish in different canals of mangrove forest areas in coastal islands under the district, causing harm to the bio-diversity there.
13 January 2016
Dense fog disrupts ferry service
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three hours of disruption caused by dense fog yesterday morning.
13 January 2016
New way for extortion
In a bizarre incident, cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations dump large quantity of stinky garbage in front of some business establishments in Gulshan after the offices refused to pay them ‘tips’.
13 January 2016
Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services halted for 3hrs
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River halted for three hours due to dense fog.
13 January 2016
Bridge useless for 3 years in Patuakhali
With most of the sleepers broken or displaced, the iron bridge on Humoibunia canal in Amragachhia union of Mirzaganj upazila under the district remains virtually useless for three years, much to the sufferings of thousands of people.
12 January 2016
ASP, OC withdrawn after Brahmanbaria violence
The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.
12 January 2016
Interns at Pabna Medical College Hospital on strike
Interns at Pabna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on two of their fellows by relatives of a patient who had died at the hospital.
11 January 2016
Teachers protest PM’s remarks
Public university teachers on strike demanding the removal of “pay disparity” in the new national pay scale protests the premier’s warning against their class boycotts.
11 January 2016
SQ Chy’s lawyer exonerated of contempt charge
A special tribunal in Dhaka exonerates a counsel of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury from a contempt of court charge after he offered unconditional apology.
11 January 2016
Teachers in resolute strike over ‘pay disparity’
Public university teachers across the country have begun an indefinite strike from this morning protesting the “government inaction” in removing their “pay disparity” despite being dubbed "illogical" by the finance minister and slammed by the prime minister.
11 January 2016
12 return from Indian jail
Twelve teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years in an Indian jail. BSF handed over
9 January 2016
Dense fog disrupts ferry service
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after seven hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
9 January 2016
Devotees brave fog, cold at Biswa Ijtema
The quest for the soul’s salvation drives countless devotees to brave the inclement weather at the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj.
9 January 2016
Habiganj tea workers go on strike against SEZ
Thousands of tea workers in Habiganj abandon work and gather for a mass rally against government plans for a Special Economic Zone in the area.
9 January 2016
AGREEING TO SAVE THE PLANET
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, was the biggest event of its kind.
8 January 2016
Charges against 2 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ accepted
International Crimes Tribunal-1 accepts the charges brought against two alleged Razakars for their “war crimes” in Kishoreganj during 1971.
7 January 2016
Gazipur floodplain fish project a great success
The night is dark, the weather cold. Through winter's silence, I move from Kashimpur in Gazipur towards Namabazar. The clock says
6 January 2016
Brahmanbaria war crimes suspect arrested
Police arrest a war crimes suspect of Brahmanbaria after a special tribunal issued arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
6 January 2016