Scientists have traced betel nut chewing to Ice Age Sulawesi, revealing a 25,000-year-old history of habitual psychoactive drug use.

The UN has endorsed the Equal Earth projection to provide a more accurate view of landmasses. Experts explain why this matters for global perception.

Islam’s arrival in Bengal was no single event, but a centuries-long story of conquest, cultivation, cultural exchange and spiritual transformation.

Discover the journey of Xuanzang, the Chinese monk who documented ancient Bengal, Mahasthangarh, and the intellectual landscape of the 7th century.

Remembering Professor Anisur Rahman, the legendary economist and social thinker who shaped Bangladesh's economic thought. A personal tribute by Dr. Selim Jahan.

Discover the hidden history of APO 433, the US military post office that connected Dhaka to the world during the Second World War. Read the full story.

Dadabhai Naoroji exposed British colonialism’s economic exploitation, linking India’s poverty to political power and making swaraj a nationalist imperative.

Private letters preserved through philately reveal the intimate fears, journeys, losses and resilience that shaped Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War.

Explore the life and legacy of Atish Dipankar Srigyan, the legendary Buddhist scholar from Bikrampur who shaped Tibetan Buddhism. A deep dive into history.

Jeanette Van Tassel was a 24 year old American aeronaut whose balloon ascent over Dhaka's Buriganga River in 1892 was meant to dazzle a city. Instead, it ended in her death after a rescue attempt went tragically wrong, leaving her buried in an unmarked grave in Old Dhaka. More than a century later, a researcher's chance discovery brought her remarkable story back to light.

Beyond 1947 is a personal essay by Sunita Chowdhurie about the two grandmothers who shaped her, women who never called it Independence, only Partition. Through memory, food, and quiet endurance, it traces what was lost and rebuilt when a border cut through Bengal.

Abul Mansur Ahmad’s vision of Bengali Muslim identity went beyond the boundaries of East Pakistan, connecting questions of language, culture, sovereignty and autonomy to wider global histories of decolonisation.

In this interview with The Daily Star, historian Sarah Waheed, author of Chand Bibi: The Lives and Legends of a Warrior Queen, traces how oral legend, court chronicles and Deccani paintings kept her memory alive, and what her story reveals about the erased political power of Muslim women across South Asia.

Nazrul’s *Dhumketu* is remembered for rebellion, but its pages also gave women writers a powerful voice for freedom.

Explore how Milad-un-Nabi celebrations in schools helped foster a distinct cultural identity among the Muslim middle class in colonial Bengal.

Kurosawa’s Rashomon brilliantly illustrates the inherent subjectivity of human memory, prefiguring modern insights into cognitive behavioural economics.

Why did Chittagong, despite its vast trading reach and strategic location, never become Bengal’s maritime city proper?

Ghulam Murshid’s scholarship bridged Bengali literature, history, gender, religion and culture, revealing the complexity of modern Bengal.

Defecting submariner AW Chowdhury orchestrated Operation Jackpot, decisively crippling Pakistani maritime logistics during the 1971 Liberation War.

For generations of Bangladeshi readers, Sheba Prokashoni opened windows to distant worlds, shaping childhoods through adventure, mystery and classic literature.