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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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Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
11 September 2026
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre
10 September 2026
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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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Families of victims hope for justice
The news of bringing Nur Hossain back from India has made the families of the Narayanganj seven-murder victims hopeful about justice.
12 November 2015
UNDP, BRTC launch pilot project to provide bus passengers travel data
The UNDP has launched a pilot project with Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to provide bus passengers
12 November 2015
Abducted student rescued in Ashulia
Police rescued a youth from Gazipur's Kaliakoir jungle yesterday noon, one day after his abduction.
12 November 2015
RMG workers demonstrate for dues in Gazipur
Workers of Huda Winty Sweater Fashion Ltd demonstrated in front of the factory premises at Shalna of Gazipur
12 November 2015
Nur Hossain brought back from India
The government last night brought back Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, from India.
A team of police took Nur in its custody after the Indian Border Security Force handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh at Benapole around 11:30pm, said Superintendent of Police Khandaker Muhit of Narayanganj.
A microbus carrying the police and BGB personnel entered India and drove for about 10 minutes until it met a BSF vehicle, reports our Benapole correspondent.
12 November 2015
Flyover to create traffic mess in Ctg
Construction of the flyover between Muradpur and Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city and the subsequent plan to extend
11 November 2015
Workshop on strategic plan for environment held
Proper and strong management of environment and natural resources is essential to ensure sustainable development of the ecosystem, speakers said in a workshop yesterday.
11 November 2015
Withdrawal of extra fees demanded
SSC examinees formed human chains in Chittagong city demanding withdrawal of all additional charges which different
11 November 2015
Govt asks Amnesty Int'l to apologise
Blasting the Amnesty International over a statement on war crimes trial, the government has demanded the rights watchdog withdraw the statement immediately and apologise for its highly objectionable pronouncement concerning the pro-independence forces.
10 November 2015
Two killed in road accidents
A police officer was killed as his motorcycle was hit by an auto-rickshaw around 10:00am in Rajshahi city while he was
10 November 2015
Papon narrates at court how his mother Ivy died
Nazmul Hasan Papon, son of late President Zillur Rahman and Ivy Rahman, yesterday narrated how and where his
10 November 2015
Publisher Tutul released from hospital
Shuddhoswar publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, who came under machete attacks in the capital on October 31, was released from hospital yesterday.
10 November 2015
Abducted N'ganj bride rescued
Rapid Action Battalion rescued a bride from Gazipur's Jamalpur Mirpara Sunday night three days after she had been abducted from Araihazar in Narayanganj on the wedding day.
9 November 2015
JSC examinee's death on road sparks protest
Two, including a JSC examinee, were killed and another was injured when a bus rammed into a rickshaw on Dhaka-Mawa highway in Kuchimora of Munshiganj while they were going to the examination centre yesterday morning.
9 November 2015
Violence against children on rise for impunity
Incidents of child repression have increased alarmingly this year mainly because of the culture of impunity, claims a non-government report.
9 November 2015
Abducted child rescued
Police rescued a 7-year-old boy, Md Showrov Miah, who was abducted from Ashulia three days ago, from Hemayetpur in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday.
9 November 2015
DEPZ factory shuts sine die over workers' demand for benefits
The management of an Indian owned garment factory in Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), on the outskirts of the capital shut down the factory for an unidentified period yesterday following workers demonstration for service benefit.
8 November 2015
Textile engineers demand arrest of two Noman Group officials
Textile engineers will observe a daylong work stoppage at all garment factories on Sunday if the managing director and the director of Noman Group, who allegedly beat up their fellow engineer, were not arrested by Thursday.
8 November 2015
Clear Tejgaon terminal by Nov 27
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq issued a November 27 ultimatum to the truck owners to clear the illegal infrastructures from Tejgaon terminal to increase parking space to reduce traffic congestion of the area.
8 November 2015
Hasina sees local, foreign conspiracy
Denying the existence of Islamic State in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a local and foreign conspiracy is afoot to establish that cohorts of IS are active in the country.
8 November 2015