The young radicals who challenged 19th-century Bengal
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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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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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Don't stiff low income communities
Field-level officers and staff of Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) should not discriminate while dealing with water supply
25 August 2015
CVASU students decry academic pressure
Students of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) yesterday boycott classes and midterm exams demanding
25 August 2015
Journo assault: Official withdrawn from EC project
The public administration ministry withdraws deputy secretary Abdul Bari from an Election Commission project over alleged assault of two journalists.
25 August 2015
Why Bihari camp arson victims won’t be compensated: HC
The High Court asks the government to explain in four weeks as to why last year’s arson victims of Kalshi Bihari camp in Mirpur should not be provided with financial aid.
25 August 2015
Mass hysteria in Barisal schools again
At least 36 schoolgirls from Charkawa Nayani High School and Charkawa Azad Government Primary School in Barisal Sadar were admitted
24 August 2015
Abducted girl rescued after two days
A schoolgirl was rescued in Rajshahi yesterday morning, two days after she was kidnapped from Tongi.
24 August 2015
125 to return from Myanmar today
A total of 125 Bangladeshi trafficking victims who were rescued by the Myanmar authorities from the Bay of Bengal in May will be brought
24 August 2015
Bangladesh cabinet okays proposal to ratify motor vehicle deal
The cabinet yesterday sent back the draft of the Vested Property Retuned (Amendment) Act-2015 for further scrutiny by the law and land ministries.
24 August 2015
Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion withdraws accused official
The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday withdrew Lt Col SM Masud Rana as the Rab-2 commanding officer and attached him to its
24 August 2015
Dhaka Drug Court to hold hearing on charge framing on September 6
The Dhaka Drug Court yesterday fixed September 6 for holding a hearing on charge framing against a managing director, a director and three other employees of a now defunct pharmaceutical company for manufacturing toxic paracetamol syrup in 1992.
24 August 2015
Bangladesh police chief defends law enforcers over ‘gunfights’
The inspector general of police yesterday defended the incidents of gunfights involving law enforcers, a day after an Awami League lawmaker hit out at Rab over the killing of Hazaribagh Chhatra League President Arzu Miah in a
23 August 2015
More public awareness needed to boost tax collection
Creation of more mass awareness for boosting tax collection has to be stressed in the greater interest of making the country
23 August 2015
Public univ teachers strike for 3 hours for second day
Teachers abstained from work for three hours at Chittagong University and Sylhet Agricultural University yesterday protesting the
23 August 2015
Insecurity mirrors Pak regime days
Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday demanded protection of religious minorities against repression and torture.
22 August 2015
TV reporter sent to jail for 'torturing wife'
A Dhaka court yesterday sent senior reporter of ATN News Atiqur Rahman Khan to jail in a case filed for torturing his wife.
22 August 2015
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote protests murders of bloggers, children
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote held a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital yesterday protesting murders of children and bloggers
22 August 2015
People must know about RTI Act for optimum use
Benefits of the Right to Information Act need to be highlighted to ensure its optimum use by citizens, said speakers at the country's
22 August 2015
Journo Shawkat Mahmud sent to jail after remand
A Dhaka court yesterday sent to jail Shawkat Mahmud, an adviser of the BNP chairperson and president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal
22 August 2015
Death under tiger statue: People demand justice (video)
Angered over the tragic death of a man under a tiger statue at Karwan Bazar of Dhaka yesterday, people demanded justice.
22 August 2015
Bull fattening going on in Rajshahi ahead of Eid
In addition to Monira Begum, more than 11,500 rural people most of them women in Rajshahi region are now passing their busiest
21 August 2015