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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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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Nahid to consider univ teachers' demands
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday assured taking into consideration demands of teachers of the country's 37 public universities over the
15 June 2015
14 billboards, 6 mini poles pulled down
A mobile court of Chittagong City Corporation pulled down nine illegal billboards and six mini-poles and fined six billboard owners Tk 30,000 in Jamal Khan area of Chittagong city yesterday.
15 June 2015
Memo for university teachers’ separate pay scale
Public university teachers place a memorandum to the education ministry demanding separate pay scale for them.
15 June 2015
No arrest yet
Police are claiming that they could neither arrest an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) nor gather information on his three cohorts centring a
14 June 2015
Temporary Biman staff stage demo for regularisation
Over 100 temporary employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines staged a sit-in before the motor transport department on the Hazrat
14 June 2015
Case filed over students' death in Ctg road crash
A case was filed with Akbar Shah Police Station in connection with the road accident that killed two college students and injured another
14 June 2015
Blackout panics DMCH patients
Panic gripped patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital following a power disruption for hours in its newly constructed 10-storey
14 June 2015
Case sees first arrest in five months
After five months of investigation, police arrested a former madrasa official on Saturday evening as prime suspect for the murder of
14 June 2015
Journo Habibur Rahman Milon passes away
Veteran journalist and chairman of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), Habibur Rahman Milon died due to old-age complications at LabAid
14 June 2015
Top Quote!
“Prioritisation is totally missing in our budget."
13 June 2015
Road crash deaths elicit little public reaction
Due to high frequency of road accidents in the country, around 15 to 20 persons die every day, but it elicits little reaction from the
13 June 2015
Demand for arrest of BCL leader still on
General students, teachers, and cultural activists of Rajshahi University continued their protest for the fourth day yesterday, demanding
13 June 2015
Salahuddin's wife returns home
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed who is facing a case in India over illegal entry, returned home from
13 June 2015
Victim of petrol bomb attack on running bus in Bangladesh dies
One of the eight victims of a mindless petrol bomb attack on a running bus in Comilla on the Shab-e-Barat night died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday.
12 June 2015
Rampal power plant to damage Sundarbans
Ekushey Padak winning botanist Prof Dwijen Sharma yesterday said the government should cancel the Rampal power plant project as it would cause permanent damage to the Sundarbans.
12 June 2015
Rain triggers flash flood in north
Low-lying areas of the northern Bogra, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts have been inundated by the rising waters of the Jamuna,
12 June 2015
Repression against women to go on if perps not punished
Women will continue to be oppressed in Bangladesh unless the government takes stern action against perpetrators like the kidnappers of
12 June 2015
A Report Card for Humanity 1900-2050
Will we be living better in 2050 than our predecessors did in 1900? The discussion over the state of the world, and whether things are
12 June 2015
Goldsmith shot, robbed in Old Dhaka
Miscreants last night shot a goldsmith and snatched his shopping bag carrying gold in Old Dhaka, said police.
11 June 2015
Heavy rain brings blessing, curse for Ctg city residents
Heavy rain in Chittagong city yesterday afternoon was a welcome relief for the residents who saw no rain for almost two months. However, the rain also brought misery as
11 June 2015