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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Gulshan, Niketan, Baridhara get 100 CCTV cameras
A total of 100 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were installed in the capital's Guslhan, Baridhara and Niketan yesterday with an
14 May 2015
Illegal Savar gas pipelines snapped
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd disconnected illegal gas pipeline at Harindhara of Hemayetpur in Savar, outside the capital, yesterday.
14 May 2015
Awareness must in protecting sexual minority people's rights
Building mass awareness is crucial in protecting the rights of sexual minorities, said discussants at a programme yesterday.
14 May 2015
Open air concert against sexual harassment today
An open air concert against sexual harassment will be held near TSC on the Dhaka University campus today from 4:00pm.
14 May 2015
Hawkers push pedestrians off footpaths in Ctg city
Almost all the footpaths along major thoroughfares in Chittagong city have been grabbed by hawkers, causing immense sufferings to pedestrians and creating crippling traffic congestion every day.
14 May 2015
Bandarban deserves special budgetary allocation
A special budgetary allocation should be made for Bandarban, the most poverty stricken area of the country, which is lagging behind
14 May 2015
Nor'westers, Moha disease affect Rajshahi, C'nawabganj dists' mango production
Although the overall mango production is likely to be good in the northern region, the production in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts may be hampered by unfavourable weather this year.
13 May 2015
ICT training launced for Savar women
A 15-day training on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for rural women was launched in Savar yesterday.
13 May 2015
Meghna Group sends help for Nepal earthquake victims
Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) donated 9,000 bottles of Fresh Drinking Water and 4,800kg of Fresh Flour for the Nepal earthquake victims on Tuesday, said a press rele
13 May 2015
11 Dubai-bound passengers detained at Ctg airport
Chittagong immigration police detained 11 Dubai-bound passengers from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday on suspicion of traveling with fake visa.
12 May 2015
Tourism reporters get own council
Syed Ishtiaq Reza, Channel-71 news director and Mizanur Rahman, staff reporter of Alokito Bangladesh, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Media Council for Tourism Bangladesh (MCTB) yesterday.
12 May 2015
Gonojagoron Mancha faction demands arrest
Demanding immediate arrest and punishment of the killers of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das, the Gonojagoron Mancha faction led by Imran H
12 May 2015
Graft free DNCC, streetlights by Shab-e-Barat in South Dhaka
Newly elected Dhaka north Mayor Annisul Huq expressed his commitment to make the city corporation corruption free, while his
12 May 2015
Create ministerial div for plain land Adivasis
The Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples yesterday demanded creation of a division under the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs ministry to look after the welfare of indigenous people of plain land.
12 May 2015
Agitation on against cop brutality on protesters of sexual assault during Baishakh celebration
Police yesterday came under heavy criticism from platforms of professionals, teachers, human rights and left-leaning student bodies
12 May 2015
Rights and socio-political bodies condemn failure to arrest killers of bloggers
Three free thinkers have been hacked to death in less than three months while police are yet to arrest the real culprits behind the
12 May 2015
Bangladesh police to probe how brutality victims attacked cops while protesting sexual assault
Amid widespread criticism over Sunday's police brutality on Chhatra Union activists, Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday formed a committee to investigate how protesters made it to Minto Road from Dhaka University crossing several barricades and "attacked" on-duty cops.
11 May 2015
Shelling by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 2 Bangladeshi expatriates in KSA
Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed in Saudi Arabia's border city of Najran in mortar shell attacks launched by Yemen's Houthi
11 May 2015
One victim's wife doesn't trust DB's charge sheet
A no confidence (naraji) petition was filed with a court yesterday against the charge sheet submitted by the detectives dropping names of five accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
11 May 2015
Apex Footwear rebuts allegation of refusal to give maternity leave
Apex Footwear Limited yesterday issued a press statement in relation to Saturday's incident when a female worker, allegedly denied of
11 May 2015