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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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
HC asks Buet to allow expelled BCL men to attend classes
The High Court directs Buet authorities to allow its four expelled students, also leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, to avail all student facilities including attending classes and examinations.
11 May 2015
Cut vacation in half
Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer
10 May 2015
Cut summer vacation
Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer vacation by half to recover the loss, suggested participants at a meeting at the education ministry yesterday.
10 May 2015
HC summons Apex boss, staff
The High Court yesterday summoned on May 24 three officials of a footwear factory in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila to explain their role
10 May 2015
Three tiger cubs die in Cox's Bazar
All three cubs of tigress Jyoti born in Dulahazara Safari park in Cox's Bazar have died.
10 May 2015
CAAB staff's detention triggers chaos at airport
Chaos erupted at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday after security staff of Civil Aviation Authority of
10 May 2015
Rapid steps to be taken for implementation
Rapid steps will be taken to implement the Land Boundary Agreement after discussions between Bangladesh and India, said Indian High
10 May 2015
Protest against sexual assault during Baishakh celebration met with police brutality
Police yesterday used brute force to crush a demonstration against their failures to make any arrest over the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault on women.
10 May 2015
17 Myanmar citizens among 142 held
Police in overnight drives arrested 142 people including 17 Myanmar citizens in different upazilas of Chittagong yesterday.
10 May 2015
Indian NGO giving free prostheses for amputees at Nitor
An Indian NGO is providing free artificial limbs to amputees in association with the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic
9 May 2015
Garment workers protest random termination
About a thousand workers of two garment factories in Ashulia demonstrated in Savar Bus Stand area yesterday pressing home their five-
9 May 2015
Free trash bags for all holdings, streetlight fixing in 20 days
With councillors verbally expressing extending their support, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday
9 May 2015
Indian rice forcing Pabna mills to shut down
With the rice imported from neighbouring India selling at lower prices, the demand for the local varieties is on the decline, pushing 65
9 May 2015
None arrested yet for Ctg bank security guard murder
Police could not arrest anyone till last evening over the murder of a security guard of Al-Arafa Islami Bank Ltd in Chittagong city early
9 May 2015
Private bus service providers go on strike in Rajshahi against BRTC
Private bus owners and workers yesterday began an indefinite strike in Rajshahi district demanding withdrawal of BRTC services from
9 May 2015
123 Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand
At least 123 Bangladeshi jobseekers and 26 Myanmar nationals were rescued in the last two days from Khao Kaew mountain areas
9 May 2015
Resources yet to be explored
Over three years past the much celebrated verdict of a United Nations court in Hamburg, allocating approximately 1,11,631 square
9 May 2015
Don't Ask,Don't Tell
The youth in Bangladesh (ages 15-30) form almost a third of the country's population, and almost half the youth population are women.
8 May 2015
Protest to go on till culprits' punishment
Freedom fighter and cultural personality Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu yesterday said the government had failed to arrest the Pahela Baishakh molesters
8 May 2015