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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1 more innocent dies to mindless arson
One more innocent life succumbs to the brutal and mindless arson today at the critical care of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn unit
20 February 2015
Star will face action
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said actions would be taken against The Daily Star, the country's largest circulating English daily,
18 February 2015
Common people left in miseries
Abdul Matin sells caps and books at a roadside shop in the city's Tejturibazar area. His daily sale before the blockade was around Tk 1,000, which drastically dropped to Tk 400 now.
17 February 2015
Online registration for maids starts soon: Minister
Online registration for people who seeking domestic jobs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins across the country soon, says the expatriate welfare minister
17 February 2015
In pain, in panic
“I will die. Doctors said I will not survive,” Anwar Hossain kept repeating, lying in his bed at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
16 February 2015
Withdraw hill restrictions
The Chittagong Hill Tracts International Commission has expressed grave concern over the home ministry order banning any unsupervised meeting or talking with the adivasis and restricting foreigners' access to the hill districts.
15 February 2015
Baby Nazneen freed minutes after detention
Prominent singer Baby Nazneen has been picked up when she went to visit BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office in Dhaka
15 February 2015
Almost 200 pilot whales stranded in New Zealand
Almost 200 pilot whales have stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island, as rescuers and volunteers raced to refloat them
13 February 2015
Kids made to stand in the sun for hours
More than one thousand students from 25 education institutions, mostly schools in Motijheel and adjacent areas, were made to stand in the sun for two and a half hours for a human chain yesterday.
12 February 2015
Trial, not talks
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would sue BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for "instigating, patronising and financing" the ongoing violence that left around 70 people dead in the country.
11 February 2015
So many deaths, no proper explanation
Deaths of 32 patients, including 10 babies, in less than 24 hours have brought to the fore allegations of negligence in treating patients at the MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet.
10 February 2015
SSC exams stumble again
Defying all odds, the first paper of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations was held yesterday peacefully amid tight security, but only to meet with fresh uncertainties ahead.
6 February 2015
Another major gold haul
In yet another major haul, customs intelligence yesterday seized 61 kgs of gold from a Biman aircraft at Shahjalal International Airport.
2 February 2015
Syed Mujtaba Ali - a pioneer of our Language Movement
How many among us know Syed Mujtaba Ali as a great nationalist or as a Language Movement activist?
10 February 2009
Remembering Moulana Bhasani
Moulana Bhasani fought uncompromisingly for the oppressed people during his whole life.
16 November 2007