Reading Sarat Chandra at 150, with empathy
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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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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Untold stories of 1971 through private letters
7 September 2026
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‘Rampal power plant for personal interest’
People in favour of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans are driven by their own interests, alleges National Committee to Save the Sundarbans.
6 September 2016
High alert at Benapole for Zika virus
Immigration police at the check post of Benapole land port has been kept on special alert to prevent the spread of Zika virus through the
5 September 2016
Mir Quasem execution: BR staff held for FB post in Ctg
A Bangladesh Railway staff is arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police from Khulshi area in the port city for posting provocative comments on Facebook in support of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
5 September 2016
Lightning kills 2 cousins
Two cousins were killed by lightning at Shibnagar village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased
3 September 2016
BSF hands over bodies of 3 more fishermen
Bodies of three more Bangladeshi fishermen, who drowned when a trawler was caught in a storm and sank in the Bay on
3 September 2016
Risky bamboo bridge only means
About 50,000 people of two unions in Madarganj upazila have been facing immense sufferings for want of a
3 September 2016
Jamaat hartal Monday
Jamaat-e-Islami calls an eight-hour-long hartal (shutdown) across the country on Monday, protesting the execution of its leader Mir Quasem Ali.
3 September 2016
Quasem to be buried in Manikganj
Death row war criminal Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali will be buried at his ancestral home in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.
3 September 2016
BGB deployed in Dhaka, Gazipur
Paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh has been deployed in Dhaka and Gazipur with war criminal Mir Quasem Ali waiting to walk to the gallows in Gazipur.
3 September 2016
TIB for actions against Hajj anomalies
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urges the government to take actions against Hajj agents and brokers who cheated pilgrims and caused irregularities.
2 September 2016
140 gold bars seized, 1 held in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detains a man and seized 140 gold bars from his possession when he was smuggling those to India in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
2 September 2016
Clean Kulaura campaign launched
A clean campaign was launched to raise awareness among the locals in Kulaura under the district for taking immediate steps to keep the
1 September 2016
Bring attackers to book, arrest land grabber
Students under the banner of Adivasi Chhatra Parishad, an organisation of the ethnic students in plain land, yesterday demanded arrest
1 September 2016
Bailey bridge at risk of collapse in Lalmonirhat
The Bailey bridge over Swarnamati River on Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway at Sarpukur village at Aditmari upazila of the district may
1 September 2016
47 newborns in croc farm
Forty-seven crocodiles hatched from the eggs laid by crocodiles Juliet and Pilpil at Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre in East
1 September 2016
Bridge collapse snaps road link
Road communications between Bandarban and Rangamati have been cut off following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Sadar upazila of
1 September 2016
Mindless waste dumping on Alutila Hills slope
Massive dumping of waste materials collected from the district town on a slope of Alutila Hills beside Khagrachhari-Chittagong Road
1 September 2016
10 Bangladeshis infected with Zika in Singapore
Six Bangladeshi nationals have been tested positive with Zika virus in Singapore, the high commission of Bangladesh there has said. They are with mild syndromes of the infection and are currently under observation.
1 September 2016
Aman seedlings for flood-hit farmers
At least 480 flood affected farmers of four unions under Fulchhari upazila have received free aman seedlings for transplanting in their fields as agriculture rehabilitation.
31 August 2016
Villagers cry for concrete bridge
About 50,000 inhabitants of 30 villages in Nawabganj upazila of the district have been crossing the Nalshisha River risking their lives as demand for a concrete bridge has not been met.
31 August 2016