Everyday secularism and the Bangladesh we rarely talk about
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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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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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Lightning kills schoolboy
A schoolboy was killed by lightning at Rupkhali village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is Jobayer Hossain, 14, son
24 May 2016
Journo, wife hurt in attack by UP member
A journalist and his wife were injured in an attack allegedly by a union parishad member in Dhunat upazila of the district on Monday
24 May 2016
PUST employees lock administrative bldg
Officers and employees of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) yesterday locked the administrative building of the
24 May 2016
Campaigners press for higher tax on tobacco
Anti-tobacco campaigners demand higher taxes on tobacco products for the budget of 2016-17 to reduce its consumption and health risks.
24 May 2016
Life-term convict flees from police custody
Wearing hand-cuffs and shackles, a life-term convict flees away from police custody by jumping off a Mymensingh-bound moving train in Trishal area.
24 May 2016
Journalists, media employees demand 9th Wage Board
Sangbadik-Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), a platform for journalists and media personnel today threatened to go on a greater movement if their demand for the announcement of the 9th Wage Board for media people is not met by a month.
23 May 2016
Derailment on Dhaka-Mymensingh route: Train service resumes after 5hrs
Rail communication of Dhaka with Mymensingh is restored after five hours of disruption following a train derailment in Gazipur city today.
23 May 2016
Roanu-marooned people in misery
Several thousand cyclone stricken people in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola are passing miserable days under the open sky.
22 May 2016
Launch, ferry services resume
After about 24-hour halt, launch and ferry services resume across the country.
21 May 2016
Why is the cyclone called Roanu?
The cyclonic storm Roanu is named by Maldives. “Roanu” means “coir rope” in Maldivian (Dhivehi).
21 May 2016
Cyclone Roanu: Sunday’s HSC, equivalent exams rescheduled
The government reschedules the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for May 22 as Cyclone Roanu left a trail of devastation in many parts of the country.
21 May 2016
Cyclone Roanu hits power distribution hard
The power distribution system has been seriously disrupted today, in the cyclone-hit areas of Chittagong, Comilla and other coastal districts.
21 May 2016
Goods handling remains suspended at Chittagong port
Goods loading and unloading from all ships remain suspended at Chittagong seaport since the morning as Cyclone Roanu nears the Barisal-Chittagong coast.
21 May 2016
Cyclone Roanu: 20 killed in 5 districts
At least 20 people have been killed in Chittagong, Bhola, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali and Patuakhali as Cyclonic storm Roanu makes its impact across the country. It crossed Bangladesh in the evening, leaving a trail of devastation.
21 May 2016
Dhaka University: Can it still lead us?
Professor Dr. A A M S Arefin Siddique, Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, talks to Amitava Kar about how the spirit of Dhaka University remains intact despite many limitations
20 May 2016
School student killed in Kushtia bomb blast
A school student is killed and another injured in a crude bomb blast in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
20 May 2016
Water transport shut as cyclone Roanu gets closer
As cyclone Roanu moved inside a thousand kilometres near Bangladesh’s coast, authorities have suspended water transport through the country until further notice. Met office is optimistic the cyclone will lose steam with rainfall as it makes landfall tomorrow along Chittagong-Noakhali coast.
20 May 2016
Auto-owners besiege Thakurgaon municipality
Owners and drivers of diesel-run three-wheelers and battery-run auto-rickshaws, with their vehicles, besieged Thakurgaon Municipality
19 May 2016
4 missing in Pabna
Four people, including three of a family, have been missing for the last ten days since May 10 in Pabna as plainclothes men
19 May 2016
Patients suffer in Bogra clinics, hospitals
Medical technologists and pharmacists of the district observed a two-hour work abstention for the last two days in their respective work
19 May 2016