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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The extraordinary journey of Atish Dipankar Srigyan
6 September 2026
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Forgotten story of Jeanette Van Tassel, the American woman who flew over Dhaka in 1892
5 September 2026
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The Biryani excavation
This article will examine nine biryanis across the subcontinent, each representing a different historical layer.
19 March 2026
How does Pakistan write 1971?
In seconds, the night was altered. Strobes of light flashed from the mouths of the tanks, igniting the dorms in brilliant snapshots before the shell ripped off another piece of the building.
17 March 2026
My mother’s letter during the Liberation War
Many things from 1971 have been lost. I do not quite know how, but I found this letter again many years later. Our mother passed away twenty-six years ago. Yet this letter still shelters us like a long shadow above our heads, and continues to protect all her children who long for freedom.
16 March 2026
Leela Nag: A lone tigress who waged war against the status quo
After the Partition of India and Pakistan, she remained steadfast in her decision to stay in East Pakistan and introduced a blueprint of her future activities in this newly born nation.
10 March 2026
The Australian doctor who witnessed what Bangladesh wanted to forget
Dr. Davis explained that this violence was not incidental, but rather a calculated strategy taken by the Pakistani Army.
3 March 2026
Barisal, beyond, and the making of Bengali literary modernity
In conversation with Clinton B Seely, emeritus professor of South Asian Languages and Civilisations at the University of Chicago.
2 March 2026
Why is there so little discussion on books?
From its very first issue, we have been striving to shape Ebong Boi into an important platform for writers, readers, and publishers. To continue working towards the fulfilment of the dream with which Ebong Boi began its journey seven years ago, we seek the support and companionship of book lovers.
1 March 2026
The great age of Chittagong and our failure to understand it
Accessing the sea through the Karnaphuli River, Chittagong’s site was exceptional in the early modern age of commerce.
23 February 2026
Capturing the Language Movement: Rafiqul's rare archive
Rafiqul was an eyewitness to the Language Movement of 1948. At the time he was a Class Ten student at St Gregory’s School.
22 February 2026
Ekushey in the Mirror of Azad
On February 22, The Azad published the news of the student shooting in an eight-column banner headline.
21 February 2026
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand
Principal Abul Kashem is an unforgettable figure in the history of the Language Movement.
17 February 2026
Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan
Before and after 1947, there were many Islamist claimant parties in the Indian subcontinent.
16 February 2026
Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
The most significant public confrontation between the Khaksars and the Muslim League occurred in Delhi shortly before Partition, on June 9, 1947.
10 February 2026
Building a nation in print: Paper, textbooks, and publishing in East Pakistan
Walk through the narrow lanes of old Dhaka in the 1950s and you’d hear it before you saw it: the rhythmic thrum of presses, the chatter of compositors, the swish of paper reams unwrapped and weighed.
10 February 2026
Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Although Maulana Madani and Maulana Maududi stood almost side by side in opposing the Muslim League’s efforts to create a separate state of Pakistan by partitioning India, they disagreed sharply on many related issues.
8 February 2026
Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
During the struggle for the creation of ‘Pakistan’, three distinct strands of opposition emerged from Maulana Maududi and his party towards the Muslim League.
5 February 2026
Between memory and truth: Mark Tully and the Bangladesh he witnessed
What mattered to him were moments when journalism mattered beyond institutions.
2 February 2026
Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Against Madani’s Indian nationalism, Jinnah’s argument was that the historical interaction and proximity between Hindus and Muslims in Indian society existed only at the level of external social life.
2 February 2026
Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: We shall search, we shall find
“Eisenstein, Pudovkin / We shall fight, we shall win” was a chant by students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) during the 2015 student strikes.
2 February 2026
Vandalism and the death of civilisation
Architecture becomes the primary victim because it is the most visible, most durable, and most symbolic form of cultural expression.
29 January 2026