In Focus / What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within
7 December 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
Abul Hashim’s Bangalistaan
13 October 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
DHAKA, THE CITY OF ELEPHANTS / The lost history of Pilkhana’s elephant depot
5 October 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
156th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi / Gandhi’s search for harmony in Noakhali
28 September 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
Sandwip’s forgotten wars
21 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Bridging the Partition through Education
17 August 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
Satyajit Ray’s ‘Tagore’ Films
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM
In Focus
Sound of the July uprising
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM
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Sandwip and the collapse of Portuguese ambition
27 July 2025, 18:00 PM
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Evaly customer files case: Tahsan, Mithila, Sabnam Faria under surveillance, say police
Police today said musician Tahsan Khan and actors Rafiath Rashid Mithila, Sabnam Faria are under surveillance after a case was filed by an aggrieved customer of e-commerce platform Evaly.
10 December 2021, 14:32 PM
Landlady tortures domestic help in Savar, GD filed
A domestic help was allegedly tortured by her landlady over a trivial matter at a house in Savar municipality's Talbag area.
10 December 2021, 13:06 PM
India bids farewell to Gen Rawat
Amidst an outpour of grief, India today bade farewell to its first chief of defence staff and the country’s senior-most military officer Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika who died along with 11 others in a helicopter crash two days ago.
10 December 2021, 12:55 PM
1 Covid-19 death, 269 new infections recorded in 24 hours
One person died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
10 December 2021, 11:25 AM
Father, daughter killed in Narayanganj road accident
A man and his daughter were killed when a brick-laden truck ran them over on the on Narayanganj-Panchabati road in Narayanganj city today.
10 December 2021, 10:40 AM
England put up a fight
Captain Joe Root and Dawid Malan scored defiant half-centuries in a stirring, unbeaten partnership as England rallied from a position of peril to win their first day of the Ashes at the Gabba on Friday.
10 December 2021, 10:03 AM
World Bank reaffirms commitment to Bangladesh’s recovery from Covid-19: Schafer
World Bank Vice President for South Asia Hartwig Schafer has reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to the country’s resilient and inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
10 December 2021, 09:50 AM
Challenge is to manage natural capital
Natural resources and workers at home and abroad bear the cost of development, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Boycott the corrupt’
“The society should boycott the corrupt” -- that’s President Abdul Hamid’s curt prescription to end corruption in Bangladesh.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Break barriers, move forward
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged women in the country to move forward by breaking all the social barriers -- big or small -- and be on the path guided by Begum Rokeya.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Mitro Bahini closing in on Dhaka
In a backchannel message, Henry Kissinger, the US president’s Assistant for national security affairs, informed US
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Charging extra fare: 1,408 buses fined over Tk 57 lakh in a month
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority fined Tk 57,31,400 to 1,408 buses during a month-long drive against charging extra fares to passengers in Dhaka and Chattogram cities.
9 December 2021, 14:58 PM
India extends suspension on scheduled int'l flights till Jan 31, air bubble flights to continue
India today extended suspension of scheduled international passenger flights due to Covid-19 pandemic till January 31 amidst global concerns over Omicron.
9 December 2021, 14:54 PM
5 sentenced to life for rape and robbery in Ctg
A Chattogram court today sentenced five robbers to life in prison in a case filed for raping four women of an expatriate family during a robbery in Karnafuli upazila of the district in 2017.
9 December 2021, 14:37 PM
We are not being able to save wildlife: minister
Citing the constitution that makes it mandatory to protect forest, environment and wildlife, Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said they were not able to conserve wildlife.
9 December 2021, 13:50 PM
4 school students abducted by Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, families say
Four school students have been abducted, allegedly by two Rohingyas, in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
9 December 2021, 12:39 PM
One more dengue patient dies, 31 hospitalised in 24 hours
One more dengue patient died and 31 were hospitalised in 24 hours, till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
9 December 2021, 11:51 AM
University student’s death on the road: Lorry driver arrested from Sandwip
Detectives have arrested the prime accused -- driver of a lorry -- in connection with a case filed over the death of a Green University student in a road accident in Dhaka on December 4.
9 December 2021, 11:14 AM
No Covid-19 death in 24 hours, 262 new cases recorded
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
9 December 2021, 10:45 AM
Rod prices skyrocketing
The rise in fuel and scrap steel prices in the international market is having a negative impact on our economy. It has also affected the rod prices. Rod prices have gone up 32 percent (estimated) from last year.
9 December 2021, 10:32 AM