In Focus / What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within
7 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Abul Hashim’s Bangalistaan
13 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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DHAKA, THE CITY OF ELEPHANTS / The lost history of Pilkhana’s elephant depot
5 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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156th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi / Gandhi’s search for harmony in Noakhali
28 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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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
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Satyajit Ray’s ‘Tagore’ Films
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM
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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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Preventing Rumours: JS body wants fact checking cell under PID
A parliamentary body at a meeting yesterday recommended that the information ministry takes effective measures to stop the spread of rumours and fake news on social media.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Expressing opinion not a crime
“I don’t believe that expressing an opinion can be considered a crime. I still believe in freedom of speech.”
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Network of illegal handsets barred
Illegal handsets will not get network connectivity from today as the government look to curb the menace of duty-dodging while importing mobile phones, which also undercuts the competitiveness of the locally assembled devices.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Mobile Data Speed: Bangladesh one of the worst in world
Bangladesh has the worst mobile internet speed among 110 surveyed by the recently published 2021 Digital Quality of Life index.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Podgorny for equitable solution of Bangladesh issue
Speaking at a banquet hosted in his honour by Indian President VV Giri in Rashtrapati Bhaban in New Delhi, Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny today
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
PM inaugurates Bangladesh House in Maryland
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in Washington DC, has inaugurated the newly-constructed “Bangladesh House” in Maryland, US.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Increase food storage capacity, speakers urge govt
Speakers have called upon the government to increase its food storage capacity to ensure fair prices to farmers and reduce dependency on import.
30 September 2021, 15:37 PM
Set up fact checking cell in 7 days, says parliamentary standing committee
A parliamentary body at a meeting today recommended the information ministry to take effective measures to curb rumours and fake news on social media.
30 September 2021, 14:14 PM
Rab releases JU student Boni Amin, hands him to family
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) released Jahangirnagar University student Boni Amin, who was picked up on Tuesday, from their custody and handed him over to his family today.
30 September 2021, 13:05 PM
Cumilla’s MP-elect Dr Pran Gopal Datta takes oath in parliament
Dr Pran Gopal Datta, Awami League lawmaker-elect from Cumilla-7 constituency, has taken oath today.
30 September 2021, 12:25 PM
‘Biman, US-Bangla hold only 18-20% share of Bangladesh’s aviation market’
Bangladesh’s aviation sector will grow almost threefold over the next 15 years, State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali said today.
30 September 2021, 11:49 AM
23 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate now below 4%
Twenty-three people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
30 September 2021, 11:33 AM
190 dengue patients hospitalised in a day
At least 190 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
30 September 2021, 11:31 AM
‘That is what Ronaldo has done throughout his career’
Cristiano Ronaldo's record 178th Champions League game had been one of his quietest for 94 minutes until the ball broke kindly for him to break Villarreal hearts at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
30 September 2021, 08:05 AM
For the Ones Who Stay Behind
There's a life waiting to be cherished and lived here too.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
What They Don’t Tell You About the Statement of Purpose
The SOP, in a way, is a conversation with the admissions committee.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Look Before You Leave
It's easy to neglect our mental wellbeing while planning to study abroad.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
University or Program? The Choice Is Yours.
You'll want an answer before you book that one-way ticket.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Char people reclaim govt road from clutch of a pvt company
Char people have reclaimed and repaired a govt road that was under illegal possession of a private solar power company at Char Sholmari on the Teesta river basin in Bhoatmari union under Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Stop probe into 11 journos’ bank accounts
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) yesterday issued a statement demanding that authorities immediately drop their investigations into the bank accounts of 11 journalist leaders and Prothom Alo’s senior reporter Rozina Islam.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM