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
In Focus
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
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
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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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Nearly 3.78m tourists visited Thailand from January to mid-August
Thailand saw 3.78 million tourist arrivals from January to Aug 17, a government official said on Friday (August 19, 2022).
19 August 2022, 11:42 AM
No Covid-19 death in 24 hours, positivity rate now 3.37%
At least 93 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today (August 19, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
19 August 2022, 11:38 AM
Casemiro wants to join Man United: Ancelotti
Casemiro wants to leave Real Madrid in order to sign for Premier League side Manchester United, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday.
19 August 2022, 11:38 AM
BRT girder tragedy: 10 accused placed on remand
A Dhaka court today placed 10 people, including crane operator Md Al Amin Hossain alias Hridoy on different periods of remand in a case filed over the incident that resulted in the death of five people in the capital's Utrara on August 15.
19 August 2022, 10:57 AM
Demand for fertilisers: Dinajpur farmers remove road block after assurance
Hundreds of farmers of Kaharol upazila in Dinajpur blocked a road for around one and a half hours demanding fertilisers today (August 19, 2022).
19 August 2022, 10:42 AM
4 tea-garden workers die in Moulvibazar hillside collapse
Four tea-garden workers died today (August 19, 2022) in a hillside collapse in Kalighat of Moulvibazar’s Srimangal upazila.
19 August 2022, 08:26 AM
Lewy’s 71,000 dollar watch stolen while he was greeting fans in Barcelona
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski nearly had his 71,000 dollar watch stolen outside the club's training ground Ciutat Esportiva on Thursday, Spanish newspaper Marca reported.
19 August 2022, 05:13 AM
Sabbir, Naim, Mukidul star as Bangladesh A win by 44 runs
Following a dismal batting show in the first one-dayer, Bangladesh A batters inspired the visitors to a 44-run victory against West Indies A in the second one-dayer on Thursday at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Saint Lucia to level the three-match series.
19 August 2022, 04:40 AM
New coach for Tigers in Asia Cup, T20 World Cup
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Sridharan Sriram, a former India cricketer and a long-term assistant coach of Australia, to lead the Bangladesh national team in the forthcoming Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup.
19 August 2022, 03:52 AM
Stokes and Co remain positive despite late SA charge
Spinner Jack Leach says England will continue to play their positive brand of cricket despite a late flurry of runs from South Africa that moved the touring side into a commanding position on the second day of the first Test at Lord’s.
19 August 2022, 02:42 AM
‘I need to return better’
Rafa Nadal was not too downhearted by defeat at the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday after the Spaniard lost 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 to Borna Coric on his return from a six-week injury layoff.
18 August 2022, 20:01 PM
BPL clubs spurn women’s league
A record 18 outfits have applied for club licensing, a pre-condition to play in the Bangladesh Women's Football League but unfortunately the only big name among them remains Bashundhara Kings.
18 August 2022, 19:11 PM
Kabaddi to build bridges across cultures
Overlooked by high-rises on the outskirts of Hong Kong, a group of students practise body-slam tackles and vicious ankle-wrenches at weekly training for an unlikely sport: the ancient Indian game of kabaddi.
18 August 2022, 18:45 PM
FIFA sells 2.45 million tickets
Organisers have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16.
18 August 2022, 18:15 PM
'Drastic changes' imminent?
Current Bangladesh head coach Russel Domingo is slated to arrive in Dhaka from South Africa today to get the Tigers into full swing ahead of the Asia Cup, which begins August 27.
18 August 2022, 18:02 PM
BR ticketing partner Shohoz say they sold 1cr train tickets in 4 months
Bangladesh Railway’s ticketing partner Shohoz-Synesis-Vincen-JV has issued around one crore train tickets in the last four months.
18 August 2022, 16:12 PM
BNP demands UN probe into enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings
BNP today (August 18, 2022) demanded an independent investigation under the supervision of the United Nations on the incidents of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
18 August 2022, 15:09 PM
BCL leader enters female washroom in DU, makes obscene gestures
A student of Dhaka University has filed a complaint alleging that a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader made obscene gestures at her after entering the female washroom at Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) yesterday (August 17, 2022).
18 August 2022, 13:48 PM
PM's energy adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi hopeful of overcoming power crisis
Adviser to the Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury is optimistic of overcoming the ongoing power and energy crisis in the country created due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
18 August 2022, 11:04 AM
'It can tear you apart': Kohli shares mental health struggles
Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli, who took his team to unprecedented heights, says he has struggled with his mental health throughout his career, local media reported Thursday.
18 August 2022, 07:50 AM