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A Navigator's Voyage to Enlightenment

Robinson Crusoe is one of the earliest works of fiction in English literature. In this book Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) illustrated...

13 March 2016, 18:00 PM

It offers details of his relationship with his wife and two daughters, and an analysis of people in different social settings --for example at birthday parties where he hangs out and at his children's daycare center's meetings.

13 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Kafco renovates jetty in Ctg

The Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd (Kafco) renovated a jetty and walkway to cross the Karnaphuli River from Chittagong city to Anwara

13 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Ctg cop accused of torture, extortion

Police allegedly assaulted a jewellery trader and later released in exchange for money in Mirsarai of Chittagong on Saturday night.

13 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP points finger at govt, bank officials

Two senior BNP leaders yesterday alleged that the Tk 800 crore, which was stolen from Bangladesh Bank's account in the US Federal

12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

STRANGER

It was pretty late in the evening when my colleague Sayeed Mahdi and I came out of Lahore Gymkhana.

11 March 2016, 18:01 PM

Pigeons and Doves

When I was growing up in Sylhet, the pigeons known as Jalali Kobutor – believed to have descended from a pair brought by the great

11 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Love

The far more great is One's sense of love It endows hue to nature The green grass looks greener.....

11 March 2016, 18:00 PM

TWO POEMS

Manic, I run through the woods

11 March 2016, 18:00 PM

EC to ask cops to sue Barguna AL MP over breaching polls code

The Election Commission has decided to ask the superintendent of police (SP) of Barguna to sue a ruling Awami

10 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Political biography of Zia launched

A book launching ceremony of "President Zia of Bangladesh; A political Biography" by journalist Mahfuz Ullah was held yesterday in the capital's BRAC Inn Auditorium.

8 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Finding home halfway across the world

The present book is not only a fascinating read, but also a collection of testimonies that fills in a gap in the historical narrative of the War of Liberation of Bangladesh.

6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Story of University of Dhaka

I would like to begin by congratulating the editors Imtiaz Ahmed and Iftekhar Iqbal for bringing out this timely volume of essays University of Dhaka: Making Unamaking Remaking.

6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Seasonal ban on hilsa fishing to boost output by 30,000cr fry

The 15-day ban on hilsa fishing during its breeding period in 2015 will help raise the output of the delicious fish by about 30,000 crore fry (jatka), predicts a senior fisheries scientist.

6 March 2016, 18:00 PM