The Australian doctor who witnessed what Bangladesh wanted to forget
3 March 2026, 10:01 AM
In Focus
Barisal, beyond, and the making of Bengali literary modernity
2 March 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Why is there so little discussion on books?
1 March 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
Passion for the past
6 October 2019, 18:00 PM
In Focus
The great age of Chittagong and our failure to understand it
23 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Slow Reads
Capturing the Language Movement: Rafiqul's rare archive
22 February 2026, 15:14 PM
In Focus
Ekushey in the Mirror of Azad
21 February 2026, 16:37 PM
In Focus
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand
17 February 2026, 03:38 AM
In Focus
Part 5 / Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Part 4 / Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
10 February 2026, 17:26 PM
In Focus
The Australian doctor who witnessed what Bangladesh wanted to forget
What makes Davis's contribution particularly significant is not just the service he provided but also the fact that he was one of the witnesses to the brutality against the women during the war.
3 March 2026, 10:01 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 10:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 15:14 PM
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, 16:37 PM
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand
Principal Abul Kashem is an unforgettable figure in the history of the Language Movement.
17 February 2026, 03:38 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 17:26 PM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 17:31 PM
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, 14:58 PM
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, 18:01 PM
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, 08:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 14:00 PM
Khow Suey – a dish born from migration and adaptation
how did this dish—so central to our family get-togethers, yet so different from everything else we eat in Bengali cuisine, with its preponderance of rice in Bangladesh—come to be here?
28 January 2026, 16:10 PM
Chittagong centred and de-centred: A forgotten history
The previous article on Chittagong highlighted its nature as a frontier town in Harikela. The Markandeya Purana, one of the earliest of the major Puranas, validated Chittagong’s marginality from South Asia by locating it within Bhadrasva-varsha as opposed to Bharatavarsa.
26 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Before the Assam-Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging
The eastern subcontinent is one of the most fluid ecological zones in the world.
20 January 2026, 15:41 PM
Journey to the roof of the world: A Bangladeshi's Tibet travelogue
Our adventure commenced with the flight from Dhaka to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG).
19 January 2026, 16:00 PM