The many worlds of Ghulam Murshid
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Operation Jackpot: How Bangladesh’s naval commandos struck at Pakistan’s lifeline in 1971
21 August 2026
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The Yellow Butterfly: How Sheba shaped my world growing up
18 August 2026
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What Bangladesh’s historic Test victory in Australia means for Bangladeshi-Australians
17 August 2026
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Remembering Sumit Sarkar, a historian who questioned orthodoxy
17 August 2026
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The unfinished histories of Partition
16 August 2026
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In conversation with William Dalrymple / ‘Britain didn't conquer India’
15 August 2026
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Sheikh Mujib’s killing: What the newspapers told and what they omitted
15 August 2026
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Mirrors of Empire / The bureaucrats and intellectuals who shaped the Mughal Empire
14 August 2026
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To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
11 August 2026
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RMG worker’s slit-throat body found in Ctg
Police recovered the slit-throat body of a RMG worker from her house at Mohammadpur of Chittagong EPZ area yesterday.
14 November 2015
Gonojagoron Mancha wants arrest of killers
A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha arranged a cultural rally in the capital's Shahbagh yesterday demanding arrest and
13 November 2015
Change mindset for better cities
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for taking initiatives to bring a change to people's mentality to make cities more livable and
13 November 2015
Admirers celebrate life of Humayun Ahmed
Nuhash Palli saw a crowd once again yesterday. So did Shahbagh. All these people, mostly youth, came together to celebrate the 67th
13 November 2015
Our Shrikes
The other day I was walking on a field in Purbachol when I noticed a bird perched on the stalk of a shrivelled kash
13 November 2015
WOMEN WAGING PEACE
When she first landed in earthquake-ridden Haiti, Rockfar Sultana Khanam, commander of the first ever all-female UN peacekeeping
13 November 2015
Rail link halted on Shantahar-Lalmonirhat route for five hours
Rail communications on Shantahar-Lalmonirhat route were halted for five hours as the last compartment of the inter-city Lalmonirhat
13 November 2015
Families of victims hope for justice
The news of bringing Nur Hossain back from India has made the families of the Narayanganj seven-murder victims hopeful about justice.
12 November 2015
UNDP, BRTC launch pilot project to provide bus passengers travel data
The UNDP has launched a pilot project with Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to provide bus passengers
12 November 2015
Abducted student rescued in Ashulia
Police rescued a youth from Gazipur's Kaliakoir jungle yesterday noon, one day after his abduction.
12 November 2015
RMG workers demonstrate for dues in Gazipur
Workers of Huda Winty Sweater Fashion Ltd demonstrated in front of the factory premises at Shalna of Gazipur
12 November 2015
Nur Hossain brought back from India
The government last night brought back Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, from India.
A team of police took Nur in its custody after the Indian Border Security Force handed him over to the Border Guard Bangladesh at Benapole around 11:30pm, said Superintendent of Police Khandaker Muhit of Narayanganj.
A microbus carrying the police and BGB personnel entered India and drove for about 10 minutes until it met a BSF vehicle, reports our Benapole correspondent.
12 November 2015
Flyover to create traffic mess in Ctg
Construction of the flyover between Muradpur and Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city and the subsequent plan to extend
11 November 2015
Workshop on strategic plan for environment held
Proper and strong management of environment and natural resources is essential to ensure sustainable development of the ecosystem, speakers said in a workshop yesterday.
11 November 2015
Withdrawal of extra fees demanded
SSC examinees formed human chains in Chittagong city demanding withdrawal of all additional charges which different
11 November 2015
Govt asks Amnesty Int'l to apologise
Blasting the Amnesty International over a statement on war crimes trial, the government has demanded the rights watchdog withdraw the statement immediately and apologise for its highly objectionable pronouncement concerning the pro-independence forces.
10 November 2015
Two killed in road accidents
A police officer was killed as his motorcycle was hit by an auto-rickshaw around 10:00am in Rajshahi city while he was
10 November 2015
Papon narrates at court how his mother Ivy died
Nazmul Hasan Papon, son of late President Zillur Rahman and Ivy Rahman, yesterday narrated how and where his
10 November 2015
Publisher Tutul released from hospital
Shuddhoswar publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, who came under machete attacks in the capital on October 31, was released from hospital yesterday.
10 November 2015
JSC examinee's death on road sparks protest
Two, including a JSC examinee, were killed and another was injured when a bus rammed into a rickshaw on Dhaka-Mawa highway in Kuchimora of Munshiganj while they were going to the examination centre yesterday morning.
9 November 2015