Why Chittagong never became a maritime city
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The many worlds of Ghulam Murshid
23 August 2026
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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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Question leak protesters to hold solidarity rally again tomorrow
Agitating medical college admission seekers will hold a solidarity rally at the capital's Shahbagh at 4:00pm tomorrow, renewing the demand for rerun of the entrance test.
21 October 2015
Hindu demotes celebrate Kumari Puja across Bangladesh
Hindu devotees yesterday celebrated Kumari Puja, a major attraction of Maha Ashtami, amid fanfare at Ramkrishna Mission's puja mandaps across the country.
21 October 2015
Garment sector can create 54 lakh new jobs in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s garment exports would more than double if the country could capture 20 percent of China’s share in a year, as China has been shifting its manufacturing base to other sectors, according to a World Bank study.
21 October 2015
Re-cross-exam of 11 Rajon murder witnesses starts
Counsel for the key accused Kamrul Islam yesterday completed cross-examinations of 11 witnesses in 13-year-old
21 October 2015
Smuggled gold, mobiles, cigarettes seized at Ctg airport
Customs intelligence officials seized around 0.5kg of gold, 42 mobile phone sets and 20 cartons of foreign cigarettes
21 October 2015
Biometric registration on trial run
The trial run of biometric SIM registration system will be inaugurated today.
20 October 2015
BDR mutiny convict dies in hospital
A former havilder of now defunct BDR, who was convicted of being involved in the massacre of its officers and their
20 October 2015
Pry school teachers to stage grand rally on Dec 24
Primary school teachers yesterday called for rallies at district- and division-level from November 1 to December 15,
20 October 2015
45 get this year's Meena Media Awards
Forty-five journalists, creative writers, television and radio programme producers were honoured with 11th Meena
20 October 2015
Doctors Without Borders bolsters fight for ending Kala Azar
New research about treating Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL), done by international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Mymensingh uncovered an improved treatment regimen.
20 October 2015
BMA, agitators at loggerheads
High Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) officials and representatives of agitators demanding fresh medical and dental college admission tests yesterday failed to reach consensus on forming a body to probe allegations that the September 18 tests' question papers were leaked.
20 October 2015
Harassed for no crime
The four employees of an NGO, arrested in a case filed under the Human Trafficking Act over a month ago, were granted bail by a Dhaka court yesterday as a police probe found no proof of their involvement.
19 October 2015
Five stranded workers return from Iraq
Five Bangladeshi migrant workers soon after returning from war-torn Iraq yesterday submitted a written complaint to National Human Rights Commission against a Bangladeshi recruiting agency, demanding compensations.
19 October 2015
RMG workers block highway for arrears in Savar
Several hundred workers of a readymade garment factory blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Radio colony of Dogormora in Savar yesterday, demanding their arrears.
19 October 2015
Gone in moments with Tk 25 lakh
Muggers shot a jewellery shop employee and snatched away Tk 25 lakh from him on a busy road in Old Dhaka yesterday.
19 October 2015
Film star Riaz hospitalised
Popular film star Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, known as Riaz, was admitted to Apollo Hospitals Dhaka last night following cardiac arrest.
19 October 2015
Medical admission retake: Students meet health department officials
The students seeking retake of the MBBS and BDS admission tests hold a meeting with the officials of the health department.
19 October 2015
Fish delight
The country's fish production has almost doubled in just over a decade as fish farming becomes even more popular.
According to data from the Department of Fisheries, farmed fish production was 2 million tonnes in 2013-14 fiscal year. This was only 0.8 million tonnes in 2001-02.
18 October 2015
Public suffering ends as bus operation begins after 6-hr halt
Immense sufferings of Dhaka city passengers ends after the protesting transport workers withdraw their suspension of bus operation.
18 October 2015
Road safe if laws enforced
Enforcement of traffic laws, improvement of roads, and stopping the irregularities in issuing driving licenses and fitness certificates
17 October 2015