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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USAID showcases improved stoves for promoting clean energy
Catalyzing Clean Energy in Bangladesh, a project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in cooperation with
20 September 2015
Abducted girl rescued in Ctg
An abducted college girl was rescued on Friday night from Baizid area of Chittagong city, nearly one month after her abduction from
19 September 2015
Medical college candidates protest 'question leak'
Students seeking admission into public medical colleges demonstrated in different parts of the country yesterday demanding that they
19 September 2015
Digitisation of judiciary nearing completion
Digital services have been introduced at the Supreme Court as well as many lower ones across the country as a part of bringing the entire
19 September 2015
Appeal for help
Sixth-grader Jinnat Sheikh, 13, has been suffering from a neurological complication for three months.
19 September 2015
Hundreds scramble for train tickets
Hundreds thronged the capital's Kamalapur Railway Station marking the last day's sale of advance train tickets for September 24
19 September 2015
Rain of relief in Dhaka
Dhaka is swept by a brief period of rain this morning that offered relief from the heat that had surged for the last two days.
19 September 2015
‘Criminals, stamp forgers’ held in Dhaka
Detectives claim to arrest of six people including an arms dealer and stamp forgers from separate areas in Dhaka.
19 September 2015
Gazipur mill workers block road for pay
Workers of a spinning mill yesterday blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur of Gazipur demanding their salaries for the
18 September 2015
2 Bangladeshis killed in mortar attack from Yemen on Saudi hospital
Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed and 12 others injured in mortar attacks allegedly from Yemen in Saudi Arabia's southeastern
18 September 2015
Favourite Bookshops
Recently I had the pleasure of spending several hours at Strand Bookstore in New York which claims to have eighteen miles of books.
18 September 2015
Unlocking Dhaka's Gridlock
It seems a measure of how badly things have gone out of hand that Montu Sardar peddles lemonade beneath a foot bridge, 5 Taka a glass, amid the piercing horns of the line of traffic he is blocking.
18 September 2015
CNG-run auto-rickshaw strike withdrawn in port city
The indefinite strike called by a faction of CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and drivers in Chittagong city was withdrawn yesterday
17 September 2015
Strong monitoring, review system to be adopted
The United Nations will adopt a strong monitoring and review system on the progress and implementation stages of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the special summit in New York on September 25-27.
17 September 2015
HC okays Feroz's JS membership
The High Court yesterday declared that it was legal for Chief Whip ASM Feroz to hold the office of a member of parliament.
17 September 2015
Jute mill workers block Ctg road for 3hr for arrears
Workers of a state-owned jute mill in Chittagong city yesterday blocked Chittagong-Hathazari road for three hours demanding arrears of
17 September 2015
Illegal structures demolished at Ctg port
A mobile court yesterday demolished 27 illegal structures, including motor garages and houses, which were built on the land of
17 September 2015
27 migrants rescued off Libyan coast return home tomorrow
Twenty-seven Bangladeshis, who survived a boating accident off the Libyan coast on August 24, will return home tomorrow morning.
17 September 2015
Formulate policies to ensure employment of the disabled
The government has to formulate appropriate policies and take necessary measures to ensure employment of the persons with disabilities in the public and private sectors, demanded Disabled Child Foundation (DCF) yesterday.
17 September 2015
Dist admin firm to meet demand with local breed
When livestock officials are confident enough to meet the demand of sacrificial animals in Chittagong with local cattle, traders fear
17 September 2015