Why Chittagong never became a maritime city
24 August 2026
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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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1, 100 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas died in sea in 18 months
At least 70 people are estimated to have died of starvation, dehydration, disease and abuse by the crews at sea on ships abandoned in May this year, said the UN Refugee Agency yesterday.
27 August 2015
Bangladesh, Mexico sign MoU to boost relations
Bangladesh and Mexico have agreed to start a dialogue to expand bilateral relations including strengthening trade and commerce.
27 August 2015
Consumers still feel unsafe about food
Nearly two years into passage of the Food Safety Act 2013 and six months into formation of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority
26 August 2015
Myanmarese separatist group Arakan Army attack BGB patrol team
Myanmarese separatist group Arakan Army swooped on a Border Guard Bangladesh patrol team in Boro Modak area of Thanchi in
26 August 2015
Digital attendance system introduced at DSCC
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) introduced a digital attendance management system yesterday.
26 August 2015
Rabies vaccines scarce for Ctg division poor
Poor dog bite victims in rural areas of Chittagong division have to travel all the way to the port city because only two hospitals there
26 August 2015
Chairman of Rajshahi edu board stand released
The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rajshahi has been stand released yesterday reportedly in the face of
25 August 2015
Don't stiff low income communities
Field-level officers and staff of Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) should not discriminate while dealing with water supply
25 August 2015
CVASU students decry academic pressure
Students of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) yesterday boycott classes and midterm exams demanding
25 August 2015
Journo assault: Official withdrawn from EC project
The public administration ministry withdraws deputy secretary Abdul Bari from an Election Commission project over alleged assault of two journalists.
25 August 2015
Why Bihari camp arson victims won’t be compensated: HC
The High Court asks the government to explain in four weeks as to why last year’s arson victims of Kalshi Bihari camp in Mirpur should not be provided with financial aid.
25 August 2015
Bangladesh cabinet okays proposal to ratify motor vehicle deal
The cabinet yesterday sent back the draft of the Vested Property Retuned (Amendment) Act-2015 for further scrutiny by the law and land ministries.
24 August 2015
Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion withdraws accused official
The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday withdrew Lt Col SM Masud Rana as the Rab-2 commanding officer and attached him to its
24 August 2015
Dhaka Drug Court to hold hearing on charge framing on September 6
The Dhaka Drug Court yesterday fixed September 6 for holding a hearing on charge framing against a managing director, a director and three other employees of a now defunct pharmaceutical company for manufacturing toxic paracetamol syrup in 1992.
24 August 2015
Mass hysteria in Barisal schools again
At least 36 schoolgirls from Charkawa Nayani High School and Charkawa Azad Government Primary School in Barisal Sadar were admitted
24 August 2015
Abducted girl rescued after two days
A schoolgirl was rescued in Rajshahi yesterday morning, two days after she was kidnapped from Tongi.
24 August 2015
125 to return from Myanmar today
A total of 125 Bangladeshi trafficking victims who were rescued by the Myanmar authorities from the Bay of Bengal in May will be brought
24 August 2015
More public awareness needed to boost tax collection
Creation of more mass awareness for boosting tax collection has to be stressed in the greater interest of making the country
23 August 2015
Public univ teachers strike for 3 hours for second day
Teachers abstained from work for three hours at Chittagong University and Sylhet Agricultural University yesterday protesting the
23 August 2015
Bangladesh police chief defends law enforcers over ‘gunfights’
The inspector general of police yesterday defended the incidents of gunfights involving law enforcers, a day after an Awami League lawmaker hit out at Rab over the killing of Hazaribagh Chhatra League President Arzu Miah in a
23 August 2015