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The lost world of Dhaka's courtesans and baijis
15 June 2026, 15:18 PM
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Early Bengali advertising / Ghosts, gods, and swadeshi pride
14 June 2026, 17:09 PM
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Love, faith and family: Inside World Cup players’ tattoos
11 June 2026, 16:05 PM
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Can migration help win a World Cup?
11 June 2026, 15:19 PM
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A crime history of Bengal: When rivers became a haven for dacoits
9 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Mohajir manuscripts: Field notes from Dhaka Aliya Madrasa
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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What has changed since the USA ’94 World Cup? Almost everything
7 June 2026, 19:27 PM
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Historic Six-Point Movement: The photographs they suppressed
7 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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The Tofail Bhai I knew
6 June 2026, 14:51 PM
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Sultan -- Artist of the land
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (better known as SM Sultan) was a type by himself as a painter in the artistic tradition of
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Police refused to record blogger Niladri’s general diaries for security
Fearing for his life, Niladri Chattopadhyay approached police to file a general diary but the law enforcers refused to record it, the wife
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Ctg rains damage crops in 29,500ha
Crops on 29,500 hectares of land and aman seedbeds of 1,229 hectares in Chittagong district have been damaged due to heavy rainfall
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Killing of another blogger sparks protest
Condemning the murder of a fourth blogger in the last six months in Bangladesh, New York-based secularist group Center for Inquiry
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh aircraft makes emergency landing in India
A Bangladesh aircraft with 173 people on board landed under emergency conditions at Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, capital of central
7 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Petition challenges DU's bar on admission test retake
Guardians of 26 aspirants yesterday petitioned the Supreme Court to direct Dhaka University's administration so that it allows candidates,
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Employees demand restoration of perks
Officials and staff of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in Rajshahi yesterday observed a half-an-hour long work
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Teachers send letter to education minister
A section of teachers under the banner of “Mohan Muktijuddher Chetonay Udbuddho Shikkhak Brindo” yesterday reiterated their demand
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Go tough on grabbers of Adivasi's land
Grabbing of indigenous people's lands and their eviction from homes must be stopped with an iron hand and the Chittagong Hill Tracts
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
DNCC councillor obstructs Rajuk mobile court
A mobile court of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) was forced to back away from an eviction drive midway yesterday as a ward councillor with his 60-70 men chased the team.
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
EU gives Dhaka 5 lakh as flood assistance
The European Commission is providing emergency support to Myanmar and Bangladesh following floods and mudslides in both the countries.
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Owners, drivers threaten tougher movement
Owners and drivers of auto-rickshaws yesterday threatened to launch a tougher movement, if the government's ban on three-wheelers
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Progress not reflected in indigenous people's lives
Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and joined the ranks of
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Fire dept not ready to tackle quake fallout
It will be difficult for the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department to tackle a massive earthquake in the capital, should once occur, due
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Container seized at Ctg port over false declaration
Customs Intelligence officials yesterday seized a container carrying plastic sheets at Chittagong Port over false declaration of the goods
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
BCC chief engineer gets show cause notice
Barisal City Corporation Chief Engineer Nurul Islam received a show cause notice from the LGRD ministry on Tuesday for giving an
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Rights bodies call for zero tolerance
The government should implement zero tolerance policy against child abusers irrespective of their political or social connection or
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Students protest VAT on tuition (video)
University of Asia Pacific students forms a human chain at Dhaka’s Farmgate demanding withdrawal of 7.5 percent VAT on tuition fees of private universities.
5 August 2015, 14:51 PM
Bangladesh’s HR commission chairman says suspension not enough
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman has demanded trial of the policemen who were closed or suspended over the killing of Rajon.
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Yet another savagery in Bangladesh
It's a murder most horrid.
His only "fault" was that he left his old garage job and joined elsewhere. And for this, he died a cruel death allegedly at the hands of his former employer.
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM