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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Burn victim dies in DMCH
One of the three of a family who were burnt when a fire broke out in an apartment on Central Road in the capital on Saturday, died at
13 August 2015
Convicts for contempt at war tribunal can go to SC
The Supreme Court yesterday observed that a person could move a petition before this court challenging an International Crimes Tribunal verdict convicting him or her of contempt of court.
13 August 2015
Cops, students scuffle as march to PMO foiled
Scuffles broke out at the capital's Shahbagh yesterday after police stopped protesters heading towards the Prime Minister's Office to stage
13 August 2015
Dhaka-Sylhet bus strike called off
Around 10 hours into its enforcement, transport workers yesterday afternoon withdrew their indefinite strike from Dhaka-Sylhet highway
12 August 2015
Checks and balances of power vital in democracy
Concerned Citizen's Group, a platform of distinguished personalities, yesterday recommended formation a “constitution reform commission” to bring necessary changes to the charter for an effective democratic system.
11 August 2015
Medical students keep demanding restoration of 'carry on' system
Hundreds of medical students demonstrated in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding restoration of “carry on” system which allowed them to
11 August 2015
Rajshahi teachers' strike today for removal of board chairman
Teachers of educational institutes of Rajshahi and guardians of students have called a strike at all the institutions today demanding removal of the chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi.
10 August 2015
Strong land commission for plain land Adivasis sought
The separate land commission demanded for the plain land indigenous people of the country should have the power to take legal action rather than just make recommendations to the government, speakers said at a national seminar yesterday.
10 August 2015
Transport strike in Ctg on Thursday
Chittagong City Transport Owners' Federation and Workers' Union yesterday announced a dawn-to-dusk mass transport strike for Thursday to press home their 10-point demand, including an end to "harassment" of drivers by police.
10 August 2015
8-year-old killed in city
An eight-year-old girl was killed and five others were injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was hit by a lorry at the city's Khilgaon last evening.
10 August 2015
NGFF school alumni gets executives
BM Kamal has been elected president of NGFF School Alumni Association and Iftekhar Mahmud Helim general secretary for 2015-2017,
9 August 2015
Bangladeshi relief reaches Myanmar
The first consignment of relief materials, containing over 1 tonne of medicines and water purification tablets, of the Bangladeshi
9 August 2015
Bobby reinstated as Ershad's special adviser
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday reinstated his special adviser Bobby Hajjaj, said a party press release.
9 August 2015
Half of Ctg dist vehicles unfit
Around 44,000 motor vehicles out of total 82,406 registered ones are plying the roads and highways in Chittagong district without
9 August 2015
Withdrawal of ban demanded
Transport leaders in Chittagong yesterday urged the government to withdraw the recently imposed ban on plying of engine-run three-
9 August 2015
Delay in producing PW disappoints court
A Dhaka court expressed its disappointment at the public prosecutor's failure to produce any witness yesterday over the killing of
9 August 2015
PWDs demand separate unit at hospitals
People with disabilities (PWDs) yesterday demanded a separate unit and an interpreter at every hospital of the country to get special medical care.
9 August 2015
School students first cast ballots
Adarsha High School in Mirpur wore a festive look yesterday with its building decorated with colourful handwritten posters seeking
8 August 2015
Protests pour in
Different social and political organisations yesterday protested the brutal murder of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, and
8 August 2015
Shahed, Mamun RUJ president, secy
Kazi Shahed and Mamunur Rashid were elected president and general secretary respectively in the two-yearly election of the Rajshahi
8 August 2015