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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Protests pour in
Different social and political organisations yesterday protested the brutal murder of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, and
8 August 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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