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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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
Veteran lawyer requests SC for quick release of full verdicts
Senior counsel ABM Nurul Islam yesterday urged the Supreme Court to release the full verdicts in all cases shortly after they are
4 August 2015
Orion Group bids farewell to outgoing South Korean envoy
Orion Group Chairman M Obaidul Karim yesterday hosted a farewell reception for Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Yun-young in
4 August 2015
Judiciary bound to collapse if shortage of judges persists
The country's judicial system is bound to collapse due to an inadequate number of judges, a parliamentary body observed yesterday.
4 August 2015
Create land commission for plain land Adivasis
Several student and rights organisations yesterday demanded that the government create a separate land commission for plain land
4 August 2015
Food directorate rejects wheat from France
After the controversial import of "sub-standard" wheat from Brazil, the food ministry has run into trouble from importing a batch of
4 August 2015
Nightmare on Dhaka streets (video)
Kuril flyover is built to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka city but within about two years, this 3.1 kilometer structure has been severely damaged. Besides, the roads in the capital city have been in a deteriorating state, with numerous potholes, open manholes, and damaged sidewalks.
4 August 2015
Bangladesh’s auto-rickshaw workers continue protests for 3rd day
People continued to suffer for the third consecutive day yesterday as auto-rickshaw workers and owners demonstrated against the government ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways.
3 August 2015
Marooned for weeks
In the rainy season, life of thousands of people comes to a near standstill due to waterlogging in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area.
3 August 2015
Man accuses cops of shooting him after arrest in Ctg
A 20-year-old man who was arrested in Chittagong city's Amin Colony field on Sunday night says police deliberately shot him in the calf muscle from a close range just hours later while law enforcers claim the pellets were shot by his cohorts during an exchange of gunfire with police.
3 August 2015
Filling station accused of tampering with pumps
A state-owned filling station in the capital's Poribagh was shut down for several hours yesterday after consumers laid siege to it alleging that the petrol pumps had been tampered with and were providing less than what the consumers were paying for.
3 August 2015
Protesters lock WDB office in Rajshahi for protection from Padma erosion
Several hundred people locked the divisional headquarters of Water Development Board (WDB) in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding that the authorities concerned ensure protection of the district from bank erosion of Padma.
3 August 2015
Toll protest continues to make public suffer
Transport workers' blockade on the first Buriganga Bridge protesting a steep rise in toll rates and demanding an immediate revision of the new charges continued for the third consecutive day yesterday.
3 August 2015
Total chaos on highways across Bangladesh
The government ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways effective from yesterday brought enormous sufferings on people as transport owners and drivers put barricades at different points protesting the ban.
Parts of Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Khulna, Dhaka-Sylhet, Dhaka-Barisal, Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways were blocked by agitated transport workers, causing tailbacks on both sides of the roads.
2 August 2015
Get prepared to serve patients outside Dhaka
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday asked the promoted doctors to remain prepared to work at district-level.
2 August 2015
Tea workers won't give ancestral land
Workers of Chandpur Tea Garden in Habiganj yesterday threatened that they would rather die than give up their ancestral land chosen
2 August 2015
Top Quote!
“If you are brave, then take away the land-grabbers' land. Only then we will accept that this is a brave state.”
2 August 2015
Poor sanitation facilities plague DU Arts Building
Every day long queues are seen in front of the seven toilets for 6,000 female students at Dhaka University's Arts Building, revealing an appalling condition of its sanitation facilities.
2 August 2015
Traffic gridlock in Uttara
Traffic gridlock on airport road in Uttara area became acute due to heavy rain and pressure of the Dhaka-bound vehicles from different adjoining districts.
2 August 2015
Record rainfall already
After two consecutive dry monsoons, the country this year experiences 25 percent more rainfall than usual, hampering daily life and
1 August 2015