Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings
2 April 2026, 16:05 PM
In Focus
Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism
31 March 2026, 12:58 PM
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Does South Asia need secularism?
30 March 2026, 00:44 AM
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Did Jinnah lose faith in the Two-Nation Theory after 1947?
26 March 2026, 16:02 PM
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The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience
26 March 2026, 13:39 PM
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At Highgate, remembering Karl Marx
22 March 2026, 15:00 PM
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Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces
21 March 2026, 10:00 AM
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Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka
20 March 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Biryani excavation
19 March 2026, 10:00 AM
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My mother’s letter during the Liberation War
16 March 2026, 11:10 AM
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Media can help change perceptions of gender violence in Bangladesh
The media can help change perceptions of gender-based violence, and end the culture of acceptance of such violence and the social stigma attached to the victims.
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
KSA rejects request for 25,000 more hajis
The Saudi government has rejected an appeal of the Bangladesh government to allow 25,000 additional Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year.
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
6 held with Tk 50 lakh fake notes in Dhaka
Detectives arrest six persons for producing fake currency and seize counterfeit notes of around Tk 50 lakh from their possession at Mirpur in Dhaka.
9 June 2015, 04:40 AM
Ice-cream factory sealed off, owner fined
A mobile court yesterday sealed off an ice-cream factory in the capital's Tejgaon for producing items using inedible ingredients, says a press release.
8 June 2015, 20:20 PM
Barisal Divisional Museum inaugurated
The Barisal Divisional Museum was inaugurated yesterday.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Demand for highest penalty still ringing
Police yesterday barred protesters heading to besiege the home ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat, demanding the maximum punishment for those who gang-raped a Garo
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Int'l crimes tribunal unhappy over govt's failure to execute penalty for Jamaat men
International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday expressed discontent over the failure of the government, especially police, in executing its sentence punishing two top Jamaat-e-
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Law enforcers fail to trace 'abducted' man in 28 days
Law enforcers could not make any breakthrough in their search for a private service holder who had been “abducted” 28 days ago in the
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
CMCH finally gets electricity back
The authorities of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) installed a new transformer yesterday three days after the old one went
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Living on the Edge
A little egret sat gracefully on the floating platform of Jhulanta Para. It was calm and quiet, lazily using its beak to comfort its broken
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Adivasis want sufficient budget
Bangladesh Adibashi Union yesterday demanded sufficient budget allocations for economic development, industrialisation, and
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Manna's release demanded
Nagorik Oikya at a discussion yesterday demanded immediate release of its convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, saying the government
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Appeal for help
Md Liton, 39, an egg seller in Dhaka, has been suffering from haemophilia A, a bleeding disorder caused by deficiency of clotting factor,
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Major streets to remain off-limits to commuters
If you need to go to office or do any work in some part of the capital today and tomorrow, make sure you avoid the routes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would use.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Myanmar brings 727 boatpeople to ashore in Rakhine state
Frontier guards have been put on high alert on the Myanmar border as 727 migrants, found adrift on a Malaysia-bound fishing boat six days ago, disembarked at bordering Maungdaw on Tuesday night.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Garo students demand death or life term
Garo Student Union (Gasu) yesterday hanged rapists in effigies during a rally on Dhaka University campus, demanding death penalty for
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
19hrs blaze melts 7-storey Gazipur textile mill
7-storey steel-framed building of Dignity Textiles Mills Ltd at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur totally collapsed yesterday due to the devastating fire that was brought under control after 19 hours.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Price of essentials to remain stable in Ramadan
The price of essentials such as rice, pulse and soybean oil will remain stable during Ramadan, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A third of Ctg city solid waste flows to Karnaphuli
At least one third of the total solid waste of Chittagong city remains outside the waste collection system of the city corporation and thereby falls into the Karnaphuli river
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Stop plans to let foreigners explore gas onshore
A group of university teachers yesterday protested, what they said, government plans to allow foreign companies more scope to explore and drill out onshore gas.
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM