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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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
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
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
Adivasis want sufficient budget
Bangladesh Adibashi Union yesterday demanded sufficient budget allocations for economic development, industrialisation, and
5 June 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Myanmar denies journos access
Myanmar's navy briefly detained and turned back journalists on Sunday near a migrant boat being held off the country's southern
31 May 2015
Students, police scuffle as march to PMO obsructed
Scuffles broke out in the capital's Shahbagh yesterday noon after police stopped a procession aiming to reach the prime minister's office
31 May 2015
HC clears way for CU senate meeting to elect VC
The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the senate meeting of Chittagong University to form a panel to elect its vice-chancellor.
31 May 2015
Panthapath out of danger, opens to traffic
Traffic on Panthapath’s southern lane resumes cleared off for danger four days after it was sealed following the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site.
31 May 2015
UP accountability meetings flouting law
Union parishads are not holding meetings with participation of women and underprivileged people for ensuring accountability, although
30 May 2015
SSC results slide for politics, math
After a six-year uptrend, the SSC results this year show a significant drop in pass rates and the number of GPA-5 achievers, which is largely blamed on political unrest and students' not performing as expected in mathematics.
30 May 2015
Dakhil, Vocational Pass rates up
Unlike the other boards, the success rate of madrasa and technical education boards in this year's SSC and its equivalent examinations is higher than that of the previous year.
30 May 2015