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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Create ministerial div for plain land Adivasis
The Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples yesterday demanded creation of a division under the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs ministry to look after the welfare of indigenous people of plain land.
12 May 2015
Agitation on against cop brutality on protesters of sexual assault during Baishakh celebration
Police yesterday came under heavy criticism from platforms of professionals, teachers, human rights and left-leaning student bodies
12 May 2015
Rights and socio-political bodies condemn failure to arrest killers of bloggers
Three free thinkers have been hacked to death in less than three months while police are yet to arrest the real culprits behind the
12 May 2015
Bangladesh police to probe how brutality victims attacked cops while protesting sexual assault
Amid widespread criticism over Sunday's police brutality on Chhatra Union activists, Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday formed a committee to investigate how protesters made it to Minto Road from Dhaka University crossing several barricades and "attacked" on-duty cops.
11 May 2015
Shelling by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 2 Bangladeshi expatriates in KSA
Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed in Saudi Arabia's border city of Najran in mortar shell attacks launched by Yemen's Houthi
11 May 2015
One victim's wife doesn't trust DB's charge sheet
A no confidence (naraji) petition was filed with a court yesterday against the charge sheet submitted by the detectives dropping names of five accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
11 May 2015
Apex Footwear rebuts allegation of refusal to give maternity leave
Apex Footwear Limited yesterday issued a press statement in relation to Saturday's incident when a female worker, allegedly denied of
11 May 2015
Appeal for help
Gulzar Rahman, 69, a retired assistant controller of Dhaka University, has been suffering from acute heart disease and asthma for several
11 May 2015
HC asks Buet to allow expelled BCL men to attend classes
The High Court directs Buet authorities to allow its four expelled students, also leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, to avail all student facilities including attending classes and examinations.
11 May 2015
HC summons Apex boss, staff
The High Court yesterday summoned on May 24 three officials of a footwear factory in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila to explain their role
10 May 2015
Three tiger cubs die in Cox's Bazar
All three cubs of tigress Jyoti born in Dulahazara Safari park in Cox's Bazar have died.
10 May 2015
CAAB staff's detention triggers chaos at airport
Chaos erupted at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday after security staff of Civil Aviation Authority of
10 May 2015
Rapid steps to be taken for implementation
Rapid steps will be taken to implement the Land Boundary Agreement after discussions between Bangladesh and India, said Indian High
10 May 2015
Protest against sexual assault during Baishakh celebration met with police brutality
Police yesterday used brute force to crush a demonstration against their failures to make any arrest over the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault on women.
10 May 2015
17 Myanmar citizens among 142 held
Police in overnight drives arrested 142 people including 17 Myanmar citizens in different upazilas of Chittagong yesterday.
10 May 2015
Cut vacation in half
Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer
10 May 2015
Cut summer vacation
Educational institutions which incurred academic loss due to hartals and blockades of the BNP-led alliance can reduce their summer vacation by half to recover the loss, suggested participants at a meeting at the education ministry yesterday.
10 May 2015
Indian NGO giving free prostheses for amputees at Nitor
An Indian NGO is providing free artificial limbs to amputees in association with the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic
9 May 2015
123 Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand
At least 123 Bangladeshi jobseekers and 26 Myanmar nationals were rescued in the last two days from Khao Kaew mountain areas
9 May 2015
Resources yet to be explored
Over three years past the much celebrated verdict of a United Nations court in Hamburg, allocating approximately 1,11,631 square
9 May 2015