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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Indian rice forcing Pabna mills to shut down
With the rice imported from neighbouring India selling at lower prices, the demand for the local varieties is on the decline, pushing 65
9 May 2015
None arrested yet for Ctg bank security guard murder
Police could not arrest anyone till last evening over the murder of a security guard of Al-Arafa Islami Bank Ltd in Chittagong city early
9 May 2015
Private bus service providers go on strike in Rajshahi against BRTC
Private bus owners and workers yesterday began an indefinite strike in Rajshahi district demanding withdrawal of BRTC services from
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
Don't Ask,Don't Tell
The youth in Bangladesh (ages 15-30) form almost a third of the country's population, and almost half the youth population are women.
8 May 2015
Protest to go on till culprits' punishment
Freedom fighter and cultural personality Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu yesterday said the government had failed to arrest the Pahela Baishakh molesters
8 May 2015
Ashulia shops shut protesting extortion
Over 100 shop owners of Noyarhat Bazar in Ashulia kept businesses shut throughout the day and blocked the adjoining Dhaka-Aricha
8 May 2015
Sacrifice of Soviet people helped build better dreams
Commemorating the death of 28 million people of the former Soviet Union in World War II, veteran leftist politician Ajoy Roy yesterday
8 May 2015
Misreporting of females' ages creates obstacles in tackling early marriage
Misreporting is complicating the efforts to address the problem of early marriage in Bangladesh, a new study by icddr,b reveals.
8 May 2015
Sunken vessel in Sundarbans yet to be salvaged
The cargo vessel carrying fertiliser that sunk in the Bhola River at Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans on Tuesday is yet to be salvaged even after four days.
8 May 2015
Three killed as nor'wester hits Sirajganj
Three people were killed and another was injured as a nor'wester swept through Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj on Thursday night.
8 May 2015
As legally restricted, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia from Bangladesh
As legal channels for labour migration from Bangladesh have shrunk due to malpractices in the arrangements by both private agencies and the government, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia.
8 May 2015
Malaysia too has ‘slave camps’ of migrants
After the discovery of “death camps” in southern Thailand, reports are now trickling in that there may be similar slave camps housing illegal immigrants on the Malaysian side of the border.
8 May 2015
Govt to follow low int'l fuel oil prices
Bangladesh will take up the opportunity of low fuel oil prices in international markets to adjust prices at home, said Finance Minister
8 May 2015
Sikder medical team leaves for Nepal to assist quake victims
A voluntary medical team formed by ZH Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital and National Bank Ltd left Dhaka for Kathmandu
8 May 2015
Make 18 unconditional minimum marriageable age for females
No condition to bring down the minimum marriageable age for females from 18 to 16 should be added to the proposed "Child Marriage Restraint Act 2014", activists from three networks of over 500 local and foreign NGOs and development organisations said yesterday.
7 May 2015
India’s upper house passes bill paving way for ratification of land boundary deal with Bangladesh
In a rare display of unanimity, India's Rajya Sabha yesterday passed the landmark constitution amendment bill to ratify the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh.
6 May 2015
Find all migrant camps
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday gave a 10-day deadline for a complete scrutiny of all areas for possible detention camps
6 May 2015
CU refutes allegations against VC
The Chittagong University authorities yesterday issued a written statement, trashing the allegation that Vice Chancellor Prof Anwarul
5 May 2015