Reading Bengal beyond religious boundaries
23 June 2026, 08:46 AM
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Graphic modernity: Bengali artists and the politics of book design
22 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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Echoes of Karbala: A personal journey through Muharram in Old Dhaka
21 June 2026, 08:38 AM
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500 years after Babur's victory / How the Mughal legacy continues to shape South Asia
16 June 2026, 00:01 AM
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The lost world of Dhaka's courtesans and baijis
15 June 2026, 15:18 PM
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Early Bengali advertising / Ghosts, gods, and swadeshi pride
14 June 2026, 17:09 PM
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Love, faith and family: Inside World Cup players’ tattoos
11 June 2026, 16:05 PM
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Can migration help win a World Cup?
11 June 2026, 15:19 PM
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A crime history of Bengal: When rivers became a haven for dacoits
9 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Mohajir manuscripts: Field notes from Dhaka Aliya Madrasa
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Mahi for safe neighbourhoods
Mahi B Chowdhury, Bikolpodhara Bangladesh-backed candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation, yesterday pledged to build a safe and clean city.
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Outrage keeps pouring in
Different social and political organisations, citizens' platforms and individuals yesterday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
US expresses support for war crime trials
The US supports bringing to justice those who committed atrocities in the 1971 Liberation War, recognising that it is an important
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
US congressman happy over normalcy’s return
Republican Congressman Steve Chabot during a meeting with Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Colleagues start six-day strike
Buet Teachers Association started their six-day work abstention yesterday protesting an assault on a colleague by ruling Awami League
13 April 2015, 19:50 PM
Kerry greets Bangladeshis on national new year
US Secretary of State John Kerry, on behalf of President Obama and Americans, has greeted Bangla-speaking people marking Bangla New
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kamaruzzaman buried in Sherpur
Executed war criminal Kamaruzzaman was buried at his village Kumri Mudipara in Sherpur early yesterday.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Driverless train runs backwards for 27km
It was bizarre. A train ran 27km backwards yesterday, crossing three stations in Rajbari, without its driver. The train -- Faridpur Express -- could finally be stopped near Pangsha station thanks to a ticket checker's presence of mind.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Barisal Church pond almost filled ignoring vehement protest
Despite protest by the Christians, an old pond belonging to Barisal Saint Peter's Church adjacent to Barisal District and Sessions Judge's
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Tobacco companies flouting law thru open ads
Tobacco companies are putting on advertisements at shops across the country, although it is a “punishable offence”, said anti-tobacco
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Foolproof security for Pohela Boishakh: DMP
Police today assured of foolproof security throughout Dhaka ahead of Pohela Boishakh celebrations – the Bangla new year.
12 April 2015, 11:13 AM
Journey to justice
Kamaruzzaman was arrested along with his party colleague Abdul Quader Mollah on July 13, 2010 in connection with a criminal case.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Manju gets show cause notice
Returning officer yesterday issued a show cause notice to BNP-backed mayoral candidate Manjur Alam Manju in Chittagong City
10 April 2015, 20:16 PM
Is poetry dying?
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…” while “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
11 Bangladeshis return home
Eleven Bangladeshis, who had taken shelter in Djibouti after being evacuated from war-torn Yemen, reached home yesterday afternoon.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Survivors still crying for compensation
Almost two years have passed since Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24 leaving 1,136 people dead and hundreds injured but the survivors
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
8km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg road
An eight-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway as a truck got stuck on Meghna-Gomati Bridge in Gazaria of
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka finally gets German envoy after ten months' void
Amid diplomatic tension with Berlin, Dhaka finally received after a void of 10 months a new German ambassador, Thomas Prinz, who
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
125 female cops fly for Congo to join UN peacekeeping mission
A unit of 125 female police flew for Congo yesterday to join the UN peacekeeping mission there .
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kamaruzzaman seeks time to 'think about' mercy petition
With differing views coming in over how much time a war criminal would get to ask for presidential clemency, death-row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman yesterday...
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM