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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Earthquake: Live TV show participants taken aback
Live TV shows catch the moment of panic as participants rush out for safety after strong earthquake jolted Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
25 April 2015
Lest we forget
Rana Plaza collapsed on the morning of a hot summer day, on April 24, 2013. Officially, 1100 workers died but the true total is much higher, probably closer to 1400 or 1500. The difference is on account of the 'missing' workers, of the bodies never found or those that lacked documentation as workers.
24 April 2015
Appoinment of teachers based on merit list mulled
The government is going to bring some amendments to the existing rules relating to selection and appointment of non-government
24 April 2015
500 Satkhira households face fresh water crisis
Nearly 500 households of three villages in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira are facing acute fresh water crisis after two canals in the
24 April 2015
Few of last Bangladeshis in Yemen want to return
Very few of the remaining 100 or so Bangladeshis in conflict-torn Yemen are contacting to be evacuated and brought back home,
24 April 2015
BSF detains Bangladeshi youth
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi youth from near Dharmagarh border in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon on
24 April 2015
Khulshi OC transferred following RO's plea
Khulshi Police Station's officer-in-charge (OC), Mainul Islam Bhuiyan, was transferred to Chittagong Metropolitan Police's (CMP) Detective
23 April 2015
PM compensates 2 arson victim students of JU
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 30 lakh to two Jahangirnagar University students for their better treatment, said a press release
22 April 2015
Customs seizes 70 noncompliant motorbikes in capital
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department seized 70 illegal motorbikes worth Tk 7 crore from Kamalapur Inland Container Depot in Dhaka yesterday.
21 April 2015
2 govt officials summoned by HC for not yet handing over SC land to it
The High Court yesterday summoned the women and children affairs secretary and the Shishu Academy director to appear before it on May 6 for not handing over to the Supreme Court a land that belongs to it despite an order.
21 April 2015
SCBA wants review of guidelines given by SC
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday moved before the SC chamber judge a review petition filed against its guidelines for the High Court in granting anticipatory bail to people.
21 April 2015
Bangladeshis asked to keep business outlets closed
The Bangladeshi High Commission in Pretoria yesterday asked the Bangladeshi expatriates in South Africa to stay alert and keep their shops and business outlets closed until the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals end.
21 April 2015
136 more returning from Yemen tonight
More 136 Bangladeshis returns from Yemen by a special flight of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines tonight.
21 April 2015
Ways to restore Dhaka's liveability well known
The problems making Dhaka an unliveable city and the solutions to reverse the situation are both known, several mayoral aspirants
20 April 2015
Mosquito main public nuisance in north Dhaka
The mosquito menace is a major cause of public nuisance in Dhaka north, Awami League-blessed candidate Annisul Huq revealed
20 April 2015
136 more Bangladeshis return from Yemen today
One hundred and thirty six more Bangladeshis, who were evacuated from Yemen, will return to Dhaka today by a special flight of Biman
20 April 2015
HC wants list of risky structures from Rajuk by April 26
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has yet to comply with a High Court order that directed it two years ago to submit a list of
20 April 2015
Bangladesh’s state minister for home finds no evidence of sexual assault in video footage
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said he had found no evidence of sexual assault on women during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus in the video footage.
20 April 2015
Kalyanpur slum dwellers in capital sceptical about mayoral promises
A few minutes after mayor aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq left Kalyanpur slum, dwellers there scoffed
19 April 2015
Jhigatola-Hajaribagh residents worried over free, fair franchise
Little of the major problems plaguing Jhigatola-Hajaribagh in the capital came up during campaigns for Dhaka South City Corporation poll's
19 April 2015