'Islamisation in Bengal has no parallel in South Asia'
6 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Kedarnath Majumdar: The forgotten historian of Bengal
5 April 2026, 14:30 PM
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Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings
2 April 2026, 16:05 PM
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Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism
31 March 2026, 12:58 PM
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Does South Asia need secularism?
30 March 2026, 00:44 AM
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Did Jinnah lose faith in the Two-Nation Theory after 1947?
26 March 2026, 16:02 PM
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The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience
26 March 2026, 13:39 PM
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At Highgate, remembering Karl Marx
22 March 2026, 15:00 PM
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Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces
21 March 2026, 10:00 AM
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Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka
20 March 2026, 10:00 AM
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‘Basherkella chief’ held
Detectives today claimed to have detained the prime administrator of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook page Basherkella from Comilla
13 March 2015, 04:27 AM
Training on transnational crimes for Saarc cops ends in Dhaka
A three-week training for superintendent-ranked police officials from the Saarc countries ended in Dhaka yesterday with a hope to
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Magnito Digital to spread word on a2i Programme
Digital marketing agency Magnito Digital from now on will spread the word about the government's Access to Information (a2i)
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM
BCC drive against illegal footpath shops obstructed by 'rowdy youths'
A Barisal City Corporation (BCC) attempt to remove some 20 makeshift shops encroaching on footpaths along a 150-feet stretch of
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM
CJ for enhancing Dhaka CMM Court security
Chief Justice SK Sinha visited the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka following a bomb blast on its premises.
12 March 2015, 12:53 PM
Withdraw blockade, hartal, stop violence
A group of ruling Awami League lawmakers who are also physicians yesterday issued a 24-hour ultimatum on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw the ongoing blockade, and hartals and stop violence during those times, threatening to “resist it democratically”.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Mosquito menace grows acute at RU
Because of a delay in spraying pesticides, the mosquito menace has grown acute in different parts of Rajshahi city and Rajshahi University in the last one month and a half.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Ministers irked by poor performance
Concerned by the failure of Malaysian company IRIS Berhad in enrolling expatriates for machine readable passports (MRP) timely,
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Appeal for help
Five-year-old Md Monayem has been suffering from acute myeloid leukaemia popularly known as blood cancer.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Female journos can play big role in fighting graft: TIB boss
Female journalists can play an important role in combating corruption in the country, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman at an orientation programme yesterday.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Titas pipeline leaking gas for 4 days under Turag
The pipeline of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd which has been leaking gas under the river Turag since Sunday is yet to be fixed.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM
‘Bangladeshis to be relocated if Libya situation worsens’
The government will relocate Bangladeshi migrant workers to the neighbouring countries from Libya if security situation of North African country worsens further
11 March 2015, 09:55 AM
Gold hidden in gaming device seized at airport
Customs intelligence have seized eight gold bars weighing 800 grams concealed in an electronic device at Postal Freight Unit at Dhaka airport
11 March 2015, 06:57 AM
How Ireland legalized drugs for a day
Ireland accidentally legalises ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine for a day due to a legal loophole
11 March 2015, 05:09 AM
Another expat Bangladeshi ISIS hostage
Another Bangladeshi national was among the nine foreigners abducted from a Libyan oilfield on Friday, the Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli confirmed yesterday.
10 March 2015, 23:10 PM
Rescue abducted girl Snigdha within 30 days
The High Court yesterday directed the government to rescue abducted girl Snigdha Deb Jayee and produce her before it within 30 days.
10 March 2015, 18:34 PM
Dilapidated road in South Jatrabari keeps vehicles away
Taniya Akhtar, a class IV student of Jatrabari Girls High School, walks more than one kilometre every day to commute between her home and school.
10 March 2015, 18:33 PM
Ctg arson victim dies
An auto-rickshaw driver, who suffered burn injuries when pro-hartal activists firebombed his vehicle in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong on March 4, dies at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH)
10 March 2015, 05:31 AM
12-hr break in hartal today
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has relaxed its ongoing hartal for 12 hours from 6:00am today for celebrating the Tigers' historic victory in
9 March 2015, 22:50 PM
Hartal makes little impact on city life
With people hitting the city streets in large numbers over the past few days, the impact of continuous spells of hartals and an indefinite blockade seems to have largely waned.
9 March 2015, 21:39 PM