Reading Bengal beyond religious boundaries
23 June 2026, 08:46 AM
In Focus
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
In Focus
Workers torch bus for injuring fellows
Garment workers yesterday torched a bus which hit two of their fellow workers on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Ziranibazar in Ashulia,
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Nur Hossain's aide remanded
A Narayanganj court yesterday granted a seven-day remand for Raham Ali, an accomplice of Nur Hossain, the prime accused of the
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
400 illegal structures demolished
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday demolished around 400 illegal structures on DCC market premises at Gulshan-2 and
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Buet teacher questioned over Avijit murder
Detectives question Farseem Mannan Mohammedy, an associate professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), in connection with the killing of blogger-writer Avijit Roy
24 March 2015, 15:46 PM
Owners in Ctg want one more month to wrap business
Responding to the latest government move to remove illegal battery-run rickshaws from Chittagong City, the owners and drivers
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt to set up two medical universities in Ctg, Rajshahi
Two more medical universities would be established in Rajshahi and Chittagong to create more specialist doctors and nurses.
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Ctg city's potentials untapped
Chittagong has all potentials to become a modern megacity but those were not exploited properly in the past, ruling Awami League-
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
NHRC decries cop torture on journo of Prothom Alo
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday condemned the reported torture on ABM Mizanur
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Restrictions in CHT to go
The government is withdrawing the wholesale restrictions banning foreign nationals and Bangladeshi citizens from meeting or talking
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Appeal for help
Habiba, 15, daughter of poor farmer Habil Uddin of Bijoynagar village in Singra upazila of Natore, is suffering from blood cancer.
22 March 2015, 18:01 PM
'Return' Salahuddin or face dire consequence
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has warned that the government will face “dire consequences” if it does not return missing BNP leader
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM
‘Hijacked car’ driver found dead from Turag
The body a chauffeur who went missing after the hijacking of a private car from Mirpur area in Dhaka was recovered today from the Turag River in Tongi
22 March 2015, 05:53 AM
No water supply for twelve days
Inpatients of Barisal General Hospital have been undergoing untold sufferings due to suspension of water supply for the last 12 days
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
Double blow for arson victims
Five microbuses and two ambulances carrying three arson victims, two of them in critical condition, from Chandpur came under a
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
Global cotton summit begins in Dhaka
A two-day global cotton summit began in Dhaka yesterday.
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
No headway in probe frustrates father
Prof Ajay Roy could not help but wonder about the investigators' failure to come up with a list of suspects even after nearly a month
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
Withdraw proposal of conditional 16yrs
Women's rights activists yesterday reiterated their call for the women and children affairs ministry to withdraw its proposal to relax
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
Cyber security key challenge
Moving ahead with its digitalisation vision, Bangladesh's key challenge now is ensuring proper cyber security, said CTO Forum,
20 March 2015, 18:14 PM
Protecting the Witness
The importance of protecting people who put themselves at risk by assisting law enforcement agencies as witnesses is widely recognised worldwide.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Their Lips are Sealed
Every Thursday evening, the TSC area of Dhaka University becomes a crowded public place where visitors from all
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM