157th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi / Gandhi’s return to Noakhali
6 October 2026
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In Focus
Why does Tagore still trouble Bangladesh’s idea of ‘us’?
5 October 2026
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In Focus
Can Bangladesh make better use of its zakat money?
4 October 2026
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In Focus
Three revolutions that reshaped the world
2 October 2026
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In Focus
Paradise lost and found: Rediscovering early modern Bengal
1 October 2026
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In Focus
Unbound Mother: The making and remaking of Kaali in Bengal
30 September 2026
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In Focus
Do great leaders make history, or does history make them?
29 September 2026
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In Focus
Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal
28 September 2026
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In Focus
Partition, Bor Porong and the Chakmas’ unfinished struggle for belonging
27 September 2026
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In Focus
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about racism in football
The 2026 World Cup revealed how United States politics and social media amplify racism in modern football.
19 July 2026
How Kolkata shops preserve the memories of East Bengal
Who knows how many shops connected to Dhaka are scattered across the city of Kolkata!
19 July 2026
How Roman Jakobson changed modern thought
On Roman Jakobson's death anniversary, revisiting how one linguist reshaped structuralism, psychoanalysis, and interdisciplinary thought forever.
18 July 2026
Football as freedom: From colonial Bengal to Bangladesh
From colonial resistance to liberation, football has long carried Bengal's aspirations for identity, unity, and freedom beyond sport.
17 July 2026
The forgotten South Asian soldiers of the First World War
People from the Indian subcontinent served across multiple fronts in both world wars, yet their stories occupy a surprisingly small place in our collective memory.
17 July 2026
How Dhaka lost its green and water: Revisiting the first master plan of the city
The first clear and large scale planning for Dhaka city emerges in the form of this master plan.
16 July 2026
Bengal’s forgotten connections with Nazi Germany
From 1933 onwards, Hitler and Nazi Germany were admired by certain groups of right-wing Indians, who were often anti-British nationalists.
15 July 2026
Muzharul Islam and his spaces of belonging
What sets Muzharul Islam apart is his commitment to social thinking.
14 July 2026
The rise, decline and revival of Buddhism in Bengal
Buddhist customs, and the regions of Chittagong and southern Arakan State are recognised as areas where Buddhism has survived as a living tradition.
12 July 2026
Two visions of Sulh-i Kul: Akbar and Dara Shukoh
Among the many concepts associated with the Mughal Empire, few have acquired as much resonance as ṣulḥ-i kul, literally "peace with all" or "universal peace".
10 July 2026
Pachapdi Gazi, the 'Jim Corbett of Bengal', and the truth about Sundarbans 'man-eaters'
One thing Gazi made clear in his memoir is that the ‘man-eating’ habit of tigers is not natural because humans are not their natural prey.
9 July 2026
How Mohammedan Sporting Club shaped Muslim identity in colonial Bengal
From football pitches to political consciousness, Mohammedan Sporting transformed sporting success into a powerful symbol of Muslim identity in colonial Bengal.
8 July 2026
The untold history of the rivers that connect Bangladesh and Asia
The idea of river agency is not new, but we are unfamiliar with it because human agency dominates our knowledge practices; as a result, we skip river agency.
7 July 2026
A new history of Battala books
From the middle of the nineteenth century onwards, Bengali book production was centred at Battala in Calcutta.
6 July 2026
How old Bengali advertisements sold the dream of fair skin
Although Bengal Chemical set an example, some racist advertising illustrations were regularly drawn in our subcontinent.
4 July 2026
The forgotten history of football in Bangladesh
From colonial maidans to liberation struggles, Bangladesh's forgotten football history reveals a legacy of pride, resistance, and triumph.
3 July 2026
Bengal, Mysore, and the making of American independence
The American Revolution was shaped not only in colonial America but also by Bengal, Mysore, and Britain's Indian empire.
2 July 2026
The many gifts of Mustafa Monwar
He not only planted the seeds of art in us but also nurtured them enough to see us bloom to his fullest satisfaction.
2 July 2026
Consoled by the Brahmaputra: Reflections on the Holey Artisan attack
The next morning, the gunshots and blasts started around 7:30am. With the reverberations on the buildings, it was impossible to tell what was happening inside Holey and outside in the neighbourhood.
1 July 2026
Beyond the myths of Aurangzeb: Munis D. Faruqui's fresh perspective
Faruqui's most original contribution lies in his recovery of marginalised actors.
1 July 2026