Memories of Indigo Rebellion and the question of national identity
18 May 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
The forgotten art of Bengali advertising
17 May 2026, 14:00 PM
In Focus
Re-reading Nizamuddin Auliya in history and memory
15 May 2026, 08:30 AM
In Focus
Remembering Mrinal Sen: Through rain, memory, and cinema
14 May 2026, 16:39 PM
In Focus
Rethinking the origins of Bongabdo through Bengal’s ecological civilisation
14 May 2026, 08:30 AM
In Focus
The forgotten front: Rumour, resistance, and the uprising of 1857 in Eastern Bengal
11 May 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
The Burma we imagined in Bengali literature
10 May 2026, 09:30 AM
In Focus
The Dhaka Masterpiece Paintings
8 May 2026, 12:00 PM
In Focus
Nehrus, Mians, and the lost tradition of Hindu-Muslim political coexistence
7 May 2026, 14:00 PM
In Focus
Tagore’s radical vision for rural Bengal
7 May 2026, 12:43 PM
In Focus
Why is there so little discussion on books?
From its very first issue, we have been striving to shape Ebong Boi into an important platform for writers, readers, and publishers. To continue working towards the fulfilment of the dream with which Ebong Boi began its journey seven years ago, we seek the support and companionship of book lovers.
1 March 2026, 10:00 AM
The great age of Chittagong and our failure to understand it
Accessing the sea through the Karnaphuli River, Chittagong’s site was exceptional in the early modern age of commerce.
23 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Capturing the Language Movement: Rafiqul's rare archive
Rafiqul was an eyewitness to the Language Movement of 1948. At the time he was a Class Ten student at St Gregory’s School.
22 February 2026, 15:14 PM
Ekushey in the Mirror of Azad
On February 22, The Azad published the news of the student shooting in an eight-column banner headline.
21 February 2026, 16:37 PM
Amar Ekushey: Before Bangla became a demand
Principal Abul Kashem is an unforgettable figure in the history of the Language Movement.
17 February 2026, 03:38 AM
Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan
Before and after 1947, there were many Islamist claimant parties in the Indian subcontinent.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
The most significant public confrontation between the Khaksars and the Muslim League occurred in Delhi shortly before Partition, on June 9, 1947.
10 February 2026, 17:26 PM
Building a nation in print: Paper, textbooks, and publishing in East Pakistan
Walk through the narrow lanes of old Dhaka in the 1950s and you’d hear it before you saw it: the rhythmic thrum of presses, the chatter of compositors, the swish of paper reams unwrapped and weighed.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Although Maulana Madani and Maulana Maududi stood almost side by side in opposing the Muslim League’s efforts to create a separate state of Pakistan by partitioning India, they disagreed sharply on many related issues.
8 February 2026, 17:31 PM
Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
During the struggle for the creation of ‘Pakistan’, three distinct strands of opposition emerged from Maulana Maududi and his party towards the Muslim League.
5 February 2026, 14:58 PM
Between memory and truth: Mark Tully and the Bangladesh he witnessed
What mattered to him were moments when journalism mattered beyond institutions.
2 February 2026, 18:01 PM
Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Against Madani’s Indian nationalism, Jinnah’s argument was that the historical interaction and proximity between Hindus and Muslims in Indian society existed only at the level of external social life.
2 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: We shall search, we shall find
“Eisenstein, Pudovkin / We shall fight, we shall win” was a chant by students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) during the 2015 student strikes.
2 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Vandalism and the death of civilisation
Architecture becomes the primary victim because it is the most visible, most durable, and most symbolic form of cultural expression.
29 January 2026, 14:00 PM
Khow Suey – a dish born from migration and adaptation
how did this dish—so central to our family get-togethers, yet so different from everything else we eat in Bengali cuisine, with its preponderance of rice in Bangladesh—come to be here?
28 January 2026, 16:10 PM
Chittagong centred and de-centred: A forgotten history
The previous article on Chittagong highlighted its nature as a frontier town in Harikela. The Markandeya Purana, one of the earliest of the major Puranas, validated Chittagong’s marginality from South Asia by locating it within Bhadrasva-varsha as opposed to Bharatavarsa.
26 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Before the Assam-Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging
The eastern subcontinent is one of the most fluid ecological zones in the world.
20 January 2026, 15:41 PM
Journey to the roof of the world: A Bangladeshi's Tibet travelogue
Our adventure commenced with the flight from Dhaka to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG).
19 January 2026, 16:00 PM
Remembering Jayasree Kabir: The actress who chose absence
To those who grew up watching Bengali cinema during its most creatively vibrant years, Jayasree Kabir was more than an actress. She embodied a particular kind of screen intelligence—restrained, thoughtful, and emotionally precise.
19 January 2026, 15:05 PM
Muslim Sahitya Samaj Centenary
In the light of Shikha: A letter tainted by anachronism
19 January 2026, 00:31 AM