“Operation Jackpot brought us three steps closer to liberation”
11 MIN(s)
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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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To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
11 August 2026
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Bangladesh's visual history / The enduring allure of vintage photographs
10 August 2026
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Another dies after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Another woman, who fell sick after taking puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet yesterday, dies at a hospital in the city, raising the death toll to six.
7 December 2016
A cyclone of difference
In the middle of the night, Atul Sur, a fisherman from Koyra, arrives at Dublarchar, an island in the Sundarbans, in a small boat loaded with Batasha (sweets), candles, incense sticks and coconuts.
7 December 2016
Dense fog disrupts Paturia-Daulatdia ferry service
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river resume after two and half hours of disruption triggered by dense fog.
7 December 2016
Mumps creates panic in Khulna primary school
Around 50 students have been suffering from mumps for one month, spreading panic among guardians and teachers and decreasing
6 December 2016
5 die after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Five people including two children die and 12 others fall sick after eating puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet.
6 December 2016
21,000 Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from Myanmar: IOM
Around 21,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar, an official of the International Organisation for Migration says.
6 December 2016
NCC polls: 20-party campaign starts Dec 10
Excluding the Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP-led 20-party alliance forms three publicity committees to drum for the BNP candidates for Narayanganj City Corporation election.
6 December 2016
Ferry services disrupted for fog
Ferry services between Daulatdia of Rajbari and Paturia of Manikganj terminals remain suspended since early morning due to thick fog.
6 December 2016
225 Faridpur pry schools sans headmasters
The posts of headmasters at 225 government primary schools in the district are lying vacant for six months to three years as the
5 December 2016
Warm clothes prices soar as chill grips Lalmonirhat
Taking advantage of cold weather prevailing in the district for the last few days, a section of warm clothes sellers are doing brisk
5 December 2016
Teachers of non-MPO junior schools demand salary
Teachers and employees of non-MPO junior schools urge the government to pay their salaries and allowances.
5 December 2016
Over 100 trucks stranded at Burimari port
Over 100 trucks loaded with imported goods got stranded at Burimari land port in Patgram upazila of the district as labourers have been
4 December 2016
Santals under threat to withdraw FIR
Local leaders of Santal community are getting indirect threats from ruling party men to withdraw the FIR filed against public
4 December 2016
Hindus still in panic
The lower caste Hindus, whose belongings were burnt after local criminals set their 20 houses on fire in Bochaganj upazila early
4 December 2016
Forced disappearance: Victims’ families seek govt help
Aggrieved families of 20 people, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers about three years ago, have demanded the government to take necessary steps to bring them back.
4 December 2016
C’nawabganj SP exempted upon apology
The High Court exempts TM Mujahidul Islam, superintendent of police in Chapainawabganj, from a suo moto rule issued for his comments on punishing robbers.
4 December 2016
Five return home from Indian jail
Five Bangladeshis returned home from India on Friday on completion of their two and a half years' imprisonment in an Indian jail.
3 December 2016
Ajoy Roy, My Father
Ajoy Roy, veteran leftist politician, passed away on October 17, 2016. He had actively taken part in movements opposing the British
2 December 2016
Want full implementation of CHT Accord: Santu Larma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghaty Samity (PCJSS) President Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Santu Larma, demands full implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord for the sake of the hill tracts people.
2 December 2016
Attack on Hindus: Family demands release of Rasraj
Family of detained Rasraj Das, who is in jail over the attack on Hindus in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar, presses the government for his release.
2 December 2016