Slave raids in Bengal and the making of Arakan’s power
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The missing daughters of colonial Bengal
11 October 2026
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How Nobel laureate Anne Carson discovered new possibilities within language
9 October 2026
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Dipankar Gupta speaks / The history of caste is not what we think
9 October 2026
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From al-Andalus to the Mughals: How empires become identity
8 October 2026
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From artificial intelligence to the artificial state: Is the trajectory inexorable?
7 October 2026
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157th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi / Gandhi’s return to Noakhali
6 October 2026
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Why does Tagore still trouble Bangladesh’s idea of ‘us’?
5 October 2026
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Can Bangladesh make better use of its zakat money?
4 October 2026
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Three revolutions that reshaped the world
2 October 2026
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Indonesian foreign minister visits Rohingya camps
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi visits two refugee camps of Rohingyas in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar.
20 December 2016
A group trying to destroy apparel sector: Minister
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu comes down hard on the agitating apparel workers and says a vested quarter is trying to destroy the sector.
20 December 2016
Santals refuse to shift elsewhere
The evicted ethnic minority Santals of Madarpur and Joypurpara in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila have demanded
19 December 2016
Poor sale of quilt upsets traders
Second-hand warm clothes and cheap rated blankets have a bad impact on the sale of quilts this season, making the
18 December 2016
Meet demands by December 21
Reiterating the demand for implementation of the first phase of land acquisition for divisional activities, sparing
18 December 2016
Evicted hawkers reoccupy rail tracks in Nilphamari
Only three months after eviction, hawkers have again set up scores of makeshift shops of second-hand warm
18 December 2016
Concrete bridge still a dream
A concrete bridge over the river Gidari is now nothing but a dream for the villagers at Chawratari in Aditmari upazila
17 December 2016
Jhalakathi school under threat of river erosion
Mathbari Union High School in the district is under threat of erosion by Bishkhali River as the river has been devouring
17 December 2016
Drive fails to touch influentials
The drive to recover the Louhajang river in Tangail is going on, but the influential grabbers are allegedly remaining
17 December 2016
THE UNFINISHED STRUGGLE
An intellectual is a person who tries to understand the world and, not less importantly, to communicate his/her understanding
16 December 2016
Moderate fog likely over river basins
Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country.
16 December 2016
BSF picks up one
Indian border guards picked up a farmer while he was irrigating his tobacco field near Bonchowki border in
15 December 2016
Elephants kill 2 in Cox's Bazar
Two people were killed by a wild elephant in Pekua upazila of the district yesterday.
15 December 2016
Cold waves disrupt life in Lalmonirhat
Arrival of winter with heavy cold wave sweeping over the northern district for the last few days adds to the sufferings
15 December 2016
Learners, teachers at risk
Risking their lives, over 336 students are attending classes at Uttar Char Jabbar Government Primary School in
15 December 2016
MP Shamim can't head N’ganj school body for 3 months: HC
The High Court stays for three months the activities of Narayanganj Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman as chairman of a school managing committee in his area.
15 December 2016
Tea workers fear eviction
Workers of four tea gardens held various programmes on Tuesday marking one year of their protests against setting up of an economic zone in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.
14 December 2016
'Spare dwellings, farmlands'
Hundreds of people joined a rally at Char Durgapur Primary School ground in Mymensingh Sadar upazila yesterday to press for the demand to spare their homesteads and farmlands from the recent acquisition list.
14 December 2016
Water chestnut brings smile to farmers in two N-districts
In the muddy marshlands of the north locals rely on a secret treasure that brings handsome profits to struggling families.
14 December 2016
10 Bangladeshis jailed in Malaysia
A Malaysian court jails 10 Bangladeshi migrant workers along with 43 other foreigners detained for various criminal offences under the Immigration Act.
14 December 2016