“Operation Jackpot brought us three steps closer to liberation”
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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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Over 150 Patuakhali primary school buildings unfit for use
Over 150 primary school buildings in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district have become badly damaged
20 November 2016
Saudi not giving visas to male workers: Baira
Saudi Arabia is refusing visas for Bangladeshi male workers showing failure of recruitment agencies to provide female workers, alleged manpower exporters of the country.
20 November 2016
Rail link between Dhaka and southern, northern districts snapped
Rail communication of Dhaka with southern and northern districts of the country is suspended after a freight train gets derailed today near Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj.
20 November 2016
Compensate Gaibandha Santals: Citizens’ group
Citing the attacks on Gaibandha Sandals as violation of human rights, a platform of concerned citizens demands compensation for the families of dead and injured victims.
19 November 2016
The less talked about abuse of children
The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), UK defines child abuse as any action that
18 November 2016
Trauma of 2007 cyclone Sidr still strong
Still now Tulshi Rani, 35, from Chandipur village in Pirojpur's Zianagar upazila feels frightened to remember the night of 15 November
17 November 2016
No permanent teachers, staff in eight years
Mymensingh Engineering College (MEC), the lone engineering college in Mymensingh region, has been running without appointment of permanent teachers and staff for eight years.
17 November 2016
Spare us from land acquisition
Thousands of people from five villages held a rally on the bank of the Brahmaputra river at Char Ishwardia village in Sadar upazila yesterday, demanding removal of their homesteads and farmlands from the acquisition list made by the administration.
17 November 2016
Certificates of 18 private universities declared illegal
University Grants Commission (UGC) declares the certificates provided by 18 private universities illegal due to having no “valid vice-chancellors” of these institutions.
17 November 2016
Jamdani Sari gets GI registration certificate
Recognising the national heritage, Jamdani sari, as a registered geographical indication (GI) product, the government today gave a certificate of proprietorship to the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC).
17 November 2016
Gaibandha Santals sue 500 for arson attack, looting
The evicted Santals of Gaibandha filed a case against 500 unnamed people for attacking their village, setting fire and looting their homes on November 6.
17 November 2016
'Ensure security of Santals'
Protests against the recent attack, looting and torching of Santals' homes at Gabindaganj in Gaibandha were held in Jahangrnagar University (JU) and Khagrachhari yesterday.
16 November 2016
Elephants on rampage
A herd of wild elephants coming from Garo-hills of Indian Meghalaya state badly damaged transplanted aman paddy on about 50 acres of lands at Jadurchar village in Dhanua Kamalpur union under Bakshiganj upazila of the district in the last two days.
16 November 2016
257 Nilphamari pry schools without headmasters
Two hundred and fifty-seven government primary schools in the district are running without headmasters for one to five years as the vacancies caused by retirement or death have not been filled up.
16 November 2016
Evicted Santals accept aid sent by PM
The evicted Santals in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha accept aid sent on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
16 November 2016
Process to send workers to Malaysia starts in Dec
Bangladesh government will start the process to send workers to Malaysia from December’s first week, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam says.
16 November 2016
Water transport strike called off
Sunamganj Water Transport Workers' Co-operative Association called off their strike yesterday following a meeting between the district
15 November 2016
Stalked schoolgirl in trauma
A Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinee could not sit for the mathematics examination due to abuse by a stalker on way to her
15 November 2016
Bamboo ladders set to make bridge usable!
Believe it or not, villagers use bamboo-made ladders to get on a bridge on the Kharia river in Phulpur upazila of the district, as it has
15 November 2016
2 wounded Santal men sent to jail
A Gaibandha court sends two Santal men, who were injured and arrested in a case filed for attacking police during a clash on November 6 at Gobindaganj upazila, to jail.
15 November 2016