“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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10-km tailback on Dhaka-Sylhet highway
A 10-kilometre gridlock has been created on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narayanganj district’s Gawsia area causing immense sufferings.
15 November 2016
Waterways strike on
Sunamganj Water Transport Workers' Cooperative Association went on an indefinite strike from November 10,
14 November 2016
Mahendranagar road still in sorry state
Road communication between the district and other parts of the country is still disrupted due to the awful condition
14 November 2016
Over 2,000 cattle die so far
Over 2,000 cattle, including cows, buffaloes and rams, in remote char areas of the district died due to incessant rain
14 November 2016
Gaibandha Santals refuse govt aid after eviction
Enraged, hungry, and out of work, ethnic minority Santals in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj are rejecting the government relief sent for them after eviction from their lands. They say they will not accept anything from the government "even if they die out of hunger".
14 November 2016
Sand lifting threat to croplands
Illegal sand lifting from the Bangalee river in Shaghata upazila of the district goes unabated, posing threat to the
13 November 2016
Villagers repair dyke to save crops
Residents of four villages under Kalapara upazila of the district have voluntarily started repairing a damaged
13 November 2016
Protest continues
A two-day protest demanding punishment of those responsible for attacks on the Hindus in Nasirnagar of
13 November 2016
Arson attack in Nasirnagar again
Miscreants set fire to a room of the house of a Hindu family in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria where the people of minority community have been living in fears following recent several attacks there.
13 November 2016
FAO to work for erosion-hit people
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will chalk out a plan to solve the problems of the erosion-hit farmers of the coastal areas,
12 November 2016
Elderly man killed by family members
Property-greedy family members beat dead an elderly man in Bhangura upazila of the district on Friday.
12 November 2016
Why can't we stop the stalking?
Unwanted attention is something that a woman has had to experience at some point of time in their lives. It's not something new and it
11 November 2016
Anomalies in distribution
Nekjan Begum, wife of late Azizul Islam of Kasharigasa village under Natore Sadar upazila died on January 1, 2012, but her old-age allowance is still being withdrawn regularly.
10 November 2016
14, including Bangladeshi expatriate, injured in KSA by projectiles fired from Yemen
Fourteen including a Bangladeshi were injured by projectiles fired by Yemen's Houthi group into Saudi Arabia.
10 November 2016
Bangladesh NGO wins Energy Globe Award at COP22
Tahzingdong, a Bangladeshi non government organisation, has won the Energy Globe Award in Earth category at COP22 this year for its community-based forest conservation project in Rrowangchhari area of Bandarban district.
10 November 2016
Women vow to resist child marriage
Women of three villages in Patuakhali Sadar upazila have vowed to resist child marriage in their families and areas as well.
9 November 2016
One shot dead by Indian Khasias
A Bangladeshi national was shot dead allegedly by Indian Khasias on Sonar Hat frontier in Goainghat upazila of the district early yesterday.
9 November 2016
Urea production stopped due to technical glitch
Urea production at Jamuna Fertiliser Company Ltd (JFCL) at Tarakandi in Jamalpur remained stopped due to mechanical
8 November 2016
Repair road or face strike
Bus-truck owners and workers at a human chain programme in the Dariapara area here yesterday demanded repair
8 November 2016
Attacks on to grab Khasi land
Betel leaf cultivation is the only source of income of the indigenous Khasi people in the district, but some criminals
8 November 2016