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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Spare home, farmland from acquisition list
Local people at a human chain programme yesterday demanded that goverment to spare their homesteads and farmlands from the list of land acquisition for infrastructure development of newly formed Mymensingh division.
26 October 2016
OMS flour in black market
Authorised dealers in Sadar upazila of the district are allegedly selling fifty percent allocated ata (flour) meant for Open Market Sale (OMS) on the black market, depriving the ultra poor beneficiaries of the programme.
26 October 2016
Mild tremor jolts Bangladesh
A moderate earthquake jolted different parts of the country this noon. However, there is no immediate report of any damage or casualty.
26 October 2016
Dhk-Ctg-Sylhet rail link snapped
Rail communication of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remains suspended since this afternoon after the engine of an inter-city train broke down at the outer point of Ashuganj railway station.
26 October 2016
Shariatpur war crimes accused dies in DMCH
A war crimes accused of Shariatpur dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital due to old age complications.
26 October 2016
Indigenous fishes under threat
Indiscriminate use of current net and chai (fishing trap made of bamboo slits) across the district causes serious harm
25 October 2016
Pure water crisis in Tanguar Haor
A tourist magnet, Tanguar Haor wetland in Taherpur upazila of Sunamganj is nothing if not beautiful. The about one
25 October 2016
Vow for fair distribution
Speakers at a view exchange meeting in the district yesterday vowed to keep the distribution of rice meant for poor
25 October 2016
One doctor for 10 rly dispensaries!
Only one doctor is attending to patients in ten dispensaries of the Bangladesh Railways East Zone, visiting each
25 October 2016
For 30-decimal land
In connection with rivalry between two neighbouring families over 30 decimals of land, a big bamboo cluster on the
25 October 2016
First time in Marma community
Eight indigenous women were appointed as karbari (chief of village) for the first time in Marma community.
25 October 2016
Press Freedom Prize 2016: Star Editor among 22 nominees
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) names 22 nominees including The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam for the 2016 Reporters Without Borders-TV5 Monde Prize for Press Freedom.
25 October 2016
Legal notice seeks appointing an ombudsman
A legal notice is served on the government to take steps in 72 hours for appointing an ombudsman to investigate the actions of any ministry and public office under the constitution.
25 October 2016
Substandard cables flood Bogra markets
Substandard cables, which are flooding the markets in Bogra, expose townspeople to the risk of electrocution,
24 October 2016
11kV PDB transformer threat to pedestrians
A transformer of Power Development Board (PDB) has been set up dangerously on the road instead of 10 feet above
24 October 2016
Teletalk employees on strike for salary hike
600 employees of the state-owned mobile operator Teletalk are waging a strike demanding 100 percent increase of their basic salaries.
24 October 2016
Hike in allowance of injured freedom fighters
Bangladesh government has approved a proposal to increase allowances of the injured and gallantry-awarded freedom fighters by more than double.
24 October 2016
Sand on arable land worries farmers
About 150 bighas of arable land at Teesta river basin Barabari village in Patgram upazila of the district have become sandy due to
23 October 2016
Attack on Khadiza: SUST expels Badrul
The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) cancel the studentship of BCL leader Badrul Alam for stabbing Khadiza Begum Nargis, a student of Sylhet Government Women’s College.
23 October 2016
Rare cotton pygmy geese appreciate nesting boxes
There are white eggs to be found on the banks of Baikka Beel in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal: cotton pygmy goose
22 October 2016