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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Caretaker among 8 sued over Patartek raid
A case is filed against eight people in connection with the joint drive in Patartek area of Gazipur, where seven militants were killed.
9 October 2016
Militants to be rehabilitated after surrender: Benazir
Urging militants to surrender and return to normal life, Director General of Rab Benazir Ahmed has said the militants will be rehabilitated if they do so.
9 October 2016
Fix sugarcane price at Tk 150 a maund
Sugarcane producers under the Pabna Sugar Mills zone have urged the government to fix its price at Tk 150 in view of
8 October 2016
Flood makes tomato farming costlier
Tomato cultivation at Baniary, a village famous for vegetable cultivation, in Nazirpur upazila under the district, has
8 October 2016
Businesses upbeat
Construction of the four-lane Benapole-Jessore highway will formally start soon, amid high hopes that it will boost
8 October 2016
Neo JMB leader ‘Akash’ among dead militants: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says one of the seven militants killed in today’s joint raid in Patartek of Gazipur is identified as Akash.
8 October 2016
Schools, colleges to protest violence on women Oct 18
All schools and colleges across the country will form human chains on October 18 protesting the recent spate of violence against women.
8 October 2016
Dhaka-Sylhet trains back on after 9 hours
Rail communication between Sylhet and Dhaka is restored around nine hours after disruption due to a train derailment in Madhobpur upazila of Habiganj.
7 October 2016
‘Robber’ beaten dead by mob in Jhalakathi
A suspected robber is beaten to death by a mob at Bil Shonautha village in Kathalia upazila of Jhalakathi.
7 October 2016
Bridge work stalled
The work of a bridge over the Nautara River on Lalmonirhat-Nilphamari-Panchagarh road in Dimla upazila under the district has
6 October 2016
Father, brother demand justice for Khadiza
Father and brother of Khadiza Begum Nargis, who is still battling for life in a brutal attack by a Bangladesh Chhatra League man in Sylhet, demand justice to her.
6 October 2016
Ex-district judge dismissed for misconduct, corruption
The law ministry dismisses a lower court judge from his service for committing misconduct and corruption.
6 October 2016
100 poor families get water purifiers
It was a unique occasion as 100 poor families got water purifiers at the end of a two-day event titled Panir Golpo (tale of water) aimed at raising awareness about safe drinking water to prevent diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases.
5 October 2016
Delivery patient dies in hospital
A carrying woman admitted to a private hospital yesterday morning with labour pain in Bhaluka upazila in the district died due to alleged wrong treatment.
5 October 2016
30 houses for landless families
Thirty destitute and landless families under Bongram union in Sadullapur upazila have been allocated dwellings last week at Salaipur Ashrayan (cluster village) Project.
5 October 2016
No change in Khadiza’s condition: Physicians
The condition of college girl Khadiza Akter Nargis, who was injured critically in a knife attack allegedly by a BCL leader in Sylhet, remains unchanged as she is still on life support at a city hospital.
5 October 2016
Ctg newborn, declared dead previously, dies
The newborn, who was declared dead but later found alive in Chittagong, finally breaths her last.
5 October 2016
Bamboo bridge poses risk
Local people, especially school going children of Chawk Lokman area in Shajahanpur upazila of the district have to cross a bamboo-made
4 October 2016
Hacked student of Sylhet college in critical state
The Sylhet Government Women’s College student, who was waylaid and hacked brutally in broad daylight by a Chhatra League leader yesterday, is now in a critical state.
4 October 2016
Madrasa boy missing
A madrasa student, who went missing from Durgapur village in Kahaloo upazila on September 22, still remained traceless. The victim,
3 October 2016