Slave raids in Bengal and the making of Arakan’s power
12 October 2026
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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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PM urges rich to help build equal society for children
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all, especially the rich, to supplement the government's efforts in building a society for children where there will be no discrimination.
3 October 2016
Death threat to puja committee members
Criminals sent a letter to local Puja Udjapon Committee members, giving them death threat if Durga Puja is celebrated
2 October 2016
Diversion road now sorrow of Baliadangi
Movement of traffic on Baliadangi-Lahiri road in the district has been cut off since last Sunday following damage to a
2 October 2016
Elephant found dead in Sherpur
A wild elephant is found dead at Panbar village in Kangsha union of Jhinaigati upazila in Sherpur.
2 October 2016
Father cries for return of missing daughter
A man of the Hindu community, at a press conference called by him yesterday at Mymensingh Press Club, demanded immediate rescue
1 October 2016
Call to bring extensive changes to digital security draft law
A group of citizens call upon the government to bring extensive changes to the draft of Digital Security Act 2016.
1 October 2016
Woman, daughter killed by lightning strike in Rangpur
An indigenous woman and her daughter are killed by a lightning strike at Kadirabad in Pirganj upazila.
30 September 2016
Protests for Sundarbans face police, BCL bar
Activists of ruling party's student front and police foil a cycle rally of green activists campaigning against construction of a power plant near the world's largest mangrove forest - the Sundarbans.
30 September 2016
Bus strike called off
Transport workers in Barisal and Jhalakathi called off indefinite strike.
29 September 2016
Pirojpur NGO depositors left high and dry
A decade ago, Hasia Banu, 50, of Goalbuniya village in Pirojpur's Bhandaria upazila thought she made a wise decision when she began
29 September 2016
Derailment halts Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg rail link for 7hrs
Rail communication of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended for seven hours following the derailment of a freight train in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.
29 September 2016
HRW asks Bangladesh to stop ‘kneecapping’ detainees
Security forces in Bangladesh are deliberately shooting members and supporters of opposition parties in the leg, Human Rights Watch alleges in a report .
29 September 2016
Commuters suffer as bus strike on
People of six districts who generally travel by buses to reach their destinations are facing untold sufferings due to an indefinite
28 September 2016
448 schools run without headmaster
Primary education in the district is being greatly hampered due to acute crisis of teachers.
28 September 2016
Padma devours vast areas
Over 40 families in Sadar upazila of the district, who lost their homes due to erosion by the Padma river, are living in no man's
28 September 2016
4,143 HIV positive patients in Bangladesh: Nasim
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim says a total of 4,143 people are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country.
28 September 2016
India relaxes visa rules for Bangladeshi women
India temporarily relaxes the visa rules for Bangladeshi women giving them the opportunity to skip prior appointment or e-token procedures.
28 September 2016
11 newsmen sued for 'defamation'
A lawyer has filed two cases against eleven newsmen of different regional newspapers and online portals with senior judicial magistrate
27 September 2016
Five bamboo bridges for flood-hit people
Fulchhari upazila administration has constructed five bamboo bridges on temporary basis on different roads, that got damaged following
27 September 2016
Wild elephants destroying crops
A herd of seven wild elephants continued destroying crops in Natun Samanbag tea garden area of Barlekha upazila under the district for
27 September 2016