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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MPO cancellation protested
Students of Joynand Degree College in Kaharol upazila blocked the Birganj-Pirganj regional road for hours yesterday protesting the
27 August 2016
Students block highway
Students of Shariatpur Polytechnic Institute blocked Mongla-Chittagong highway yesterday, demanding resignation of its principal over
27 August 2016
AL leader's market on school land
A ruling party man erected a market allegedly grabbing primary school land in Gouripur upazila of the district.
27 August 2016
PM condoles death in Italy earthquake
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses deep shock at the loss of lives by an earthquake in Italy on Wednesday.
27 August 2016
Relocation of ICT: Withdrawal of SC letter demanded
Freedom fighters, war crimes trial campaigner and victims’ family members demand withdrawal of a letter the supreme court recently sent to the law ministry seeking relocation of the international crimes tribunal (ICT) from the old high court building.
27 August 2016
Setting a trend
I was into scientific instruments and my profession helped me to interact with world class scientists in USA, UK,
26 August 2016
Patrons of Gulshan, Sholakia attacks to be brought to justice anytime: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says there was political patronisation behind the Gulshan and Sholakia militant attacks.
26 August 2016
Three eateries fined
Three eateries have been fined for preparing and serving foods in dirty condition in Khansama upazila yesterday. A mobile court, led by
25 August 2016
False case against journo protested
Journalists formed a human chain in front of Chapainawabganj Press Club in the town yesterday, protesting filling of a 'false' case against
25 August 2016
90 years not enough for elderly allowance!
In their twilight years, Noor Mohammad and his wife, have to struggle for two square meals a day but they are yet to get government-
25 August 2016
Ex-enclave people cry for a bridge
People of former enclave Dashiarchhara under Phulbari upazila of the district have been demanding for over one year construction of a
25 August 2016
Flood maroons 2 lakh in Jessore
Intermittent downpour for the last two weeks and onrush of water from the nearby rivers has marooned about two lakh people in thirteen
25 August 2016
Classes under open sky
Students of Jadunath Government Primary School in Nagarpur upazila of the district have been attending their classes under the open sky
25 August 2016
Hilsa trader's brutality on poor fishermen
A hilsa trader brutally tortured two fishermen siblings in Kuakata area of Kalapara upazila under the district for their 'failure' to return
24 August 2016
Thousands celebrate deity's river journey
Thousands of devotees thronged the Kantajew Temple in Kaharol upazila of the district yesterday to mark the river journey of Lord
24 August 2016
Farmer dies of heat stroke
A farmer died of heat stroke at Syedabad village under Ishwarganj upazila of the district yesterday
24 August 2016
Missing ex-army man found dead
Police recovered the decomposed body of a missing retired army man from the Bairan River in Gopalpur upazila yesterday.
24 August 2016
SC directs Sylhet pvt medical college to submit financial documents
The Supreme Court seeks for the documents on the bank transactions of Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Hospital in Sylhet.
24 August 2016
Earthquake jolts Bangladesh
A tremor jolts Dhaka and other parts of the country.
24 August 2016
Mir Quasem verdict: SC starts hearing on review petition
Supreme Court starts hearing on the petition of convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking review of its verdict upholding death penalty for him.
24 August 2016