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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Villagers guard grave to protect slain farmer's body
Villagers have been guarding the grave of slain farmer Shafiqul Islam from Sunday night for fear that the body may be taken away by the killers.
23 August 2016
River vessel workers on indefinite strike
River vessel workers throughout the country go on an indefinite strike to press home their four-point demand.
23 August 2016
Eid advance bus ticket sale begins
Private bus operators start selling advance tickets for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
23 August 2016
Mild tremor jolts country
A mild tremor jolts Dhaka and other parts of the country on Tuesday morning.
23 August 2016
For not wearing pyjamas!
A teacher of Nesariya Madrasa in Lalmonirhat town yesterday cut off trousers of eight students of the institution allegedly for attending
22 August 2016
Teacher's punishment demanded
Guardians and locals staged a sit-in in front of Baluchar High School in Sadar upazila yesterday, demanding punishment to the
22 August 2016
Water transport workers’ indefinite strike from tonight
Water transport workers will go for indefinite work abstention from tonight to press home their 15-point demands including wage hike.
22 August 2016
Fishing resumes in Kaptai Lake
The authorities allowed the fishermen to resume fishing in the Kaptai Lake from yesterday, ending a ban imposed earlier on May 12.
21 August 2016
25 more infected with anthrax in Sirajganj
Twenty-five more people have been infected with anthrax in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj in the last couple of days, bringing the
21 August 2016
Tea workers' strike today
Workers of 23 tea gardens in Habiganj will observe a strike today, demanding due wages and rations for 16 weeks of 400 permanent
21 August 2016
Dyke construction demanded
Hundreds of erosion victims of eight villages in Kawkhali upazila formed a human chain on boats on Sandha River
20 August 2016
Guardian turns crazy, beats teacher
A guardian of a student beat up a primary school teacher at Pirojpur Sadar upazila of the district yesterday as her child
20 August 2016
Bamboo bridge only means
Local people, mostly students of three educational institutions in Kalapara upazila, are crossing a bamboo bridge on a
20 August 2016
Petrol pump owners threaten strike Aug 28
Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers have threatened for a countrywide token strike on August 28 if the government does not meet its 12-point demand by then.
20 August 2016
Man dies during cops' raid in Rangpur
A Saudi Arabia expatriate dies when police went to his house in Rangpur city to detain him as a suspect in a theft case.
20 August 2016
Bismillah of India
In a delightful paradox, the man who best represented the holy Indian city of Varanasi was Bismillah Khan. Born on March 21,
19 August 2016
5 ‘ABT, Hizb ut-Tahrir’ men held in Dhaka, Ctg
Law enforcers claim to have arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and two of Hizb ut-Tahrir in separate drives in Chittagong and Dhaka.
19 August 2016
Orphaned by lightning, 8 siblings in despair
The seven sisters and one brother had a somewhat happy life under the care of parents at their Purbo Jalalpur village home in Adampur
18 August 2016
Indigenous people keep vigil for safety in Bandarban
Life in Dabong Khali Marma Para in remote Baishari union of Bandarban's Nykkhongchhari upazila has been anything but usual of late.
18 August 2016
Madrasa boy missing
An eleven-year-old boy, who went missing from Mohipur area in Kalapara upazila of the district nearly three months ago, is still traceless.
17 August 2016