Operation Jackpot: How Bangladesh’s naval commandos struck at Pakistan’s lifeline in 1971
21 August 2026
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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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Indian SIM cards recovered
Bangladesh Coastguard in a drive recovered a firearm, bullets, machetes and some Indian mobile SIM cards in Patharghata upazila of
3 August 2016
Collapsed bridge unrepaired for seven months
A bridge over the Chandkathi canal under Nazirpur upazila of the district has remained unrepaired after it collapsed about seven months ago, causing great suffering to thousands of people.
3 August 2016
Thousands suffer as erosion by Kirtonkhola turns serious
The Kirtonkhola River has badly damaged around 1000 feet area of the road from Charbaria to Lamchari under Barisal Sadar upazila within the last one month, much to the sufferings of 20 thousand people of the two unions.
3 August 2016
Road in awful state
Local people demanded immediate steps for repair of the 2-kilometre-long Purbo Rangirkul-Katauni road in Kulaura upazila of the district.
2 August 2016
Accused flees from police custody
A handcuffed suspect in the imam and marriage registrar killing case escaped from police custody in Lichutola (Banani) area under Shajahanpur upazila of Bogra yesterday.
2 August 2016
Madhabpur tea workers starving, unpaid for 13 weeks
Workers of a tea garden in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj are left starving as they are not getting paid their wages or receiving their rations for the last 13 weeks.
2 August 2016
3 held with deer skins
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged forest robbers at Ruhita Char in Pathorghata upazila of Barguna on Sunday. They also
1 August 2016
12 brass idols seized
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 12 brass idols of Radha-Krishna from Hakimpur upazila in the district yesterday. Acting on a tip-
1 August 2016
Sundarban Textile workers demand wage hike
Workers of Sundarban Textile Mills staged a demonstration in front of the mill yesterday, demanding a wage hike.
1 August 2016
Mild tremor shakes Ctg, Sylhet
A moderate earthquake shakes Chittagong, Sylhet and their adjacent areas this afternoon.
1 August 2016
5 ‘ABT men’ arrested in Ctg
Detectives in a drive arrest five youths for their alleged link with banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Patenga area of Chittagong.
1 August 2016
Tk 75 lakh sandalwood seized
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 150 kilograms of sandalwood worth about Tk 75 lakh at Andulia Bazar in Chaugachha upazila of
31 July 2016
Fratricide
A man was killed allegedly by his brother over a disputed land at Joyda village in Muktagacha upazila yesterday. The victim is Akhter Ali,
31 July 2016
50 school kids fall sick
At least 50 students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU)-run Shrijoni Biddhyanikaton yesterday fell sick due to hot
31 July 2016
Barapukuria road under water for 10 days
Residents of villages surrounding Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur are suffering as their
31 July 2016
Situation worsens
The situation of Paturia and Daulatdia ferry terminals deteriorated as three more ferries went out of operation with engine problems
31 July 2016
Stay alert against IS, Menon to Biman officials
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon urges Biman officials to remain vigilant so that members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) cannot enter Bangladesh and make it a place of their terrorist activities.
31 July 2016
Ferry service vulnerable
Ferry movement on Paturia-Daulatdia river route may be disrupted any time as two landing stations of Daulatdia terminal were washed
30 July 2016
Flood hits 59 upazilas hard: Minister
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said 59 upazilas in 16 districts have been inundated so far by floodwater.
30 July 2016
Flood snaps Jamalpur-Dewanganj train service
Rail communication on Jamalpur-Dewanganj route remains suspended since last night due to flooding and heavy rainfall in Jamalpur.
30 July 2016