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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College girl abducted
Criminals abducted a college girl from Jessore Sadar upazila on Thursday. Family members said a gang of 3/ 4 allegedly led by Badhan
24 July 2016
Missing trader's body found
Police recovered the body of a missing vegetable trader from the Jamuna River in Birampur upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased
24 July 2016
Lightning kills 2
Two people were killed by lightning in Ranishankoil upazila of the district on Friday.
24 July 2016
Tenants, students in fear of police harassment
Tenants, especially students of different messes and dormitories in Jhenidah town and its adjacent areas, are passing their days in
24 July 2016
Launch terminal goes into river in Barisal
Erosion by the Pungli River, a tributary of the mighty Jamuna River, has turned serious in Kalihati upazila of Tangail. In Barisal, the
24 July 2016
Dutch-Bangla Chamber chief ‘missing’
Top businessman and Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s President Hasan Khalid has been reported “missing,” family and police say.
24 July 2016
People of 3 upazilas suffer as bypass under water
Thousands of people of three upazilas are suffering as a bypass road of an under- construction bridge has gone under water. All kinds of
23 July 2016
Saudi ‘curbs’ visas for Bangladeshi single male domestic workers
Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends recruitment of Bangladeshi single males as domestic worker in three categories.
23 July 2016
The lost histories of the Bengali Harlem
Vivek Bald reconstructs the forgotten stories and communities of Bengalis in America from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
22 July 2016
Train derails in Moulvibazar, Sylhet rail link cut
A cargo train breaks down and derailed at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar snapping rail link between Dhaka and Sylhet completely.
22 July 2016
Illegal structures built on river bank
Illegal structures have narrowed the Done River in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, thanks to mindless encroachment
21 July 2016
Continued flood brings woe to people in districts
The flood situation in Sunamganj is worsening as flash flood and heavy rainfall continue, and in Kurigram, the
21 July 2016
Now the stray elephant moves in Sirajganj shoal
The Indian wild elephant, which was separated from its companions and came into Bangladesh from Assam through
21 July 2016
India to bring back washed away elephant
India is to bring back a wild elephant which was washed away by the Brahmaputra last month and reached a sandbar in Kurigram district, reports The Times of India.
21 July 2016
Train service with Ctg resumes after 10hrs
Rail communication of Chittagong with the other parts of the country including Dhaka has been restored after 10 hours of disruption following a train derailment at Fatehpur rail gait in Feni Sadar upazila in the port city.
21 July 2016
Surma crosses danger level, Jamuna erodes embankment
The flood situation in Sunamganj remains serious as the main rivers were flowing above the danger mark at several points, while the Jamuna continues to erode the flood control embankment in Bogra. The situation improved slightly in Lalmonirhat as the Teesta and Dharla rivers were flowing below the danger mark.
20 July 2016
Install CCTV cameras in launches: Minister
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan urges owners of all the passenger vessels to set up CCTV cameras and metal detectors to tighten security at all terminals.
20 July 2016
Flood worsens in Kurigram, Nilphamari districts
The flood situation is getting worse in Kurigram and Nilphamari as the Brahmaputra, Dharla and Teesta rivers are
19 July 2016
5 die drinking ‘excessive liquor’ in Rajshahi
Five people including a woman die after allegedly drinking excessive homemade liquor in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi, police say.
19 July 2016
HSC admission seekers confine principal
Female HSC admission seekers of Birganj Women's Degree College in Dinajpur's Birganj upazila staged demonstration and confined the
18 July 2016