The forgotten history of football in Bangladesh
3 July 2026, 00:15 AM
In Focus
How old Bengali advertisements sold the dream of fair skin
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Bengal, Mysore, and the making of American independence
2 July 2026, 00:38 AM
In Focus
The many gifts of Mustafa Monwar
2 July 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
Consoled by the Brahmaputra: Reflections on the Holey Artisan attack
1 July 2026, 17:00 PM
In Focus
Beyond the myths of Aurangzeb: Munis D. Faruqui's fresh perspective
1 July 2026, 00:05 AM
In Focus
Why left-footers like Messi are so valuable in football
30 June 2026, 14:17 PM
In Focus
The lost Khoda art of Santals: Tattoos, identity and the legacy of the Santal Hul
30 June 2026, 08:30 AM
In Focus
Yes? Non? Anglo-French power plays in the run-up to Plassey
29 June 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Bonolata Sen remains after a film hollows you out
28 June 2026, 15:05 PM
In Focus
Anti-Liberation War forces have taken advantage of the failure of democracy
In conversation with Rehman Sobhan, one of Bangladesh’s most distinguished economists and a celebrated public intellectual.
24 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Kazi Fazlur Rahman, a civil servant and an intellectual giant
Kazi Fazlur Rahman was a Member of Bangladesh’s first Interim Government in 1991
15 December 2025, 09:57 AM
Chittagong, before Chittagong: An early history
In the remote east of a region once called Harikela lies Chittagong, an upper Bay of Bengal port city at the juncture of the medieval Bengal, Arakan and Tripura kingdoms.
14 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The untold story behind 1971’s two most haunting photographs
Because the image was published, Naib Uddin’s life came under threat.
12 December 2025, 02:00 AM
What Begum Rokeya knew about changing Bengali Muslims from within
Liberation is not about what one wears or does not wear but about the values they live by
7 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Living in a time of fear: The rise of digital inquisition in Bangladesh
The pervasive violence — both physical and symbolic — in our times is contagious.
4 December 2025, 08:33 AM
A British witness to Bangladesh genocide: Val Harding’s 1971 story
In April 1971, at the age of 24, Val Harding was volunteering as a nurse at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, when she first heard of the atrocities on March 25 in Dhaka and the fight for the Liberation of Bangladesh.
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Early North Bengal: A (re-)creation and a lone journey
Naturally, ENB, which was mentioned as Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti in the Gupta epigraphs, remained mostly understudied.
30 November 2025, 02:00 AM
My experience as an editor of a Bangla magazine
We wanted Edesh-Ekal to say something to all citizens and at the same time to maintain a strong focus on women and their problems
28 November 2025, 08:21 AM
‘Struggle’: Noazesh Ahmed and his first masterpiece
All his life, Noazesh remained immersed in the enchantment of art.
24 November 2025, 08:08 AM
Remembering Munier Bhai
Munier Chowdhury's extraordinary contributions—not only through his own work but also by inspiring others and engaging in dialogue—made him unique.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Photographing Muslim women: How Sufia Kamal broke the camera taboo
Sufia herself faced no trouble for having her photograph printed, but her poem did create difficulties.
20 November 2025, 07:28 AM
Dhaka’s forgotten WWII story: What soldiers feared more than Japanese bullets
The US soldiers and Allied crews who passed through Dhaka during the war ended up fighting two battles at once
18 November 2025, 10:13 AM
Bhashani and the gayebi janazah of 1968: A photographic history
The atmosphere was heavy and tense. It seemed unlikely that people would turn up for the gayebi janazah.
17 November 2025, 09:00 AM
Two forgotten kingdoms of Bengal
Maps are regarded as affirmative visual documents, permanently fixing places, distances, and itineraries in our minds. Yet we often forget that early modern maps were subjective texts, only approximating places.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Let democracy be free’: The image that shook a dictator
After the photo’s publication, government intelligence officers began searching for Pavel Rahman.
10 November 2025, 09:00 AM
A song for the soul
How ‘Mayer Tori’ is reviving folk music in the north
10 November 2025, 05:33 AM
The Bhola Cyclone and the making of Bangladesh
Beyond its tragic human cost, the Bhola Cyclone likely had political consequences—within a year, a new nation was born.
9 November 2025, 18:00 PM
“Why should I leave?” The Partition in the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
The agony over Partition-related uprootings from home and homeland suffuses Ghatak's cinema.
3 November 2025, 18:00 PM
The Last Republican
Tajuddin’s politics was not about quick wins or symbolic gestures
3 November 2025, 09:46 AM