Love, faith and family: Inside World Cup players’ tattoos
11 June 2026, 16:05 PM
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Can migration help win a World Cup?
11 June 2026, 15:19 PM
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A crime history of Bengal: When rivers became a haven for dacoits
9 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Mohajir manuscripts: Field notes from Dhaka Aliya Madrasa
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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What has changed since the USA ’94 World Cup? Almost everything
7 June 2026, 19:27 PM
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Historic Six-Point Movement: The photographs they suppressed
7 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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The Tofail Bhai I knew
6 June 2026, 14:51 PM
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Mustafa Zaman Abbasi: The man who heard music in the wind
5 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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K.A.M. Saaduddin: Architect and activist of anti-imperialist sociology and social movements in Bangladesh
4 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Abdul Quadir and the lost art of editing
2 June 2026, 09:30 AM
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A luxury car bought dodging tax seized in Dhaka
Customs intelligence seizes a luxury sports car worth around Tk 10 crore from Banani area in Dhaka that was purchased by dodging tax.
4 May 2016, 11:23 AM
Bodies of two missing men found in Padma
The bodies of two people, who had gone missing after a sand-laden trawler capsized in the Padma River in Shibalaya upazila on Sunday,
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Classes hampered as storm damages school in Bhaluka
Students of Medila Adarsha High School in Bhaluka upazila of the district cannot attend classes as the tin-roofed school was badly
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Solar power brightens life of Teesta char people
With the installation of an 1800 watt solar panel at Char Nayarhat Bazar in Paschim Haldibari village, the lives of residents of Teesta
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
People fear to talk: Sultana Kamal
Human rights activist Sultana Kamal today observed that people are afraid to talk.
3 May 2016, 13:08 PM
Long-haul bus fare cut by 3 paisa per kilometre
The government decides to reduce passenger fare by 3 paisa per kilometre for long haul buses following the recent cuts in fuel prices.
3 May 2016, 09:20 AM
Farmer dies of heatstroke
A farmer died of heatstroke in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Abu Hossain, 30, son of
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Cargo vessel owners withdraw strike
Cargo vessel owners call off their strike following the government’s assurance of a fresh wage structure for the workers in the sector.
2 May 2016, 11:14 AM
Move to build market on playground protested
Local people formed a human chain and held a rally in the district town yesterday, demanding cancellation of the decision of building a
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
The World's Bishwa-Kobi
A little less than a hundred years ago, Bishwa-Kobi Rabindranath Tagore, wrote a poem that he had titled simply “Shakespeare”.
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Malaysia to announce foreign workers’ recruitment soon, says Deputy PM
The Malaysian government will announce a decision on the intake of foreign workers soon, says Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
29 April 2016, 06:18 AM
ESCAP projects 6.8% growth for 2016
In contrary to the government’s growth expectation of beyond 7 percent for 2016, a United Nations body has said it would not exceed 6.8 percent.
28 April 2016, 05:14 AM
Sugar mill workers stage demo
Workers of Natore Sugar Mills staged a demonstration in front of the factory yesterday to press home their six-point demand. Workers of
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Villagers protest outage, confine meter readers
People of several villages at Madhupur upazila of the district yesterday protested power outage and confined two meter readers of Palli Bidyut Samity in Moter Bazar area.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
RU professor killing: Students block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for 3hrs
Students of the Rajshahi University blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for three hours demanding justice for Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
27 April 2016, 08:32 AM
EU, France, Australia condemn Xulhaz murder
European Union underscores the need for thorough investigation into the recent killings to bring the criminals to justice. France, Australia and Switzerland have also condemned the murders of LGBT magazine editor and the Rajshahi University professor and pledged to stand beside Bangladesh in fighting terrorism.
27 April 2016, 04:00 AM
Transport workers on strike in Pabna
The transport workers went on an indefinite strike in the district yesterday, protesting rampant extortion on highways.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Water transport workers call off indefinite strike
Water transport workers call off their countrywide indefinite strike after the owners agreed to fulfil their 15-point demand.
26 April 2016, 17:31 PM
Storm-damaged school lies without repair for 2 years
Students of Kamol Narayan Government Primary School in Gobindaganj upazila of the district are attending classes under the open sky as
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Shahbagh blocked during students’ hartal for Tonu
Student bodies blockade Dhaka's key intersection Shahbagh to begin the countrywide hartal clamped protesting government's failure to arrest the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
25 April 2016, 03:08 AM