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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32-km Sylhet road to be upgraded to nat'l highway
The government is going to upgrade Airport-Salutikar-Companiganj-Bholaganj road, one of the battered roads in Sylhet, to a national
31 May 2016
Abducted schoolgirl traceless for 7 days
A schoolgirl, abducted from Sapher Ghera area under Lama upazilla of Bandarban district on May 24, is yet to be rescued.
30 May 2016
500 families under erosion threat in Sylhet
At least 500 families of Shimulkandi village under Kadimnagar union of Sylhet Sadar upazila have been passing their days in panic as
29 May 2016
Capital punishment to Konika's killer demanded
Teachers and students of different educational institutions formed a human chain at Mohipur Intersection in Sadar upazila yesterday,
28 May 2016
An awakened village
It's 8:30 on a cloudy Friday morning and I am having freshly baked cookies with coffee. It feels like home except that I am not.
27 May 2016
Salim Osman won't apologise to Narayanganj teacher
Declining to apologise to schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta for humiliating him publicly, Salim Osman MP says he might apologise to Health Minister Mohammad Nasim instead.
26 May 2016
Youth picked up by 'lawmen' traceless for 5 days
A youth of Jessore town, who was picked up by men introducing themselves as law enforcers on Saturday, still remains traceless.
25 May 2016
Lightning kills schoolboy
A schoolboy was killed by lightning at Rupkhali village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is Jobayer Hossain, 14, son
24 May 2016
Journo, wife hurt in attack by UP member
A journalist and his wife were injured in an attack allegedly by a union parishad member in Dhunat upazila of the district on Monday
24 May 2016
PUST employees lock administrative bldg
Officers and employees of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) yesterday locked the administrative building of the
24 May 2016
Campaigners press for higher tax on tobacco
Anti-tobacco campaigners demand higher taxes on tobacco products for the budget of 2016-17 to reduce its consumption and health risks.
24 May 2016
Life-term convict flees from police custody
Wearing hand-cuffs and shackles, a life-term convict flees away from police custody by jumping off a Mymensingh-bound moving train in Trishal area.
24 May 2016
Journalists, media employees demand 9th Wage Board
Sangbadik-Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), a platform for journalists and media personnel today threatened to go on a greater movement if their demand for the announcement of the 9th Wage Board for media people is not met by a month.
23 May 2016
Derailment on Dhaka-Mymensingh route: Train service resumes after 5hrs
Rail communication of Dhaka with Mymensingh is restored after five hours of disruption following a train derailment in Gazipur city today.
23 May 2016
Roanu-marooned people in misery
Several thousand cyclone stricken people in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola are passing miserable days under the open sky.
22 May 2016
Launch, ferry services resume
After about 24-hour halt, launch and ferry services resume across the country.
21 May 2016
Why is the cyclone called Roanu?
The cyclonic storm Roanu is named by Maldives. “Roanu” means “coir rope” in Maldivian (Dhivehi).
21 May 2016
Cyclone Roanu: Sunday’s HSC, equivalent exams rescheduled
The government reschedules the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for May 22 as Cyclone Roanu left a trail of devastation in many parts of the country.
21 May 2016
Cyclone Roanu hits power distribution hard
The power distribution system has been seriously disrupted today, in the cyclone-hit areas of Chittagong, Comilla and other coastal districts.
21 May 2016
Goods handling remains suspended at Chittagong port
Goods loading and unloading from all ships remain suspended at Chittagong seaport since the morning as Cyclone Roanu nears the Barisal-Chittagong coast.
21 May 2016