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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Four months over, no charge sheet yet
Teachers and students of five schools and colleges formed a human chain at Chourasta Intersection in Chuadanga Sadar upazila
3 March 2016
A still-grieving family's hope for justice
To see a father look at photographs of his son will most often be to detect a range of happy emotions: love, joy and pride. But in the
3 March 2016
Ghatail people agitate protesting power outage
Several hundred villagers besieged the local office of Power Development Board (PDB) in Ghatail upazila of the district yesterday, protesting frequent power outage and low voltage.
2 March 2016
Six MMC students hurt in clash
At least six students of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) were injured in a clash over holding of a programme of M-53 batch at town's Baghmara Medical Hostel on Tuesday night.
2 March 2016
One jailed, roads to 24 sand ghats in Bhuapur off limits to trucks
A mobile court during a day-long drive on Tuesday closed several roads for movement of trucks to 24 sand ghats (collection centres) beside the Jamuna River in Bhuapur upazila under the district.
2 March 2016
Legal notice for withdrawing PP, speedy trial of Narayanganj 7-murder
A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking speedy trial of Narayanganj seven-murder and withdrawal of the public prosecutor who ousted journalists during hearing of the case.
2 March 2016
Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link snapped
The Dhaka-Mymensingh rail communication snapped this morning after the engine of a commuter train detached at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur.
2 March 2016
Interns at MMCH start indefinite strike
Interns at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on one of their
1 March 2016
57 fishermen return from Indian jail
Fifty-seven Bangladeshi fishermen returned home yesterday after serving four months in an Indian jail.
1 March 2016
Assault on teacher triggers protest in Bogra
Students of Birakoir High School in Sherpur upazila of the district staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding arrest and exemplary
1 March 2016
Turmeric traders thrive, grower profits squeezed
The scene at Jhenidah's around 50 turmeric processing fields, locally known as chatals, is lively as growers and traders arrive to buy
1 March 2016
‘Bomb-like’ object found near chief justice’s village house
An object, what police suspect to be bomb, is found near the ancestral house of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in Moulvibazar today.
29 February 2016
PP can’t ask journos to leave courtroom: Law minister
A public prosecutor (PP) cannot tell journalists to leave a courtroom, Law Minister Anisul Huq says hours after reporters are driven out of the courtroom before recording of witness depositions in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
29 February 2016
Students protest attack on fellows in Patuakhali
Teachers and students of Char Chaplee Islamia High school in Kalapara upazila of the district formed a human chain on the school
27 February 2016
'I am human'
Language represents locality, kinship, clan, lineage and other socio cultural aspects of all human societies around the world. And in our
26 February 2016
Derailment halts Mymensingh-Netrokona rail link
Mymensingh to Netrokona rail links are disrupted as a train’s engine derailed at Gouripur outer signal today.
26 February 2016
Workers' demo halts production at Natore Pran factory
The authorities of Pran Agro Limited suspended production at a Natore factory yesterday morning following a workers' demonstration
25 February 2016
Rail link with Sylhet halted for 14 hrs
Rail communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country was restored at around 5:00pm yesterday, 14 hours after it was
25 February 2016
Labourers start indefinite strike, stage sit-in
Labourers of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) fertiliser godown at Mahendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila called
25 February 2016
Rain erodes soil, disrupts Dhaka’s rail link with Sylhet, Ctg
Train services of Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong remain suspended since this morning as a heavy rain eroded earth underneath the rail track in Moulvibazar.
25 February 2016