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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Screening of travellers from Zika-affected areas at all ports
The government is to strengthen surveillance and screening of travelers coming into Bangladesh’s air, water and land ports coming from the countries affected by the Zika virus.
4 February 2016
Teachers extend ‘no agitation’ till Feb 23
Public university teachers have extended their “no agitation” plan over their issue of eradicating discrepancies in new pay scale until February 23.
4 February 2016
Barisal city cop suspended for ‘extortion’
A Barisal police official has been suspended after a primary investigation found him guilty of extortion and harassing two businessmen.
3 February 2016
Return extra fees taken from SSC examinees: Minister
Education Minister Nahid orders schools to refund in 7 days extra money taken from SSC candidates. Stern action awaits defaulters, he warns.
3 February 2016
After 1 hour, they realise it’s SSC question paper of 2014!
Students of an examination centre in Manikganj have been given question papers of 2014 in their first Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam yesterday.
2 February 2016
Bridge collapse snaps road link with 2 Patuakhali UZs
An iron bridge on Dakua Canal on Galachipa-Dashmina road collapsed on Sunday, snapping road communication between the two
1 February 2016
Railway Nirapatta Bahini Bill passed
Jatiya Sangsad passes ‘Railway Nirapatta Bahini Bill, (Railway Security Force) 2016’ keeping the provision of arresting any people without any magistrate’s warrant if anybody is “reasonably” considered as a prospective harmful person for railways.
1 February 2016
Newborn survives 6-storey fall
A newborn baby boy has survived a six-storey fall after he was allegedly dropped from a flat by his mother at Baily Road in Dhaka.
1 February 2016
Trawler sinking: 3 more bodies recovered
Police recover the bodies of three more people including a child and a woman, raising death toll to seven from a trawler capsize in the Meghna river in Chandpur.
1 February 2016
15 injured in attack for protesting stalking
At least 15 people, including women, were injured and three cobblers' houses were set on fire on Saturday for protesting against stalking
31 January 2016
Madrasa boy traceless for 4 days
Father of a missing madrasa student in Kushtia in a press conference at Chuadanga Press Club yesterday alleged that the boy remained
31 January 2016
Public hearing on Robi, Airtel merger Feb 17
The telecom regulator will arrange a public hearing on February 17 to take opinion of people before finalising its recommendations on the merger of Robi and Airtel.
31 January 2016
Bridge without approach roads causes suffering
A bridge built nearly 20 years ago over a canal at Bogaputa village in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj upazila is of no use to the villagers as it
30 January 2016
‘Parliaments’ collaboration crucial for poverty-free S Asia’
Collaboration among national parliaments is crucial in advancing the vision of a poverty-free South Asia pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Speakers of South Asian countries at a high-level meeting in Dhaka today.
30 January 2016
Kidnapped Bangladeshi rescued in Malaysia, 4 held
Malaysian police rescue a Bangladeshi expatriate over a week after he is kidnapped by miscreants. Four people are detained in this connection.
30 January 2016
COMING BACK HOME
Diaspora helps foster ideas. An increasing number returns home with skills, contacts and an understanding of how things could be done better. Expatriate Bangladeshis want to do more. Is the country doing enough to welcome them?
29 January 2016
BSF returns 2 madrasa students
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned two Bangladeshi madrasa students who had 'mistakenly' entered Indian territory through
28 January 2016
In report to SC, cops blame BB official Rabby for obstructing them
Police tell the Supreme Court that Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby obstructed them from discharging their duties and scuffled with them during search earlier this month.
28 January 2016
16 municipal mayors of Sylhet division sworn in
GK Gaus, who was elected mayor of Habiganj municipality in the December 30 election from prison, took oath after release on parole yesterday, along with 15 other newly elected municipality mayors of Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj and Sunamganj districts under Sylhet division.
27 January 2016
Transport workers block Dhaka-Tangail road
Transport workers blocked Dhaka-Tangail highway in Rabna bypass area under Sadar upazila of the district yesterday, protesting beating up of a bus driver, allegedly by some people claiming to be members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police.
27 January 2016