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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College teachers call off strike
Government college teachers call off work abstention following assurance of fulfilling some of their demands.
27 January 2016
Rana Plaza: Cops told to report on arrests
A Dhaka court today has directed police to report on arrest of the fugitives in the case filed over Rana Plaza collapse – the worst factory disaster in history.
27 January 2016
Wild elephants damage crops, houses in Jamalpur
A herd of 30/35 wild elephants coming down from Balughat area of India's Meghalaya state damaged crops on around 50 bighas of land
26 January 2016
17.5 km Panchagarh road cracks days after repairs
Only a few days after completion of renovation work, the 17.5-kilometre road from Panchagarh Sugar Mills to Debiganj via Benghari
26 January 2016
Two Ctg doctors get bail
A Chittagong court has granted bail to two physicians of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in a case filed for negligence in treatment.
26 January 2016
Water transport workers call off strike
Water transport workers withdraw their indefinite work abstention which was due to start tomorrow to press home their 15-point demand including pay hike.
26 January 2016
‘Pay disparity’: Govt college teachers start 3-day work abstention
The teachers of government colleges across the country start three-day work abstention demanding removal of “discrimination” in the eighth pay scale.
26 January 2016
Fog disrupts ferry service
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed around 9:10am yesterday after nearly 2 hours of disruption caused by the dense fog.
25 January 2016
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes after two hours of disruption caused by dense fog.
25 January 2016
Bus service on Dhaka-Pabna route resumes
Bus service on Dhaka-Pabna highway through Sirajganj resumed following a fruitful discussion between the transport owners and workers
24 January 2016
Stop illegal sand lifting from Khowai River
Habiganj unit of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) formed a human chain in the district town yesterday, demanding steps to stop
24 January 2016
Ctg doctors call off strike
Physicians demonstrating in Chittagong for the withdrawal of cases filed against their colleagues called off their strike today after assurance from the city mayor.
24 January 2016
Water transport workers’ strike from Tuesday
Water transport workers will go for an indefinite countrywide strike from Tuesday to press home their 15-point demand including wage hike.
24 January 2016
3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla
23 January 2016
Patients suffer as docs on strike for pay hike
Demand salary hike, 13 doctors of Dinajpur Diabetes Hospital yesterday started an indefinite strike, badly hampering the treatment
23 January 2016
57 Faridpur sadar schools shut for 2 days over health concerns
Faridpur district administration has declared to shut a total of 57 schools in Sadar upazila for two days after 103 students complained of respiratory problems for unknown reasons.
23 January 2016
3 picnickers die after taking liquor in Naogaon
Three picnickers have died and four others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village in Badalgachhi upazilla on Saturday.
23 January 2016
GANO ADALOT
It all began on December 29, 1991 when a report was published in a local newspaper that Ghulam Azam was elected the Amir of
22 January 2016
Two die of diarrhoea
Two kids have died of diarrhoea at Kotchandpur Upazila Health Complex in the district within 11 days. The deceased are nine months old
21 January 2016
A novel initiative to stop school dropouts
The managing committee chairman of Bhaina Shaheed Mosharraf-Dalil Uddin High School in Harinakundo upazila under the district has
21 January 2016