Banglay Bidroho: A rare collection of Liberation War paintings
2 April 2026, 16:05 PM
In Focus
Once again the debate over Bengali nationalism
31 March 2026, 12:58 PM
In Focus
Does South Asia need secularism?
30 March 2026, 00:44 AM
In Focus
Did Jinnah lose faith in the Two-Nation Theory after 1947?
26 March 2026, 16:02 PM
In Focus
The black flag at Rajshahi and the officer who chose conscience
26 March 2026, 13:39 PM
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At Highgate, remembering Karl Marx
22 March 2026, 15:00 PM
In Focus
Celebrating Eid: Thousand years of history in three embraces
21 March 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
Historical glimpses of Eid processions in Dhaka
20 March 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
The Biryani excavation
19 March 2026, 10:00 AM
In Focus
My mother’s letter during the Liberation War
16 March 2026, 11:10 AM
In Focus
Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
The most significant public confrontation between the Khaksars and the Muslim League occurred in Delhi shortly before Partition, on June 9, 1947.
10 February 2026, 17:26 PM
Building a nation in print: Paper, textbooks, and publishing in East Pakistan
Walk through the narrow lanes of old Dhaka in the 1950s and you’d hear it before you saw it: the rhythmic thrum of presses, the chatter of compositors, the swish of paper reams unwrapped and weighed.
10 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Although Maulana Madani and Maulana Maududi stood almost side by side in opposing the Muslim League’s efforts to create a separate state of Pakistan by partitioning India, they disagreed sharply on many related issues.
8 February 2026, 17:31 PM
Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
During the struggle for the creation of ‘Pakistan’, three distinct strands of opposition emerged from Maulana Maududi and his party towards the Muslim League.
5 February 2026, 14:58 PM
Between memory and truth: Mark Tully and the Bangladesh he witnessed
What mattered to him were moments when journalism mattered beyond institutions.
2 February 2026, 18:01 PM
Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
Against Madani’s Indian nationalism, Jinnah’s argument was that the historical interaction and proximity between Hindus and Muslims in Indian society existed only at the level of external social life.
2 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: We shall search, we shall find
“Eisenstein, Pudovkin / We shall fight, we shall win” was a chant by students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) during the 2015 student strikes.
2 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Vandalism and the death of civilisation
Architecture becomes the primary victim because it is the most visible, most durable, and most symbolic form of cultural expression.
29 January 2026, 14:00 PM
Khow Suey – a dish born from migration and adaptation
how did this dish—so central to our family get-togethers, yet so different from everything else we eat in Bengali cuisine, with its preponderance of rice in Bangladesh—come to be here?
28 January 2026, 16:10 PM
Chittagong centred and de-centred: A forgotten history
The previous article on Chittagong highlighted its nature as a frontier town in Harikela. The Markandeya Purana, one of the earliest of the major Puranas, validated Chittagong’s marginality from South Asia by locating it within Bhadrasva-varsha as opposed to Bharatavarsa.
26 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Before the Assam-Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging
The eastern subcontinent is one of the most fluid ecological zones in the world.
20 January 2026, 15:41 PM
Journey to the roof of the world: A Bangladeshi's Tibet travelogue
Our adventure commenced with the flight from Dhaka to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG).
19 January 2026, 16:00 PM
Remembering Jayasree Kabir: The actress who chose absence
To those who grew up watching Bengali cinema during its most creatively vibrant years, Jayasree Kabir was more than an actress. She embodied a particular kind of screen intelligence—restrained, thoughtful, and emotionally precise.
19 January 2026, 15:05 PM
Muslim Sahitya Samaj Centenary
In the light of Shikha: A letter tainted by anachronism
19 January 2026, 00:31 AM
Amanul Huq: The romantic documentarian
The international photography festival Chobi Mela will begin on January 16. This year’s festival is being organised around the theme “Punô”—meaning again or to begin anew, differently.
12 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Before the selfie age: Daddy’s self-portraits
Daddy’s most widely seen self-portrait was taken in 1951.
10 January 2026, 13:51 PM
Living in occupied Dhaka: Diaries from 1971
Ekattorer Dinguli, Ekatturer Diary, and Abaruddha Dhaka remind us that the Liberation War did more than give birth to a nation
6 January 2026, 13:20 PM
Ila Mitra: A symbol of indomitable courage
Ila Mitra transformed suffering into resistance, becoming one of the subcontinent’s most enduring symbols of courage.
6 January 2026, 02:00 AM
In a city called Elias
In a city called Elias, there is no beginning and there is no end—“it lives imperishably.” The past and the dead are as vital as the rank waters of the Buriganga.
4 January 2026, 18:00 PM
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin
Jasimuddin remembered singing songs to himself. He could not remember the words but remembered putting his own words into some of them.
4 January 2026, 08:34 AM