APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Untold stories of 1971 through private letters
7 September 2026
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The extraordinary journey of Atish Dipankar Srigyan
6 September 2026
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Forgotten story of Jeanette Van Tassel, the American woman who flew over Dhaka in 1892
5 September 2026
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Beyond 1947 / A personal essay
4 September 2026
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Abul Mansur Ahmad / A global quest in search of a nation
3 September 2026
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Chand Bibi and the forgotten history of Muslim women’s political resistance
2 September 2026
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Women’s voices in Nazrul’s Dhumketu
31 August 2026
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How Milad-un-Nabi shaped Muslim cultural life in colonial Bengal
26 August 2026
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Early North Bengal: A (re-)creation and a lone journey
Naturally, ENB, which was mentioned as Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti in the Gupta epigraphs, remained mostly understudied.
30 November 2025
My experience as an editor of a Bangla magazine
We wanted Edesh-Ekal to say something to all citizens and at the same time to maintain a strong focus on women and their problems
28 November 2025
‘Struggle’: Noazesh Ahmed and his first masterpiece
All his life, Noazesh remained immersed in the enchantment of art.
24 November 2025
Remembering Munier Bhai
Munier Chowdhury's extraordinary contributions—not only through his own work but also by inspiring others and engaging in dialogue—made him unique.
23 November 2025
Photographing Muslim women: How Sufia Kamal broke the camera taboo
Sufia herself faced no trouble for having her photograph printed, but her poem did create difficulties.
20 November 2025
Dhaka’s forgotten WWII story: What soldiers feared more than Japanese bullets
The US soldiers and Allied crews who passed through Dhaka during the war ended up fighting two battles at once
18 November 2025
Bhashani and the gayebi janazah of 1968: A photographic history
The atmosphere was heavy and tense. It seemed unlikely that people would turn up for the gayebi janazah.
17 November 2025
Two forgotten kingdoms of Bengal
Maps are regarded as affirmative visual documents, permanently fixing places, distances, and itineraries in our minds. Yet we often forget that early modern maps were subjective texts, only approximating places.
16 November 2025
‘Let democracy be free’: The image that shook a dictator
After the photo’s publication, government intelligence officers began searching for Pavel Rahman.
10 November 2025
A song for the soul
How ‘Mayer Tori’ is reviving folk music in the north
10 November 2025
The Bhola Cyclone and the making of Bangladesh
Beyond its tragic human cost, the Bhola Cyclone likely had political consequences—within a year, a new nation was born.
9 November 2025
“Why should I leave?” The Partition in the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
The agony over Partition-related uprootings from home and homeland suffuses Ghatak's cinema.
3 November 2025
The Last Republican
Tajuddin’s politics was not about quick wins or symbolic gestures
3 November 2025
Reading power: How everyday texts shaped life under the British Empire
At the heart of Required Reading are forgotten readers from the past.
28 October 2025
Why was Sher-e-Bangla so popular?
What made Sher-e-Bangla so popular among the masses of Bengal?
27 October 2025
The dawn of Islamic songs in Bengal
Though Muslims of undivided Bengal used to view music and dance as Hindu traditions and distanced themselves from them, they warmly embraced Abbasuddin's Islamic songs written by Kazi Nazrul Islam.
26 October 2025
My discovery of Sher-e-Bangla
The discovery of these rare documents and letters sent to A. K. Fazlul Huq offers deeper insights into history, verifying past accounts and vividly bringing the story of the United Front election to life.
25 October 2025
Sher-e-Bangla and his political rivals
The most aggressive efforts to sideline him and remove him from the Chief Minister's office came from Suhrawardy.
25 October 2025
The thrills of Rakib Hasan
Rakib Hasan took Western adventure tales and breathed into them a Bangladeshi heart.
23 October 2025
How Bengal discovered Japan: A 150-year chronicle
As Asia's first Nobel laureate, Tagore's visit to Japan created an unprecedented stir among the Japanese people.
19 October 2025