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The quiet lessons of Shital Pati
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Beyond the loom: How Jamdani preserves the values of peace
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Hair oil, bumblebees, and the lost world of Bengali advertising art
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The tale of some rare portraits from Nazrul’s final days
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Tuning the melody of Baul songs into peace education
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Shreemati Rassundari and the making of the first autobiography by a Bengali woman
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Indian visa centre kicks off in Jessore
The newly set up Indian visa processing centre started receiving visa applications from visa seekers in Jessore yesterday.
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Khagrachhari journos seek security of life
Thirty-five journalists of the hill district yesterday sought security of their lives alleging that the mayor of Khagrachhari and his
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Spurious pesticides flood markets
Adulterated pesticides have flooded the markets in the district due to lax monitoring by the Department of Agriculture
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Indonesian foreign minister visits Rohingya camps
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi visits two refugee camps of Rohingyas in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar.
20 December 2016, 09:27 AM
A group trying to destroy apparel sector: Minister
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu comes down hard on the agitating apparel workers and says a vested quarter is trying to destroy the sector.
20 December 2016, 06:44 AM
Santals refuse to shift elsewhere
The evicted ethnic minority Santals of Madarpur and Joypurpara in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila have demanded
19 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Meet demands by December 21
Reiterating the demand for implementation of the first phase of land acquisition for divisional activities, sparing
18 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Evicted hawkers reoccupy rail tracks in Nilphamari
Only three months after eviction, hawkers have again set up scores of makeshift shops of second-hand warm
18 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Poor sale of quilt upsets traders
Second-hand warm clothes and cheap rated blankets have a bad impact on the sale of quilts this season, making the
18 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Concrete bridge still a dream
A concrete bridge over the river Gidari is now nothing but a dream for the villagers at Chawratari in Aditmari upazila
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Jhalakathi school under threat of river erosion
Mathbari Union High School in the district is under threat of erosion by Bishkhali River as the river has been devouring
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Drive fails to touch influentials
The drive to recover the Louhajang river in Tangail is going on, but the influential grabbers are allegedly remaining
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
THE UNFINISHED STRUGGLE
An intellectual is a person who tries to understand the world and, not less importantly, to communicate his/her understanding
16 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Moderate fog likely over river basins
Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country.
16 December 2016, 06:59 AM
BSF picks up one
Indian border guards picked up a farmer while he was irrigating his tobacco field near Bonchowki border in
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Elephants kill 2 in Cox's Bazar
Two people were killed by a wild elephant in Pekua upazila of the district yesterday.
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Cold waves disrupt life in Lalmonirhat
Arrival of winter with heavy cold wave sweeping over the northern district for the last few days adds to the sufferings
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Learners, teachers at risk
Risking their lives, over 336 students are attending classes at Uttar Char Jabbar Government Primary School in
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
MP Shamim can't head N’ganj school body for 3 months: HC
The High Court stays for three months the activities of Narayanganj Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman as chairman of a school managing committee in his area.
15 December 2016, 15:06 PM
Tea workers fear eviction
Workers of four tea gardens held various programmes on Tuesday marking one year of their protests against setting up of an economic zone in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.
14 December 2016, 18:00 PM