Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre
10 September 2026
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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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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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Bangladeshi fisherman held by Myanmar border cops in Teknaf
Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) allegedly detain a Bangladeshi fisherman in Naf river of Teknaf of Chittagong and took him to their side of the border.
13 December 2016
Indian war veterans to celebrate Victory Day in Dhaka
Bangladesh and India will celebrate the Victory Day in Dhaka and Kolkata through exchanges of delegations comprising freedom fighters from Bangladesh and Indian war veterans.
13 December 2016
Assault on journo protested
Newsmen of Dinajpur and Joypurhat at a human chain in Panchbibi upazila yesterday protested assault on a journalist by Border Guard
12 December 2016
Manikganj, Bogra freed this day
Manikganj and Bogra were freed on this day in 1971.
12 December 2016
BSF yet to return cattle trader's body
The body of a Bangladeshi cattle trader, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday near Durgapur border in
12 December 2016
Labourers cry for job
A good number of day labourers are suffering from job crisis as the northern district sees much less activities in different sectors with
11 December 2016
6 broken bridges not repaired for years
A large number of people in different areas of Tangail, Jhalakathi, Nilphamari and Barisal districts are suffering from communication
11 December 2016
C'nawabganj road blocked for three hrs
Local people yesterday barricaded the Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port road in Shibganj upazila for three hours, protesting the
11 December 2016
Woes mount as copiers of deed on strike
Service receivers suffer a lot as an indefinite strike, enforced by extra-muharrirs (copiers) at sub-registry office, still continues.
10 December 2016
Peak time for brick kilns
Workers at different brick kilns in the district are passing busy time making bricks after a delay of two weeks due to bad
10 December 2016
Road to century old temple demanded
Local Hindu people at a human chain in Chirirbandar upazila yesterday demanded a pitch road to Chibuka temple, a 100-year-
10 December 2016
Seaports asked to hoist distant warning signal 2
Maritime ports in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no. 2 as cyclonic storm ‘Vardah’ over the southeast Bay and adjoining areas moved slightly west-northwestwards.
10 December 2016
US envoy for religious freedom to visit Bangladesh
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein will visit Bangladesh this week.
10 December 2016
Cyclone ‘Vardah’ moves northwards
The cyclonic storm, ‘Vardah’, over the southeast bay and adjoining area moves further northwards over the same area.
9 December 2016
Hindus in panic
As police are yet to arrest the perpetrators behind the attacks on two temples in the last three months, 200 Hindu families in Shialkhawa
8 December 2016
Another dies, 10 more fall sick in Sylhet
A 65-year-old woman died after eating puffer fish and 10 more fell sick yesterday in Jaintapur upazila of the district.
7 December 2016
Call to stop harassing indigenous people
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) organised a 30-kilometre-long human chain from Khagrachhari Sadar to Dudukchara in Panchari
7 December 2016
Mirzapur canal almost dead
An important canal in Mirzapur municipal area of the district has become almost dead due to mindless filling and grabbing.
7 December 2016
Another dies after eating puffer fish in Sylhet
Another woman, who fell sick after taking puffer fish in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet yesterday, dies at a hospital in the city, raising the death toll to six.
7 December 2016
A cyclone of difference
In the middle of the night, Atul Sur, a fisherman from Koyra, arrives at Dublarchar, an island in the Sundarbans, in a small boat loaded with Batasha (sweets), candles, incense sticks and coconuts.
7 December 2016