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The first reports of a political assassination: Revisiting newspaper coverage of Zia's killing
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Why Zia still matters in today's Bangladesh
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More than a saree: The living legacy of Tangail
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Tagore’s “Balaka” and the decolonial poetics of becoming
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Kolkata's Eid, my Eid
29 May 2026, 12:56 PM
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The quiet lessons of Shital Pati
29 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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Mercy, love, and pluralism: A sufi vision of Islam
28 May 2026, 08:30 AM
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Beyond the loom: How Jamdani preserves the values of peace
27 May 2026, 10:30 AM
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Hair oil, bumblebees, and the lost world of Bengali advertising art
27 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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Dhaka raid: Injured Hasan remained missing for a year
Rakibul Hasan alias Rigan is an alleged militant activist who sustained bullet injuries during a joint drive in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area on July 26, 2016 and has been missing for a year.
26 July 2016, 10:31 AM
Indefinite bus strike isolates Rajshahi
Hundreds of people are suffering immensely as road communication of Rajshahi with other parts of the country has been snapped following a wildcat indefinite strike enforced by local bus workers and owners.
26 July 2016, 06:51 AM
Gross anomalies in test relief, food for work projects
Gross irregularities are evident in Dimla upazila in projects under Test Relief (TR), Food for Work (FW) and Taka for Work (TW), in the
25 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Rab publishes revised missing list
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) publishes a revised list of 68 people of ages from 15 to 40 who recently went missing from different districts of Bangladesh.
25 July 2016, 14:51 PM
Show cause notice against judge for not disposing of case in 6yrs
The High Court issues a show cause notice against the judge of Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 in Dhaka for failing to dispose of a murder case in more than six years.
25 July 2016, 10:16 AM
Lightning kills 2
Two people were killed by lightning in Ranishankoil upazila of the district on Friday.
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Tenants, students in fear of police harassment
Tenants, especially students of different messes and dormitories in Jhenidah town and its adjacent areas, are passing their days in
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Launch terminal goes into river in Barisal
Erosion by the Pungli River, a tributary of the mighty Jamuna River, has turned serious in Kalihati upazila of Tangail. In Barisal, the
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM
College girl abducted
Criminals abducted a college girl from Jessore Sadar upazila on Thursday. Family members said a gang of 3/ 4 allegedly led by Badhan
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Missing trader's body found
Police recovered the body of a missing vegetable trader from the Jamuna River in Birampur upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Dutch-Bangla Chamber chief ‘missing’
Top businessman and Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s President Hasan Khalid has been reported “missing,” family and police say.
24 July 2016, 12:30 PM
People of 3 upazilas suffer as bypass under water
Thousands of people of three upazilas are suffering as a bypass road of an under- construction bridge has gone under water. All kinds of
23 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Saudi ‘curbs’ visas for Bangladeshi single male domestic workers
Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends recruitment of Bangladeshi single males as domestic worker in three categories.
23 July 2016, 15:09 PM
The lost histories of the Bengali Harlem
Vivek Bald reconstructs the forgotten stories and communities of Bengalis in America from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
22 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Train derails in Moulvibazar, Sylhet rail link cut
A cargo train breaks down and derailed at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar snapping rail link between Dhaka and Sylhet completely.
22 July 2016, 13:14 PM
Continued flood brings woe to people in districts
The flood situation in Sunamganj is worsening as flash flood and heavy rainfall continue, and in Kurigram, the
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Now the stray elephant moves in Sirajganj shoal
The Indian wild elephant, which was separated from its companions and came into Bangladesh from Assam through
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Illegal structures built on river bank
Illegal structures have narrowed the Done River in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, thanks to mindless encroachment
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
India to bring back washed away elephant
India is to bring back a wild elephant which was washed away by the Brahmaputra last month and reached a sandbar in Kurigram district, reports The Times of India.
21 July 2016, 16:11 PM
Train service with Ctg resumes after 10hrs
Rail communication of Chittagong with the other parts of the country including Dhaka has been restored after 10 hours of disruption following a train derailment at Fatehpur rail gait in Feni Sadar upazila in the port city.
21 July 2016, 04:27 AM