History
Raghurampur and Nateshwar: what excavations have found of ancient Vikramapura
Digs in Munshiganj Sadar and Tongibari since 2010 have uncovered a Buddhist monastery, a large stupa complex and radiocarbon dates reaching back…
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Culture
Bikrampur Museum in Balashur: a community-run home for the region's past
Housed in an old zamindar house at Balashur in Sreenagar, the Bikrampur Museum is run by the Agrasar Bikrampur Foundation, the local…
History
Atish Dipankar Srijnan: the Vajrayogini-born scholar who took Buddhism to Tibet
Born around 982 in Vikramapura, Atish became head of Vikramashila and spent his last years in Tibet; most sources place his birth…
International
Garment exports to the US jump 26 percent in August, the biggest monthly rise on record
Export Promotion Bureau figures show Bangladesh shipped $817 million of garments to the United States in August, up 25.65 percent, after earning…
History
Idrakpur Fort: the Mughal river fort built to guard Dhaka
Probably built around 1660 under the Mughal governor Mir Jumla, the brick fort in Munshiganj town was one of a ring of…
Technology
Scientists sequence gut bacteria of Meghna hilsa in search of fish probiotics
A team led from Gazipur Agricultural University has published the genome of a bacterium found in the gut of hilsa from the…
National
Hilsa fishing to stop for 22 days from 8 October to protect spawning fish
A national taskforce has banned catching, moving, storing and selling hilsa nationwide from 8 to 29 October so that mature fish can…
Technology
BARI groundnut variety wins ISSCA Global Award 2026 for dryland farming
BARI Chinabadam-9, a groundnut variety bred by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, has been honoured at the Dryland Congress 2026 in New…
Politics
NCP names Dhaka mayoral candidates as Jamaat signals its own choices
The National Citizen Party named Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan for Dhaka North and Nasiruddin Patwary for Dhaka South on 13 September. A…