Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told senior US investors in Manhattan on 25 September that Bangladesh is open for business, and promised simpler…
As the monsoon-to-autumn boat race season peaks, a look at sari gaan, the call-and-response work songs of Bengal's boatmen, and the races…
Founded in December 1938 with a donation from Ashutosh Ganguly and named after his parents, Government Haraganga College has grown into the…
The telecom regulator has approved Banglalink's Starlink Direct-to-Cell service, which lets ordinary 4G phones send messages via satellite where there is no…
The central bank issued letters of intent to five proposed branchless banks that will operate only through apps and websites, each needing…
Founded in 1942 by the writer and legislator Abdul Hakim Bikrampuri and named after his uncle, Kazi Kamaruddin Government Institution remains one…
The scientist whose family came from Rarhikhal in Bikrampur wrote 'Niruddesher Kahini' in 1896, a tale of a cyclone calmed by a…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a supplemental agreement in New York on 23 September for five 787-10 Dreamliners and six 737-8 jets, adding…
Manik Bandopadhyay's 1936 novel about Padma fishermen became a joint Bangladesh and India film by Goutam Ghose, shot entirely on location in…
Buddhadeva Bose, Manik Bandopadhyay, Samaresh Basu, Humayun Azad and Imdadul Haq Milan all trace their origins to the region, which helped shape…
Baul songs, Jamdani weaving, the Pohela Boishakh procession, Shital Pati mats, Dhaka's rickshaw painting and Tangail saree weaving are now on UNESCO's…
Digs in Munshiganj Sadar and Tongibari since 2010 have uncovered a Buddhist monastery, a large stupa complex and radiocarbon dates reaching back…