A testimony to earliest sculpting techniques of Bengal
A rare Vishnu statue has recently been discovered during visits to several archaeological sites in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria.
8m ago
Remnants of a wrestlers’ nest
Kushti, also known as pehlwani, a form of traditional wrestling contested in the sub-continent, was once a popular sport in Dhaka after having originated during the Mughal period.
8m ago
Turag turns into a dumping zone
Turag river is gradually filling up with the waste industries and residents are dumping onto the eastern shore of the waterbody, which falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
1y ago
A discovery that may save Bara Katra
An exciting new discovery by researchers has raised the hope of saving one of the most important heritage sites of Dhaka – the Bara Katra, a Mughal-era palace built for a prince and later turned into an inn for travellers.
1y ago
Boro Katra, Chhoto Katra: Dhaka's key historic sites in ruins
Dhaka city’s two ancient structures -- Boro Katra and Chhoto Katra -- are at the verge of extinction due to rampant encroachment in absence of government measures to preserve those.
2y ago
Who damaged Novera’s sculpture?
More than three years have passed since a prominent sculpture by renowned sculptor Novera Ahmed was damaged inside Bangladesh National Museum. But even though so much time has passed, perpetrators behind the incident are yet to be brought under law.
2y ago
Left in legal limbo
The process of handing over 52 acres of land allocated to Dhaka University in 2018 remains halted for four years due to legal complexities.
2y ago
A new look for Shaheed Minar?
After 38 years, the Central Shaheed Minar Complex is about to be restructured: the authorities concerned have taken an initiative to reshape the historic premise located inside the Dhaka University campus.
2y ago
November 13, 2021
Rare, yet to be recorded: 10 Middle Ages sculptures spotted in 4 Sylhet temples
Four Sylhet temples have long been housing 10 Middle Ages sculptures, including a rare five-faced Shivalinga and a goddess on a corpse, but historians and archaeologists were unaware of their existence.
October 2, 2021
Buriganga Riverbank: Up for grabbing
Local syndicates are out again to grab swathes of the Buriganga riverbank in the capital’s Kamrangichar, blocking the natural flow of the river.
September 27, 2021
BIWTA filling up the Turag again
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has taken an initiative to build permanent structures in the capital’s Gabtoli, Amin Bazar, and Diabari areas by filling the Turag.
June 22, 2021
A truck stand on the Turag
Trucks and covered vans stood parked in multiple rows, and goods were being loaded onto and unloaded from cargo vessels anchored nearby on the Turag river.
May 8, 2021
Narrow Buriganga bend turns deadly
A narrow V-shaped bend in the Buriganga river, one of the major channels of the country’s inland waterways communications, has increasingly become an accident-prone zone in recent years.
April 11, 2021
Chawkbazar Jail: Ruins offer trip deep into Old Dhaka history
The ruins of a Sultanate-era building have been found inside the old central jail compound in the Chawkbazar area of Dhaka.
March 16, 2021
Travel back in time with old sculptures
Four ages-old stone sculptures, so far academically unrecorded, have been found at a monastery in Sylhet city and can open up a new avenue of studying art and heritage of ancient Shrihatta.
March 2, 2021
Artworks at DU library: Masterpieces left to decay
Four important examples of the country’s modern art -- a sculpture by Novera Ahmed and three murals by Hamidur Rahman -- have been decaying on the walls of Dhaka University Central Library.
October 11, 2020
On the road to ancient Srihatta
As per the record, Panchakhanda Basudeva Angan, a millennium-old temple in Supatala village of Sylhet’s Beanibazar, housed only a Basudeva statue.
July 31, 2020
Misfortune of a majestic landmark
Instead of protecting the Buckland Bund of Old Dhaka, its custodians have been busy erecting illegal structures on the historic dam and its periphery since 1984.
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