History

History

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: Courtesy

Over 30 tourism clusters being developed in country: PM on eve of Tourism Day

“As part of these initiatives, more than 30 tourism clusters are being developed across the country, highlighting Bangladesh's history, culture and heritage.

Photo: BSS

Bangladesh U-20 women's hockey team make history with Malaysia win

On this day in 1498: Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut, charting a new era of European trade with Indian subcontinent

On this day in 1498: Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut, charting a new era of European trade with Indian subcontinent

Photo: Syed Zaker Hossain/TBS

Historic Lalkuthi set to reopen after major restoration

A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots. Photo: Collected

Writing may have begun 40,000 years earlier than thought: Research

A slender stick discovered along a lakeshore in Greece on 29 January 2025. Photo: AP/UNB

Scientists find earliest wooden tools yet at Greek excavation

Photo: TBS

How many times has the Louvre been robbed?

Illustration: TBS

The high cost of trade chaos across a century

Imperial Federation Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886 (Cornell University Library

No superpower lasts forever

Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka Professor Niaz Ahmad Khan inaugurating the 104th founding anniversary of the university on 1 July 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Efforts to put Language Movement, Liberation War, July uprising against each other will be resisted: DU VC

Representational image. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Gold becomes costliest in Bangladesh's history as prices hiked for 18th time this year

Infographic: TBS

Numerical story of the world's 7,164 living languages

People take part in a rally to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from power, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

How martial law has been used over South Korea's turbulent history