NCP weighing its paths to JS
Nearly half of the NCP’s central leaders favour forging an alliance with the BNP ahead of the 13th national election in February.
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to form paramilitary force for airports
Named Aviation Guard Bangladesh (AGB), the force would comprise 7,650 personnel
29 September 2025, 18:02 PM
Govt plans sweeping overhaul of NHRC
The government has drafted an ordinance to unshackle the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from a 15-year bar on probing members of the security forces.
20 September 2025, 18:21 PM
AL govt’s secret surveillance state
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Police: Equipped to inflict heavy casualties
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
9 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Hasina’s final days before the fall
A desire for power, intolerance for dissent, and failure to see the writing on the wall undid Hasina's iron-fisted rule
4 August 2025, 18:11 PM
Experts question training flights above mega city
Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.
21 July 2025, 18:24 PM
2 years lost, life shattered
He was around 15 when he was picked up, a ninth grader.
15 June 2025, 19:20 PM
Before cancer: Treating arsenic early
First comes the wheezing. It happens decades before the skin lesions appear – the tell-tale signs of arsenic poisoning.
10 June 2017, 06:15 AM
Child abused at home, teachers helpless
Teachers are struggling with cases of sexual abuse and they do not have an effective social welfare system to turn to for help.
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Guilty of what?
With the court dismissing all the other complaints, the narcotics claim is the main battleground now. However, when the case is analysed, what comes up is that the law enforcers found only 45 yaba tablets. Twenty-eight men were sent to jail for it. Breaking down, it is 1.6 tablets per person only
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Lost to corruption
The people set afloat by the flash floods of the haor areas are not blaming their luck—or some supreme being. The only omnipotent force they are naming is far nearer, in the Sylhet metropolis and goes by the name of the Water Development Board.
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM
A spoonful of Chromium, with love
What is in the eggs you eat? On April 9, the Supreme Court looked for the answer to this question and did not like what they found.
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Are we sugarcoating murder?
It is difficult to decide whether the murder case filed against 41 people for the Rana Plaza disaster can be measured as progress or not.
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
What could have been a landmark case
This could have been a landmark case. This could have - once and for all - proved that sexual harassment on the street is something that needs to be dealt with the force of law.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
MY BODY, THEIR CHOICE
In January this year, a woman in her early twenties named Sonia Akhter was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital haemorrhaging from a botched abortion.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Should the government's request to Facebook worry you?
Last week, I somehow found myself at a market where the Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) were busting shops for selling walkie-talkies.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Will it be another case of impunity for rape?
The last time anyone involved in investigating Tonu's case gave any real updates was last June.
19 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Rape does not end with the incident
Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student from Comilla's Victoria College, was raped and her dead body was dumped in the bushes on March 20, 2016. The incident happened inside the cantonment area where she lived with her family. Her father discovered her dead body.
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
And Still The Man Stays Unscathed
All in a week's work. March has barely started. We already have five men (at least) raping, assaulting and killing the women they thought were below them.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM