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
Red tape stymieing biomed inventions
As the pandemic raged on for the last year and a half, the inventor’s wheels also kept turning.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Trapped in Kurdistan
The horrifying tales of Bangladeshi women being trafficked, more often than not, take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Hospitals stare at tougher time
The Covid pandemic has entered a phase where hospitals across the country are being pushed to their limits.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Built to crumble
It began with two things -- good intentions and a plan flawed to the core.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
From toil to tail end: At least 16 children missing in Rupganj factory fire
At least 16 children are missing -- and possibly dead -- in the fire at Hashem Foods Ltd. All of them were working at the factory.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Nasal cannula crisis now proving fatal
The deaths of at least 16 Covid-19 patients at hospitals across the country last week, reportedly due to a shortage of oxygen, shone a light on the extent of the oxygen crisis.
6 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Rt-Pcr Test in Dhaka, Elsewhere: Disparities wide, worrying
Nearly 70 percent of Bangladesh’s RT-PCR testing facilities, needed for accurate diagnosis of Covid-19, are based in the Dhaka division -- a worrying discovery seeing that the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak has shifted out of the capital and its surrounding areas.
3 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Labour Courts: Hassles outweigh remedy they give
On average, labour courts take ten times more time to pass a judgment than they are legally allowed.
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
ICU occupancy galloping
Compared to June 1, the number of beds occupied at hospitals in the capital more than doubled as of yesterday, showing how fast the health crisis induced by the Covid-19 is deepening across the city.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Rights custodian not doing it right
The National Human Rights Commission could not resolve nearly half of the cases filed with it over the last decade.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Border Hospitals Tackling Covid: Understaffed, under stress
As the Covid-19 crisis continues to unfold in bordering districts, with some put under lockdown to put the brakes on the transmission, major hospitals in those districts totter due to a shortage of frontline doctors and nurses.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
The allure is a free pass to extort
For the past month, every lamppost, electric pole and balustrade in the neighbourhoods in Dhaka-14 constituency was strung up with technicolor posters of at least 33 politicians vying to be the oarsman of one boat -- that of the seat left empty by deceased parliamentarian Aslamul Haque.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
The brawl over Ivermectin
As Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the country, doctors are once again mulling over Ivermectin as a possible answer. However, controversy continues to follows this drug.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Private hospitals treating Covid-19 patients charging at will
Desperate and discomposed, they would arrive at the doors of private hospitals to get treatment for Covid-19.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No cushion for Middle Class
One story that went viral last month was that of Narayanganj’s Farid Ahmed, who had called the national hotline seeking relief but was deemed “too rich” to get any government aid.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
RMG Fire and Building Safety: Brands off the hook from today
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh expires today, but only two clothing retailers have so far agreed to renew their contract.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Rozina In Jail: ‘Leaked video delays bail’
The state asked for more time, and time is what they got yesterday, as Metropolitan Magistrate Md Baki Billah postponed deciding on Rozina Islam’s bail until next Sunday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Jobs taken, benefits too
After Dragon Sweaters’ Dhaka factory closed due to the pandemic last year, former garments worker Abdul Kuddus had to sign away rights to half of his termination benefits.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Critically Ill Covid Patients: ICU bed, ventilator ever more elusive
Only families with critically-ill Covid-19 patients know the pain of trying to find an intensive care unit (ICU) bed at this point. ICU wards are chock-full all over the city, while critical patients have their clocks ticking.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Joyless Pahela Baishakh, gloom at iftar tables
When last year the country faced for the first time a Pahela Baishakh indoors, or the first day of Ramadan without family and celebration, the new reality was adopted with much gusto.
15 April 2021, 18:00 PM