Timely election must for economic stability
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Zero pass rate a sign of bigger problems
23 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Reduce preventable deaths and injuries
22 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Persistent rights concerns demand scrutiny
21 October 2025, 14:00 PM
Legal labour migration for all workers is crucial
21 October 2025, 05:00 AM
After airport fire, the government must rebuild confidence
20 October 2025, 14:00 PM
A tariff schedule that hurts businesses
20 October 2025, 06:58 AM
Sabotage or not, the government must account for the recent fires
19 October 2025, 14:00 PM
Mirpur at risk as illegal chemical businesses mushroom
19 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Tripura mob killing of Bangladeshis exposes the accountability gap
19 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Curbing Covid-19 is a priority, but so is continuing education
Schools and colleges in Bangladesh have remained closed for more than 500 days now,
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Without a collective Covid response, we’re just running in circles
At almost every step of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has suffered from a number of recurring setbacks—prominent among them a
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Do workers’ lives and safety really matter to the govt?
With the government suddenly announcing on Friday that export-oriented factories will operate per normal starting August 1—despite the DGHS warning
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Woes of Bhabadah
Waterlogging has now become a permanent problem plaguing three upazillas of Jashore and two upazilas of Khulna since the early 80s. But the measures taken to mitigate, if not cure the problem, does not seem to be in accord with suggestions of most of the experts in this field.
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Pregnant women seemingly at greater risk from Delta variant
A disturbing trend of more pregnant women passing away from Covid-19 has been observed recently. A week ago, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital had
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis is as much the international community’s problem, as Bangladesh’s
The World Bank, as part of its proposal for preparing a global Refugee Policy Review Framework has suggested to the Bangladesh government through a letter to grant freedom of movement of refugees, that they be given birth certificates, education, jobs and infrastructure.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Factories reopening amid strict lockdown
On Friday, a few hours after the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed its recommendation to extend the current strict lockdown, the government’s cabinet division issued a circular stating that export-oriented factories will be able to operate as per usual starting today,
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Patuakhali hospital needs urgent equipment and manpower
We are shocked to find that the residents of Patuakhali and Barguna—around 28 lakh people—do not have access to crucial healthcare to treat critical Covid-
30 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Authorities should stop ignoring life-saving inventions
During the pandemic, many brilliant minds in our country have come up with prototypes of various life-saving devices. Their urgency was bolstered keeping
30 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue surge requires urgent action
It seems neither the Covid-19 nor the dengue virus is backing down from their sweeping spread across the country. What is worse is that most patients of
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
According to various studies, human trafficking is the third largest crime industry in the world behind drug dealing and arms trafficking—which are also often
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
New project to support migrant workers not enough
We are pleased to hear that the government has undertaken a new project to support migrant workers who have returned home to Bangladesh during the pandemic.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Death in landslides can be prevented
We are deeply saddened by the terrible tragedy caused by landslides in Cox’s Bazar that took the lives of seven people including five Rohingyas. A 14-year-old girl, nine-year-old boy and a year old infant are among the dead in this tragedy.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Time to review the DSA
The Digital Security Act, 2018 has proved to be even more contentious than the controversial Section 57 of the ICT Act, 2006 (as amended in 2013) it
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Cabinet rejects a shameful appeal by the public administration ministry
It is unimaginable that the public administration ministry—or anyone else for that matter—would seek any sort of immunity for retired public servants, who
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Consumers confronted with price hikes of LPG cylinders
According to a DS report published yesterday, people have to pay around Tk 200 extra while buying a 12 kg LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cylinder from the
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Help stranded migrant workers to re-migrate
A report published by Brac Migration Programme last April shows that among 417 migrant workers who had returned home amid the coronavirus epidemic,
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
A good initiative goes awry
Pictures of newly built tin shed low-cost houses, crumbling pathetically so soon after construction is an extremely good example of extraordinary bad
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Crores’ worth of disaster response equipment collecting dust
A recent report by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) revealed that different types of emergency response equipment bought
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Why are we not bothered about Pegasus?
The world is abuzz with the news reports by several major international news outlets that have revealed how people among 45 countries have been spied
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM