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
TikTok trafficking ring a sign of risky digital spaces
A police investigation into the rape and torture of a Bangladeshi woman in India has revealed a sinister network of human trafficking operating within the country.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
MPs blast health ministry’s dereliction
It was encouraging to see our dysfunctional parliament be enlivened for once with the type of challenging questions that ought to be asked in the great parliamentary hall.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Recurring slum fires a cause of concern
Incidences of fire in the slums of Dhaka have taken frighteningly endemic proportions. In the last six months, fires have engulfed several large slums in the city, creating greater suffering for already marginalised and distressed populations.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Four Chattogram corporate groups supplying free oxygen during the pandemic
We applaud the initiative taken by four corporate houses based in Chattogram, who have been supplying oxygen to hospitals and patients for free in several districts, like Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Feni, Cumilla, and Sylhet, since the middle of last year.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Growing crisis at RMCH
It’s deeply worrying that Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), the central hospital in the division, is struggling with a growing crisis of ventilators and ICU beds amidst a surge in Covid-19 infections.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Budget ignoring environmental concerns?
It’s quite disheartening to know that in the national budget for fiscal year 2021-22, only Tk 1,221 crore has been allocated for the Ministry of
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Virus surge continues, getting closer to the capital
We are apprehensive of what is to come as Covid-19 infection and death rates continue to rise to dangerous numbers in many districts across the
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
The new poor left in the lurch
While generally the FY21-22 budget is business friendly, the same regrettably cannot be said about its provisions for the poor, particularly those who have been newly thrust below the poverty line due to reasons induced by the pandemic.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Waterbodies in Tangail on their deathbed
It is heart-breaking to learn of the near death of three rivers and one canal in Tangail due to the dumping of polluted elements by some mills and factories in the given area, according to a DS report yesterday which was World Environment Day.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Trafficking of girls and women on the rise
A report in The Daily Star on June 3 highlighted the harrowing experiences of three trafficked victims who were lured to India under false promises of getting well-paying decent jobs.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A more pro-people budget expected
Since the pandemic hit Bangladesh in early 2020, the poverty rate has doubled—for every five people in Bangladesh, two are now living below the poverty line.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid cases on the rise in border districts
We are alarmed at the recent rise in Covid-19 positive cases in the country, and especially in areas along our borders.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
The second Covid budget
The finance minister on Thursday presented the 50th annual budget of the country which amounted to Tk 603,681 crore, up from last year’s budget of Tk 568,000 crore. Here are our initial reactions to it, and a more detailed analysis will follow.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Corruption in public hospitals must be stopped
We’re shocked to know that a hundred steel almirahs which would normally cost Tk 23,000 each have been bought at Tk 96,000 each by the
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Border districts woefully underprepared for Covid-19 surge
Over the past week, there has been a worrying surge of coronavirus cases in border districts, with some displaying positivity rates that range from 20 percent to a whopping 40 percent.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Students should be on the vaccine priority list
We are pleased to hear that students of public and private universities are going to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis, once they are available.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown of border areas
Only a couple of days ago, we had opined in these very columns that the government should opt for a strict lockdown in the border districts if we are to avoid a situation like the kind that India is facing presently.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
After the cyclone, coastal people are still in distress
According to a report published by The Daily Star yesterday, people of coastal regions are still in government shelter homes where they had gone before cyclone Yaas was about to strike the region. They cannot go back to their houses, which are submerged under rising levels of saline water.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Yet another instance of faculty plagiarism
We’re worried about the instances of plagiarism which appear to be on the rise in the country’s universities. After three Dhaka University teachers were demoted over plagiarism in their research papers four months ago,
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
LSD and other drugs are killing our young
We are shocked by a report published by The Daily Star yesterday that describes how, the drug Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) has been smuggled
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM