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
Giving Rohingyas livelihood options
The UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi has called for making livelihood options more available for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, and we agree that it would indeed be “risky” to make them into a dependent group for so long.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Healthcare sector still ill-prepared for a larger outbreak
According to experts, should we see any significant surge in Covid-19—or anything close to the situation in India—our healthcare sector will not be able to cope with it.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Donor pledges for the Rohingya not enough
The February military coup in Myanmar has plunged our neighbouring country into unrest and brought its uncertain journey towards democracy to a grinding halt.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
An unhealthy health ministry
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has found itself mired in one corruption story after another.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
VCs found guilty of corruption must be held accountable
That no action has been taken against at least four vice-chancellors of public universities, even after allegations of corruption and irregularities against them were found to be true, is disconcerting.
18 May 2021, 18:00 PM
A chokehold on investigative journalism
We are extremely disturbed by the way a senior reporter of a leading daily in the country has been treated in the line of her duty. Rozina Islam,
18 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Sorry state of a river excavation work
Excavating streambeds and banks to improve navigability of rivers is a routine work in Bangladesh. Crores of taka are spent every year for this purpose.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Now is not the time to lower our guard against Covid
With people lowering their guard against Covid-19 during the Eid celebrations, health officials and experts fear that Bangladesh may face a grimmer health crisis than before.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Metro Rail dream on its way to realisation
Last Tuesday marked an important milestone for the Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 project, as the country’s first-ever electricity-powered train ran its first
16 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Israeli atrocities must stop
We are appalled at the wanton destruction that Israeli has been wreaking on the people of Palestine and their property over the last seven days.
16 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Eid Mubarak everyone!
As the month of Ramadan approaches its end, we will once again be celebrating a different type of Eid.
11 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Chinese ambassador’s Quad remarks
We have been surprised by a statement made by the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh on Monday.
11 May 2021, 18:00 PM
When the home calls, Covid-19 is moot
Since Friday, it has been dismaying to see thousands of people having to resort to any means possible to get to their hometowns before Eid, just as the second wave of Covid-19 has slowly started to see a dip in the country.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Support for the poor crucial to economic recovery
To protect the consumption of low-income groups and boost overall domestic demand, which has been hit hard by Covid-19, the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs has called on the government to provide cash support to the poor and low-income groups.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Whom were the RMG stimulus packages for?
It is disappointing to know that 25 percent of garment factories which received stimulus packages during the pandemic on the condition that they would not lay off workers have not complied with this condition.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
The Indian variant is here!
It is not possible to talk about Covid-19 without appearing to be an alarmist. It was not a question of if but when we will be attacked by the new variant that has mutated in India.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Trees face the guillotine in Suhrawardy Udyan
People are protesting against the felling of trees at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan for the implementation of a mega project.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM
A bend in the Buriganga choked by grabbers
As far back as 2009, the High Court made a landmark judgement on saving the four rivers surrounding Dhaka by setting boundary pillars, evicting
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka continues to be choked by plastic waste
At a time when the planet is being choked by pollution and experts and leaders across the world are coming together to deal with what is being called the “climate emergency” before it turns into a full-blown crisis,
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Drop in Covid-19 infection rates reassuring
That the country yesterday saw the lowest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day since March 28 is indeed good news. It is not difficult to come to the conclusion that the drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths can be attributed to the lockdown that has been enforced from April 14.
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM