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
The re-employed are not faring well
A recent CPD-Oxfam survey on 2,600 households from 16 districts has painted a grim picture of the pandemic’s effect on people’s incomes and livelihoods.
6 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 variants from India spreading across Nepal
According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Nepal is now being overwhelmed by a surge in Covid-19 infections as India’s outbreak spreads across South Asia.
6 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Buet researchers develop cost-effective portable ventilator
Amidst the ongoing countrywide strain on the supply of medical oxygen, researchers at Buet’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Informal workers left to fend for themselves
That the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have been difficult for the poor, especially the urban poor, should not come as a surprise to
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Will the inter-district transport ban prevent movement of people?
As part of its strategy to contain the spread of Covid-19, the government has extended the ongoing lockdown till May 16. During this time, all inter-district bus, launch and train services will remain suspended.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
The Padma river speedboat tragedy could have been avoided
Twenty-six people tragically died in the Padma river in Madaripur on May 3 when a speedboat capsized after crashing into a sand-laden bulk carrier. According to one of the survivors of the crash, the driver was not skilled at manoeuvring the speedboat and was driving haphazardly from the beginning.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Press freedom is in danger
One essential element of any democracy, universally acknowledged throughout the ages, is a free press. But sadly, in Bangladesh, press freedom is becoming increasingly more restrictive and is diminishing.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Isolate big cities but don’t just stop there
It’s reassuring to know that despite a lower Covid-19 positivity rate in recent days, the authorities are not lowering their guard yet.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Who will hold the reins of private hospitals?
It is common knowledge that the cost of Covid-19 treatment is much higher in private hospitals than in public ones, like all treatments basically.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Woes of the migrant workers
One of the sectors hit hardest by the pandemic is the migrant workers’ sector. Every country has been affected by the pandemic fallout, in greater
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Selfless endeavours during pandemic
It is truly humbling and inspiring to see the efforts of voluntary organisations such as “Mehman” in coming forward for those in need during this pandemic.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Exemplary initiative by Gonoshasthaya Kendra
If our year-long struggle against Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that a unique health crisis of this nature requires a unique response, unencumbered by the limitations of a past-bound mentality.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccines must be recognised as a global public good
Following a video conference, the foreign ministers of six countries including Bangladesh, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal issued a joint statement on April 28 expressing their desire to work closely in various regional initiatives to defeat Covid-19.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mental health issues haunting healthcare workers
Recent studies have revealed the woeful state of the mental health of our country’s healthcare professionals amidst a raging pandemic.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh joins Chinese initiative for vaccine, oxygen
We welcome the government’s decision to join five other South Asian countries in a multilateral effort to ensure vaccine and oxygen supply among the countries.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Urban poor need immediate aid interventions
The second wave of the coronavirus coupled with the most recent round of lockdown, which took effect from April 14, has once again laid bare the extreme vulnerabilities faced by the urban poor in Bangladesh.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Caught between the devil and the deep sea
Not surprisingly, the administration finds itself on the horns of a dilemma. With the violent onslaught of the second wave of Covid-19 in various mutated forms deadlier than previous ones,
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
If the vaccines are safe and effective, get them!
With Serum Institute of India failing on its agreement to provide three crore vaccine shots in six instalments, the Bangladesh government has finally started to explore alternative sources for the Covid-19 vaccine.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Do we have enough food grain stocks?
Recent media reports have highlighted that during this Ramadan, prices of medium-sized rice in the retail market have gone up by 1.89 percent per kg than the usual rate, while prices of coarse rice has also increased up to 4.35 percent per kg.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Depoliticisation of Qawmi teachers and students
Amidst lingering tensions between the government and Hefazat-e-Islam, the combined Islamic education board of Qawmi madrasas has decided that teachers and students of the Qawmi madrasas will stay away from all sorts of political activities.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM