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
Women’s unpaid care work must be counted
It’s concerning that around 78 percent households primarily run by women have been facing acute financial distress during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, caused by sudden job losses,
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccines should be obtained from multiple sources
The last thing that we wanted to hear now was that Bangladesh should not expect to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India anytime soon.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Chemical warehouses still in Old Dhaka residential buildings
The fire at a building with a chemical warehouse in Armanitola that left four people dead and 25 others injured was a tragedy waiting to happen.
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt’s decision to reopen shops, malls baffling
he government’s decision to reopen shops and malls from Sunday, just as the recent “strict” lockdown was beginning to curb the rate of new Covid-19 cases and deaths, is bewildering.
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Coastal populations still vulnerable to disasters
According to a report published by this daily two days ago, a majority of the 5,700 kilometres of embankments surrounding 19 coastal districts are insufficient in preventing floods, increase in salinity and tidal surges caused by cyclones.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Independent inquiry needed into workers’ deaths
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra on April 22 filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to conduct a judicial inquiry into the killings of workers at SS Power I Plant at Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila on April 17.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Movement restrictions lowering daily infection rates
We note with some hope that both the daily rate of new Covid-19 infection and the positivity rate have been declining over the past few days.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh running out of vaccines
The vaccination campaign in Bangladesh is set to suffer a major setback as, according to the CEO of the Serum Institute of India, “there is no clarity” on vaccine exports from India at least before June-July.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM
2.45 crore new poor created by pandemic
We are deeply concerned by the findings of a survey conducted by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD),
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Ensure vaccination for all globally
We wholeheartedly agree with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for Covid 19 vaccines to be declared as a global public good that needs to be
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Expatriates face passport crunch
There is nothing worse than to find oneself stranded abroad without one’s passport. But if the person happens to be someone to whom a passport is more than a travel document, being without a passport becomes a matter of survival.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown is necessary but how will the poor survive?
Despite the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections over the past weeks, the number of daily tests has been sharply decreasing, increasing the risk factor of people carrying the virus remaining undetected and therefore infecting others.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM
DNCC Covid-19 hospital a timely move
We are relieved to know about the government’s latest initiative to turn Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) kitchen market in Mohakhali into a makeshift hospital dedicated to Covid-19 treatment.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Low ADP spending by health authorities
It’s hard to justify, especially in a pandemic year, the consistently abysmal performance of the health sector.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
The new poor must get targeted assistance
It is concerning to know that more than three percent of the labour force have lost jobs and around 16.38 million people have become newly poor during the ongoing pandemic.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Should firing be the first resort for the police?
hould people have to die for demanding their rights and their dues? It makes sad reading that five workers of the under-construction coal-fired power plant in Banshkhali were killed and at least 21 others injured during a clash with police on Saturday.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Another attack on a journalist
We are appalled by the news of a journalist—Jahangir Alam Shahin—being assaulted and tortured allegedly by BGB men in Kulaghat while he was trying to get information on incidents of drug smuggling in the area.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown is on but deaths continue to rise
We are disheartened at the ever-increasing daily Covid-19 death rate in the country, with Friday seeing a record 101 deaths. Though it should be
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Health guidelines during Ramadan
Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims all around the world, started on April 14 in Bangladesh. This is a time when Muslims engage in self-
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Cash assistance for poor a welcome development
We welcome the announcement from the government that it will be providing another round of cash assistance to nearly 35 lakh poor families facing income losses and hardships amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM