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
A proposed law that may save the coastal ecosystem
It is encouraging that the state minister for shipping has placed “The Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021” in the parliament, which in turn has been
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
The marginalised would need relief during lockdown
It was only a matter of time before the country went into a lockdown, once again. The question is why did it not come sooner, given the sharp increase
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt wants to produce AstraZeneca vaccine locally
The government’s recent request to British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, to authorise the production of its Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh,
3 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Faridpur criminal duo mere tip of the iceberg
Further details have emerged of the operations of the notorious Faridpur criminal duo and their associates and patrons which, once again, put into sharp relief the enduring connection between politics and crimes in Bangladesh.
3 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Partial lockdown can’t be the only solution to Covid-19 surge
According to a report in this daily on Thursday, the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended “partial or modified” lockdown of “high-risk” areas in Bangladesh.
2 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Give fresh relief to the poor
It has been a year since the Covid-19 pandemic began and instead of letting up, the situation has been getting worse recently.
2 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Fully-fledged hospital sitting idle for 19 years
It is deeply disconcerting that the Indurkani Upazila Health Complex in Pirojpur, which was established in 2002, has not provided any indoor services to patients since its founding 19 years ago, despite being equipped with the necessary equipment and facilities.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Commuters suffer big time due to transport shortage
People living in Dhaka, especially the office-goers, suffered immensely on Wednesday due to a lack of public transport as the government’s directive to keep half the seats in buses vacant came into effect.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Violence in Myanmar continues to escalate
THE situation in Myanmar has only gone from bad to worse since the military seized power after refusing to accept the results of the country’s national elections in February.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Lack of resources and awareness amidst Covid-19 surge
Whether the newer strains of the coronavirus are responsible for the recent spike in the number of infections in Bangladesh is still being debated.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Government’s fresh directives on Covid-19
In the face of exponentially higher daily coronavirus infection rates, the government on Monday issued a gazette notification containing 18 new directives aiming to combat this spike.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Where did appeasing Hefajat get us?
Even though the Hefajat-e-Islam used the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their recent onslaught across the country,
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Sharp rise in Covid-19 cases
The fact that the rate of new Covid-19 cases has increased by 85 percent and the deaths by 42.5 percent in the last week highlight that this deadly infectious disease is on a fast moving upward trajectory again.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar’s ‘Day of Shame’
In a recent brutal crackdown on unarmed, civilian protestors, on March 27—also the country’s Armed Forces Day—the Myanmar military junta killed 114 people, including many children.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
17 fall victim to yet another instance of reckless driving
We are yet again bombarded with the horrific news of 17 people dying when a bus and microbus collided, head-on, on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Friday afternoon. 11 people were burnt to death as the microbus involved went up in flames and kept burning for 10 minutes,
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Taking our 50-year old friendship to the next level
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh—the India premier’s first ever foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic has been successful in demonstrating India’s interest in deepening an already close friendship. Along with Bangladesh’s golden jubilee of independence,
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Struggling families of freedom fighters
A report published by The Daily Star on Thursday has brought to light the acute hardship that the family of a martyred freedom fighter is going through, who are yet to receive any official allowance from the government as they are entitled to.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Words of friendship from PM Modi
We attach great importance to the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh and the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation.
26 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Get the Covid-19 vaccine – it’s safe
A Bangladeshi-born British scientist, Dr Khondoker Mehedi Akram, is the latest expert to reassure us that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine,
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
50 years of Bangladesh’s independence
Today is a momentous day in our nation’s history as we observe the 50 years of our existence as an independent country. Fifty years ago, in the face
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM