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
Vaccine ready for roll-out
Having received the first consignment of 20 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine as a gift from India—along with the purchase of three crore doses from
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
PM’s laudable initiative to give houses to the homeless
We applaud Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government for inaugurating the Ashrayan 2 project aimed at rehabilitating homeless, landless
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
VC coerced to prioritise jobs for BCL members?
According to a recent report published in this paper, Rajshahi University Vice-Chancellor Professor M Abdus Sobhan has “assured” BCL men that
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening schools in phases would be a good decision
We believe the government’s discussion to reopen schools on a limited scale giving priority to the SSC and HSC students is a prudent move. The
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden’s inauguration a win for democracy
Amidst speculations of unrest created by Trump supporters and worries of domestic terrorism, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM
India’s gift of 20 lakh vaccine doses
The first consignment of Covishield vaccine from India arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday. India gifted Bangladesh 20 lakh doses of the Oxford
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM
One-third of 62 rivers in Barishal no longer navigable
The state of rivers in Bangladesh has been a cause for concern for a while now, so much so that in 2019, the High Court declared rivers to be “legal
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools need to reopen
We all know how difficult it has been for school-going children to cope with their studies during almost eleven months of staying at home and not
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t let time and cost overruns be the norm
When a public service agency embarks on a development or communications project based on faulty designs and no feasibility study, it is bound to
19 January 2021, 18:00 PM
A young couple’s dreams crushed under a bus
Unfortunately, there has been no letup in traffic accidents and death and injuries therefrom. Although the total number of road accidents in 2020 was
19 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Living conditions ignored while building houses for the homeless
The government’s undertaking to hand over thousands of houses to the homeless across the country to mark the birth centenary of the Father of
18 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Two timely new government stimulus packages
The government’s decision to roll out two new stimulus packages for a total of Tk 2,700 crore is a welcome one. One of the stimulus packages is
18 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka circular rail on the horizon
It’s encouraging to learn from a recent report published by this paper that Bangladesh Railway (BR) has carried out a feasibility study to build a
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Second phase of municipal elections
The second phase of the four-stage local elections was held on Saturday in a total of 60 municipalities in the country, amidst reports of sporadic
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Case evidence piling up in police storage, getting damaged
It is concerning to learn that important pieces of case evidence are kept like garbage in many of the police maalkhanas (areas where evidence is
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Why the delay in justice for rape victims?
Since the beginning of last year, the epidemic of sexual violence against women and children in Bangladesh has dominated headlines, leading to
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka airport ill-equipped for bird strikes
We are alarmed by the lack of preparedness to prevent bird strikes at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka, as revealed by a
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Violence ahead of Chattogram City Corporation polls
We’re worried about the escalation of tensions and violence ahead of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls scheduled for January 27. On
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Indomitable spirit of a man who lost both his arms
We feel truly encouraged to know about a man in Faridpur who, despite losing both his arms in an accident, has been working with an unbeatable
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Partisan meddling in corruption cases must stop
We appreciate the High Court’s criticism of the government’s attempt to get a corruption case withdrawn in Sylhet, terming it a “naked interference”
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM