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
Two tests with a single kit!
The revelation that at least four government-approved laboratories in the country have been using one kit for testing two Covid-19 samples is
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Prolonged floods will prolong people’s miseries
We are worried to learn that this year’s flood is likely to continue till mid-August which may eventually worsen the sufferings of more than 25 lakh
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Resignation of DG a rare step in the right direction
Over the past two weeks, the rift between the health ministry and the health directorate over Regent Hospital, which has been at the centre of the
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
The more you spend the worse it gets
It may sound facetious, even tendentious, but it will be very close to the truth to suggest that while the rainy season and waterlogging come as a curse
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Investing in renewables is the way of the future
Reforms desired in Bangladesh’s energy sector have long been trapped in a policy dragnet that encouraged expansion of coal-based power
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Exporting food in the post-pandemic era
One of the biggest challenges faced by governments all over the world during this pandemic has been guaranteeing food security, which essentially means supporting the agriculture sector and also ensuring a steady supply of food through imports.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical personnel at BSMMU provided with fake masks
We are dismayed and worried about reports of counterfeit N95 masks—evident by the syntax and spelling errors in the labelling—being given to
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Cyclone affected people living in shelters for two months!
It is unfortunate that nearly two months after cyclone Amphan hit the country’s coastal regions, many families in Khulna’s Koyra upazila still could
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Anarchy in administering plasma therapy
Covid-19 has compelled countries to test, try and come up with new treatments to cure the afflicted. We have been clutching at every straw,
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Many researchers but hardly any labs
An investigative report in this paper has revealed a dismal scenario of the state of health research in the country. At a time when scientific research
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Spike in school dropout and child marriage predicted
As a number of national and international reports have revealed, the impacts of Covid-19 on primary and secondary level students in Bangladesh
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sixty-four-year-old takes bookselling business from the streets to social media
A recent report in this paper sheds light on the sanguine story of Habibur Rahman, a book vendor who came to Dhaka from Narsingdi in 1988.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Why is there no database of the poor and vulnerable?
We are concerned that four months since the onset of Covid-19 in the country, the government is yet to prepare a reliable database of the poor and
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
In memory of a true pioneer and visionary
We express our shock and sorrow at the untimely death and gruesome murder of Fahim Saleh—who co-founded the ride-sharing venture Pathao in
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
The post-pandemic era demands innovation from the youth
As the pandemic continues to rage across the country and its economic fallout is already starkly manifested, young people are facing
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Two lakh migrant workers risk deportation to a depressed economy
Amidst increasing uncertainty about future job prospects of Bangladeshi workers overseas, Kuwait, which currently employs around 3.5 lakh
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Rising water levels and floods causing immense distress
In the middle of the uncertainties caused by the unchecked spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh and the global economic downturn, the situation is
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
WHO chief’s blunt and dire warning
WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus has some very bad news for us, cautioning the world that the coronavirus pandemic may get even worse if countries around the globe, and that includes most countries, fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t let sex traffickers off the hook
Police have reportedly arrested three men in connection with the trafficking of young women to Dubai and forcing them into prostitution.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
High positive cases despite low testing is bad news
A recent report in this daily shows that the coronavirus positivity rate in the country has soared in the last few days, despite a decline in the number of tests during this period.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM