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
Child marriage has spiked during the pandemic
According to a telesurvey report conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), child marriage has sharply increased. MJF found 462 girls being married off in June, and 170 girls getting married in May.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bridges on the brink of falling down
A bridge on the Dhaleswari river at Charabari in Tangail Sadar upazila is on the verge of breaking down as earth from one of its approach roads has become displaced due to heavy rain and strong currents in the river.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
The urban middle and low-income groups’ distress
It was inevitable. And we had predicted this outcome since the very seminal stages of the outbreak of the pandemic and of the country’s going into lockdown.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Malaysia leading the way
Malaysia is planning to introduce an e-wages system which will alert the government in case foreign workers working on Malaysian territory do not get
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Clinics and diagnostic centres without valid licenses?
We are appalled to know that two-thirds of the country’s private clinics and diagnostic centres have been operating without valid licences since
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Promoting communal harmony amidst the pandemic
As the pandemic continues to challenge every nook and corner of our healthcare sector, which is struggling to put up with the influx of patients
10 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Editorial: Over 100 crore embezzled!
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) published a list on July 9 of 14 blacklisted contractors who had misappropriated over Tk 100
10 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fake certificates giving a false sense of safety
The discovery of a hospital’s staff engaged in issuing fake Covid-19 test reports to unsuspecting patients is deeply worrying at a time when
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Flawed beneficiaries’ list hampering cash distribution
After the government imposed a countrywide shutdown in late March, it announced a number of stimulus packages to help people and businesses cope with the economic shocks of the pandemic.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
A welcome move to reach the hungry before Eid
We appreciate the government’s initiative to distribute free rice to the extreme poor people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure delivery of kits to testing centres
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh has reached over 1.7 lakh. Now is the time to ramp up tests to measure the spread of
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Railway line completion long overdue
We have long stopped being surprised by news of government projects overrunning time and cost, but the Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Project has
7 July 2020, 18:00 PM
More doctors are putting their lives at risk
New figures released by Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) have once again put the spotlight on the harsh toll that the Covid-19 pandemic is
7 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Education and employment for the physically challenged
Jahanara Akhter’s story (published in this paper yesterday) is nothing short of exhilarating. A young girl born in an impoverished family in Ghatail
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Leave the forest alone!
It is unfortunate that despite all the warnings from environmentalists regarding the dangers of loss of forest cover in the context of our planet’s
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 shouldn’t detract us from other public health risks
Not very long ago we had warned the administration to initiate actions to thwart a dengue onslaught, starting with anti-dengue drives by the two city
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
BSF shootings are not stopping
The way the Indian Border Security Force has been killing Bangladeshi nationals on a regular basis makes us wonder why, despite many flag meetings
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Day labourers and others are facing hunger
A report in this paper yesterday highlighted the grim reality faced by day labourers as they wait indefinitely for jobs to come their way. Their lives
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Exorbitant oxygen bills putting extra burden on patients
We are shocked to learn that some private hospitals are charging patients higher than usual for oxygen support during a national health crisis.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Mymensingh’s Ali sets a benevolent example
It is heartening to learn from a recent report published in this daily that a 49-year-old poet in Mymensingh named Ali Yusuf has been selflessly
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM