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
Road crash casualties rising by the day
We are shocked to learn that at least 23 people were killed and nine others injured in separate road crashes across the country on March 6.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
We need more research to develop the SME sector
There is no denying the fact that in order for our small and medium enterprise (SME) sector to fully flourish, more research needs to be done on demand, production, and marketing of SME products.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Historic 7th March
For Bangladesh, several days are embossed in gold in its history. March 7 of 1971 is one of them, for it turned the course of history for the nation and the subcontinent as a whole.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Healthcare facilities with poor hygiene
We are dismayed by a recent report published in this daily which refers to a government study according to which, 98 percent of the healthcare centres in the districts lack water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities.
5 March 2020, 18:00 PM
BIWTA stands up to a lawmaker and river encroacher
We are more than pleased to learn about the brave and determined stance of officials of the BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) who stood up to a lawmaker who has encroached upon a large and crucial area of the Buriganga River in Charwashpur.
5 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Air pollution shortening life expectancy
it is shocking to note the apathy of our policymakers in addressing the issue of air pollution which has been taking its toll on public
4 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Are we ready for Covid-19?
While we should perhaps consider ourselves lucky that we have not been as severely affected by the coronavirus as many other countries of the world, there is no reason for us to be complacent regarding our preparedness should an outbreak of the virus take place.
4 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Our law enforcement seems to lack faith in the judicial process
We are deeply troubled by the news that seven suspected Rohingya robbers were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf on March 2, in what was the highest number of casualties in an encounter in the country in recent times.
3 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Will they heed it?
We commend Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her prudent directives to her cabinet colleagues, saying that they should build houses for the homeless instead of indiscriminately setting up Bangabandhu’s murals to commemorate “Mujib Borsho”—the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
3 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Speaks volumes about the state of our higher education
We are concerned at the fact that the libraries in the capital, including the central library of the University of Dhaka (DU), are increasingly being used by students for reading BCS guides rather than for academic purposes.
2 March 2020, 18:00 PM
The authorities should acknowledge their tactics have failed
Mohammadpur Geneva Camp’s drug lord Ishtiaq Ahmed is reportedly back in the drug game at the highest level.
2 March 2020, 18:00 PM
A constant calamity for commuters
A recent report published by this daily revealed that Sonadanga Bypass Road, the main way leading in and out of Khulna, is in a dilapidated state because the concerned authorities have paid no attention to the dire condition it faces.
1 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Do the authorities care?
Is the administration concerned about road accidents? It would seem not. Road accidents, unfortunately, have become quite a norm in Bangladesh given that hardly a day passes without some grim stories and pictures in the media of road accidents and the death and destruction that they wreak.
1 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Our disregard towards fire and building safety is to blame
The recent fire in the capital’s Eskaton, which killed three people, two of them children, and left six others injured, two of them in critical condition, brings to the fore the complete apathy of the building owners and the government agencies concerned about the fire safety issues in the city.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Implement the recommendations of the experts
We are dismayed that, at a time when security at airports all over the world are a topmost priority, when it comes to our own Hazrat Shahjalal Airport there are still many gaps to fill.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Air pollution has reached choking levels
The poor quality of air has been a pressing concern from the beginning of this month, when the High Court directed the public
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
ANOTHER IMPENDING MOSQUITO ATTACK
In a worrying development, a report in this daily said that experts are warning of a record increase in Culex mosquitoe population next month.
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
What is the basis of UGC’s new proposal?
Not long after announcing its idea to introduce a uniform admission test at the public universities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has already had to backtrack on its plan.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure safety of children inside religious institutions
We are extremely shocked at the rape and murder of a 12-year-old madrasa student by her teachers in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Ten years to build a hospital!
It is indeed shocking that despite the health ministry’s approval in 2007 for the construction of a seven-storey extension building for Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal, the project is yet to be finished.
26 February 2020, 18:00 PM