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
Editorial: Rescheduling the Dhaka mayoral polls
As the election day for the Dhaka North and South city corporations is nearing, the demand for the deferral of the city polls is also getting louder.
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Justice delayed is justice denied
In every big city, it is not unnatural for some crimes to remain unsolved. But when it becomes a pattern, we need to worry. And when
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Use of surplus funds of state agencies
We welcome the initiative taken by the government to utilise the surplus funds of the state enterprises to implement various
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM
How did we get to this point?
We are stunned at the demand of senior lawmakers to have rapists killed “in crossfire”. How can individuals who are supposed to make
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM
HC’s directives to reduce pollution
One wonders why the administration should have to wait for the High Court’s directive to act on an issue that it is obligated to act upon anyway.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Ban on publishing information on public hospitals
On January 12, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a circular to the chiefs of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), medical college hospitals and specialised hospitals regarding the management of visitors in public hospitals.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
An amazing alternative to polythene
It is heartening that a local company in Bangladesh has been producing biodegradable packaging materials and bags from corn, a rather unlikely source material.
13 January 2020, 18:00 PM
No prescription, no monitoring, no nothing!
A report by this newspaper on Monday again pierced the myth that we have somewhat of a decently working healthcare sector, albeit from a unique angle.
13 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka dangerously too loud
A recent study has, unsurprisingly, found noise pollution in 70 neighbourhoods of Dhaka to be higher than the permissible level.
12 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Safer roads remain a chimera
Despite a plethora of promises and commitments, legislation and endless assurances by functionaries at every level of the administration...
12 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Iran’s welcome admission
That Iran has finally admitted to unintentionally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner is a welcome move, as heart-breaking as the
11 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Near-routine cost escalation of govt projects
We are concerned at the reported cost escalation of the project of a rail bridge to be built over Jamuna river.
11 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Three child rapes a day
Around three children are being raped in Bangladesh each day, according to statistics of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum. Let that number sink in.
10 January 2020, 18:00 PM
City Polls must be free and fair
A total of 13 candidates for the mayor’s post and 745 for those of councillors are contesting in the upcoming city corporation elections presently scheduled for January 30.
10 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Swift arrest of alleged rapist of DU student
We recognise the efficiency with which Rab has arrested the suspected rapist of the Dhaka University student.
9 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Iran’s retaliatory strikes may have had a sobering effect
It is a strange yet somehow positive development that Iran’s airstrikes on Iraqi bases hosting US troops has had a sobering effect in terms of diffusing (for now) the real threat of an escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran.
9 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Railway accidents on the rise
The railways minister has stated that there were 129 railway-related accidents last year, in which 39 people were killed and 155 injured, and that most of the accidents were caused by signal violations and derailments.
8 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Increasing living costs in Dhaka a cause for concern
According to the recent findings of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), the living cost in Dhaka has increased by 6.5 percent in 2019 due to the rising prices of essential commodities and services.
8 January 2020, 18:00 PM
No more single-use plastics
We welcome the High Court’s directive to the authorities to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country within a year.
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM
How many rape cases are too many?
We are outraged at yet another deplorable incident of rape of a university student near what is one of the busiest thoroughfares in Dhaka...
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM