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
Kora community on the verge of extinction
A report by The Daily Star published on January 6 has revealed the sufferings of the Kora community, a small ethnic group living in
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Police have demands, so have we
This year’s Police Week has come with a lot of new demands from the members of the force, including perks like special residential facilities for high ranking officers
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
PM urges BCL to uphold its glorious past
On the occasion of the 72nd founding anniversary and reunion of Bangladesh Chhatra League on January 4, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
5 January 2020, 18:00 PM
The need for solar power on a steady decline
While it is surely commendable that electricity connections in off-grid areas by public agencies have increased, it is a matter of...
5 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Gear up efforts to eradicate drug abuse
It is alarming that the number of drug addicts is on the rise in the country.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Avoid any further escalation at all costs!
The killing of top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani by a US drone strike, followed by another strike on a convoy in Iraq, have pushed the world to the brink of a major disaster.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Backlog of cases in courts
It is heartening to hear from the Law Minister that the government is taking initiatives to settle the enormous number of pending cases in the courts, and that at least five to six lakh cases will be cleared from the existing backlog within the year.
3 January 2020, 18:00 PM
The 6 percent and 9 percent conundrum
The government has decided to fix a uniform interest rate for all types of deposits at (6 percent) and slash interest rate to single-digit for borrowing (at 9 percent) from April 1. There are four parties to this decision.
3 January 2020, 18:00 PM
A public cancer hospital crippled by negligence
A report in this paper regarding the sorry state of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital has left us aghast at the
2 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Meet the jute mill workers’ just demands
We are worried to learn that 20 jute mill workers had to be taken to hospital in Khulna as they fell sick while continuing their fast-
2 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Girls continue to top public exam scoreboard
It is truly inspiring that our girls continued to perform extraordinarily in the two biggest public examinations in the country—Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examinations—last year, outdoing their male counterparts in terms of participation rate,
1 January 2020, 18:00 PM
BSCIC must live up to its expectations
It is unfortunate that among the 74 industrial estates of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC), only a handful are running with some form of efficiency.
1 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Attack on DLA leaders and activists shameful
While it is unacceptable in a democracy that peaceful protesters would be beaten up by the police, such incidents often take place in the country violating people’s constitutional right.
31 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Beginning a new decade
It is an exciting prospect to be entering a new decade with all its promises to bring our civilisation forward.
31 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Demand for skilled expatriate workers falling
Sadly, only about 44 percent or an estimated 2.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers who went abroad were deemed to be “skilled” out of some 6 lakh migrant workers who found work in overseas labour markets.
30 December 2019, 18:00 PM
File cases against those involved in hill cutting
It is most unfortunate that despite being fined several times by the Department of Environment (DoE) in the last three years for illegally cutting the hills of Chattogram’s Mirsarai and Sitakunda upazilas, certain companies, including some renowned ones, have not stopped the illegal practice.
30 December 2019, 18:00 PM
NRCC’s just recommendation to save rivers
The National River Conservation Commission’s recommendation to hand jail terms to river-polluters should come as no surprise given the rampant encroachment of our rivers.
29 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Another road crash, another family destroyed
There are no words to express our sorrow and sympathies for the bereaved of the victims of the terrible road crash between a lorry
29 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Another fire, another avoidable tragedy
Slums are increasingly a dangerous place to live in, going by the incidents of fire in recent years, not that life is any easier for the residents when there is not a fire to devour all they have.
28 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Separating party from the government
We are happy to note the small beginning that Sheikh Hasina has initiated in this regard by removing from the party planning mechanism most of the ministers in the new set-up of the party committees.
28 December 2019, 18:00 PM