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
We have been spared the worst
Thank Providence we came out relatively unscathed from cyclone “Fani”. However, there have been some losses of life and breaches in embankments in several regions in the coastal areas causing inundation.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Demand for reviewing road accident compensation
A joint meeting of transport owners and workers was held in the city’s Mohanagar Natya Mancha on May 2 where transport leaders stated that they would have to rethink their decision to remain in the business in light of recent orders by the High Court to transport companies to pay financial damages...
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
UP chairman’s highhanded action
We are alarmed at the news of auctioning off some 240 live trees beside a road in a village in Lalmonirhat. Going by our report, the UP chairman and a UP member of Patgram upazila, with the help of the local administration and upazila forest officer, have auctioned off the trees....
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Bracing for ‘Fani’
Cyclone “Fani” is likely to hit our coastlines today and by this evening, it is likely to reach southwestern districts. According to the Met Office, “Fani” might arrive with a wind speed of between 150 and 180 km per hour while crossing Bangladesh...
2 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Increase capacity to implement mega projects
The head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stated that Bangladesh is improving its capacity to handle mega projects but slowly. Given that the economy is growing at more than seven percent per annum, it is going to be a magnate for foreign direct investment.
2 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Another den busted
The RAB raid on April 29 ended with two terrorists blowing themselves up in the Bosila area.
30 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Living in half-demolished buildings
A photo published in this paper’s front page on April 29 shows people still using a demolished building for residential purposes.
30 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Ensuring safety of children still a far cry
Not a day goes by that we don’t hear or read about children being raped, beaten, or killed.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Wasa must fulfil its primary responsibility
It is unacceptable that the residents of south-eastern Dhaka are getting sewage-like stinky water from Dhaka Wasa.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
BSF’s torture condemnable
We condemn the brutal torture of a Bangladeshi man by India’s Border Security Force (BSF). As this newspaper reported yesterday,
28 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Plea of the distressed relatives of the missing
The whereabouts of 159 victims of what is alleged to be enforced disappearance is still unknown.
28 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Are safe roads too much to ask?
The tragic death of 21-year-old Fahmida Haque Labannya, a third-year student of computer science and engineering at Brac University, on Thursday in a road accident in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area has left us speechless.
27 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Killing our wetlands
A joint press conference organised by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA),
27 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Keep the market stable during Ramadan
The spiralling of prices of essentials before and during Ramadan has become the norm in the country, no matter how unethical the
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Fighting militancy requires united efforts
The prime minister’s call for everyone to stay alert alongside the intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies to fight religious
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Hospital commissioning stuck in red tape
It is quite astonishing to find that a newly constructed 250 bed hospital in 2017 has not been commissioned due to an inter-departmental row over pending electricity bills.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The Rohingya crisis
he call of the prime minister to the world body to do more for a permanent resolution of the Rohingya crisis, of which the only country to have suffered and endured the brunt has been Bangladesh, needs to be iterated constantly.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Higher wages should not be conditional
Despite the massive overhaul that the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has undergone since the Rana Plaza collapse
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Loan recovery takes a backseat
A recent survey conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) titled “Credit Operations of Banks” has shed light on
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Strike balance between industrialisation and environment
While we need the industrial sector to be a major driver of our growth, it cannot be at the expense of the environment.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM