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
Where is the opposition?
The 11th parliament had its first session on Wednesday with an assurance by the prime minister that the opposition would not face hindrance in the performance of its role in the parliament and that it would be able to criticise the government freely.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Make road safety a priority issue
According to a report by the road safety campaigning group Nirapad Sarak Chai, some 4,439 people were killed in road accidents last year.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM
When are we going to finally combat corruption?
It is always the hope that a report such as the recently released Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018, by Transparency International (TI), would be welcomed by our national institutions.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Plug the avenues of money laundering
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) brought out a report recently that provides country-level estimates of the illicit flows of money into and out of 148 developing and emerging countries and is based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) data.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
An innocent man languishing in jail!
We are shocked to learn that an innocent man has been languishing in jail for the last three years in cases filed by the ACC while the real accused is roaming free.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
PM's cut-and-thrust words for doctors and nurses
We welcome the prime minister's no-nonsense words for government doctors and nurses who think that by attending to people, who flock at the government hospitals and health centres for succour and treatment, they are doing a favour to them.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Ensure exemplary DUCSU election
After decades of wait, in the run-up to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election, contention has cropped up regarding the existing charter.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Kibria's murder trial shortchanged by poor progress
In the first place, it took a long 10 years to start the trial of the murder case of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. The inordinate time taken to start a murder trial defies logic, even by our standards.
27 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Ignoring workers' safety—a recipe for disaster
The lack of any medical facilities in or around the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate which poses severe threat to the health and safety of around 1.29 lakh workers employed in the leather industry, is simply unacceptable.
27 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh's deadly roads
A recent report published by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passenger welfare body, paints a grim picture of the number of people killed in accidents in 2018 across the country.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Justice denied?
It is quite outrageous that there was a delay by the police in bringing a number of rape victims to hospital for medical examination even after the filing of a case, making it difficult for doctors to find any meaningful evidence of rape by then.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Justice eludes acid attack victims
While the rate of acid attacks has been decreasing across the country, as per the government and other sources, the conviction rate in such cases filed in the last 19 years is very low.
25 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Rice price hike baffling
The domestic production of rice has increased substantially, while the price in global market has been stable, if not reduced. Yet, the domestic market has experienced an unexplained hike in the price of rice.
25 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Children's growing vulnerability
The statistics are shocking. A report by Bangladesh Children's Rights Forum presents a very grim picture of the safety of children in our society, where more than 2000 children fell victim to different kinds of hazards last year.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Vanishing consignments from Chittagong port
Less than a week ago, we wrote an editorial on how a syndicate of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in collusion with importers, and possibly port officials, were able to clear some 4,000 consignments using forged documents over a two-year period.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Disabled man charged with attacking policemen!
It is quite ludicrous that a physically challenged man whose right arm has been deformed since birth has been made one of the 52 people accused of violently attacking the police using sharp
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Who will bell the cat at BRTC?
The road transport and bridges minister's remark that he is well aware of what is going on in the trouble-ridden Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) comes across as more of an
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Drawing pay and perks for doing nothing
We are surprised to learn that a secretary of the railway division under the former communication ministry (now ministry of road transport and bridges), who was made OSD (Officer on Special Duty) in 2011, has gone on post-retirement leave with the same status.
22 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Derelict doctors
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has introduced a telephone hotline recently and has been getting calls about absentee doctors in district hospitals and health complexes.
22 January 2019, 18:00 PM
State-owned banks must be freed of influence
State-owned banks have assessed that influential defaulters are to blame for the epidemic of loan defaulting and the continuously
21 January 2019, 18:00 PM