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
The vulnerability of ethnic minorities
It is a story that repeats over and over: An indigenous community living for generations in an area suddenly being told that they will be evicted because some influential has decided to use it for lucrative purposes.
25 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Christmas symbolises love and humility
Christmas is revered and celebrated by Christians all over the world as the day Jesus Christ was born. But Christmas is celebrated by everyone, not only for the festivities that it comes with, but for the realm of values that define humanity and symbolised by Jesus and his teachings.
24 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Mysteries of the missing persons
It is not that we are pointing the finger at the government and blaming it for the disappearances, but we must question its lack of interest when it comes to investigating these incidents
24 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Protecting expatriate women workers
According to a recent report by UN Women and the International Organization for Migration, hundreds of thousands of South Asian women migrant workers in the Middle East have signed employment contracts that they do not understand or which do not protect them against discrimination and abuse.
23 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Chittagong port operations a mess!
It is ludicrous to think that a container carrying relief materials donated by a friendly nation for the victims of Cyclone Mora has been lying at Chittagong port since May of this year.
23 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Rangpur can show the way
We congratulate Jatiya Party's Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa in winning the race in the mayoral elections in Rangpur, that too by a wide margin against the two other contestants from Awami League and BNP.
22 December 2017, 18:00 PM
When protectors commit crime
It did not surprise us when, after the police headquarters (HQ) launched an online complaint cell for people to report about police misconduct and offences, it started to receive a barrage of allegations from day one.
22 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Question paper leaks
The number of instances of question paper leaks in this month alone, that too of primary school examinations, is staggering. In this
21 December 2017, 18:00 PM
What is Myanmar trying to hide?
The Myanmar government's decision to ban UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee from visiting the country to assess the state of human
21 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Utpal's return is a relief
We can only imagine the relief Utpal's mother must have felt when she got a call from her son 10 minutes after midnight last night that he was safe in Narayanganj and would be coming home soon.
20 December 2017, 18:00 PM
A remarkable display of courage
We applaud the courage of 15-year-old Ontora who is braving many dangers to serve as a helper on a BRTC bus.
20 December 2017, 18:00 PM
US veto is not backed by anyone
The veto in the Security Council does not surprise us. Trump administration's blatant pro-Israeli tilt made a veto inevitable.
19 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Tragic deaths at a qulkhwani
We are shocked at the death of 10 people in a stampede during the qulkhwani of former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury on December 18.
19 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Whose fault is it?
We find the education minister's stance of absolute denial of any responsibility and helplessness in checking the leak of question papers for different examinations disappointing.
18 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Waiting for Godot
The city of Chittagong is undergoing a severe energy crunch.
18 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Road and footpath improvement works
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has been doing the work of road improvement, storm drainage and construction of roadside
17 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Shocking crimes and mutilated justice systems
We are sickened by the report of yet another case of a stalker raping and mutilating a teenage girl in Mymensingh. The report in The
17 December 2017, 18:00 PM
A freedom fighter's unique protest
The extraordinary way a freedom fighter in Jamalpur has protested the discrepancies in the process of listing freedom fighters should be a wake-up call for the nation.
16 December 2017, 18:10 PM
Farewell to a people's mayor
There is no doubt that ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, who passed away on December 15, before anything else, was always a champion of the downtrodden.
16 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Economic prospects bright in 2018
According to the United Nation's (UN) World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 report launched on December 14, Bangladesh is set to be one of the fastest growing least developed countries (LDCs) in 2018.
15 December 2017, 18:00 PM