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
Bangladeshis trapped in Libya
The fate of Bangladeshi migrant workers, taken to Libya on false promises, is one of gross human rights violations.
29 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Simplifying textbooks for children
We welcome the move by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid who has proposed to slap a ban on the private coaching racket that has allowed for many teachers to take teaching out of the classroom into the private domain.
28 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Food crisis in Sajek valley
People in different villages of the remote Sajek union under Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati have been suffering from a major food crisis for the last two to three months.
28 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fallout of a North Korea attack
Amidst all the show of force and sabre-rattling by North Korea and the United States, has anyone bothered to ask what would happen if push comes to shove?
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh dips in press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders (RWB), in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index report, ranked Bangladesh 146th among 180 countries in
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Three-wheelers plying highways
The High Court ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways is being flouted with impunity. What is the use of a government order if its enforcement is almost non-existent?
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Only six factory inspectors for 25,000 boilers!
There are some 5,000 boilers at industrial level that are authorised to operate by law. We have another 20,000 boilers that are unauthorised. The last three boiler-related accidents this year cost 17 lives and that is not at all surprising.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
French presidential election
We, along with the rest of the world, have heaved a sigh of relief after the outcome of the first round of the French presidential election.
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Starving for food
That the flood affected regions of the haor areas would be wiping out food resources for thousands of people was a well known fact.
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Dhaka and Chittagong under water again
The last few days' rain has exposed the dire straits of the drainage system of Dhaka and Chittagong. Bangladesh is no stranger to water-
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Romel's death
The circumstances of the death of Romel Chakma of Nanyarchar remains shrouded in confusion. The young man died on April 20,
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
A date to remember
April 24 is a date that should not be and cannot be ever obliterated from our memory.
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Busting of extremists' dens
Quite a few extremist dens have been discovered by law enforcing and counterterrorism agencies across the country in recent times.
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Footbridges occupied
Aphotograph published in this newspaper on Thursday, of illegal shops occupying the staircase of the footbridge near Sadarghat in the capital, explains why most people in Dhaka refuse to use footbridges located across the city.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Dhaka's polluted water source
Yesterday we printed the picture of a heavily polluted Demra-Matuil canal in the capital city.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Deaths of aqua-life in haors
For the last fortnight the haors, in greater Sylhet particularly, have been in the news. First for the plight of the nearly quarter million people who are...
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Unbridled BCL men
The Chittagong University authorities were forced to postpone a graduation test for journalism students on Thursday when activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) refused to allow examinees to enter the exam hall.
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Killed for pursuing studies!
The dark ages are upon us where in-laws now apparently have no qualms about resorting to violence in order to keep in check women who wish to break out of their surroundings through education, so that they may one day become empowered which only better education can ensure.
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Stent suppliers' “strike”
On April 14 we heartily congratulated the move to fix the maximum retail price of stents for heart patients in need of angioplasty and
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Violence over a swimming pool?
We are shocked that such a violent clash could take place with members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) trying to vandalise the construction works of the said swimming pool.
19 April 2017, 18:00 PM