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
Why this shortage of manpower?
Although the emergency department of the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) was recently modernised with modern
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi's denial is disillusioning
We are outraged and disappointed at Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's denial of the atrocities that amount to ethnic cleansing, committed by Myanmarese security forces on Rohyingya Muslims.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh moves up in HDI
Bangladesh has moved up three notches in the Global Human Development Index 2015, ranking 139th out of 188 countries, according to the recently published Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 by UNDP.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Prime minister's visit to India
The Prime Minster is embarking on a most important bilateral visit in recent times, since Bangladesh-India relations happen to be, for us...
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM
136th IPU Conference
We are happy that Bangladesh successfully hosted one of the largest gatherings of parliamentarians through the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Abducted or arrested?
Within the last two weeks, plainclothes men picked up six people under mysterious circumstances that point towards negligence and misuse of power by law enforcement agencies.
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Chemical attack in Syria
We condemn, in the strongest possible terms the chemical attack on April 4 in rebel-held north-western Syria has killed some 70 civilians (mostly children) and left many others sick.
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM
St Petersburg bombing
We deplore in the strongest possible terms the ghastly attack on a subway train in St Petersburg that has claimed 14 innocent lives.
4 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Unrealistic Facebook ban
A letter issued by the cabinet division stating students' and young peoples' studies are being hampered by excess time spent on social media...
4 April 2017, 18:00 PM
BSMMU without emergency unit
We are shocked to learn that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), the country's leading medical university, is being run without an emergency unit since its inception.
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Mayors suspended unceremoniously
In a rather disturbing turn of events we have the news of two mayors from two very important city corporations – Rajshahi and Sylhet -- being unceremoniously suspended from their posts just as they were about to resume office.
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM
IPU Conference in Dhaka
It is a matter of pride for Bangladesh to host the largest gathering of parliamentarians from abroad, for the five-day Inter-Parliamentary Union conference. We warmly welcome the delegates and hope they will carry back good memories of our country.
2 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Jaywalking policemen
The number of reports and editorials over the years we have published about jaywalking, especially on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, is staggering.
2 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Thousands bereft of safe drinking water
In 2014, eight remote shoals located twenty kilometres east of Bauphal upazila town in Patuakhali were formalised into Chandranip union
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Convicted fugitive working as a policeman
How did Habibur Rahman Habib, a former Rab man, who was among the 35 accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, continue
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM
International Women of Courage Award
Sharmin was 15 when she, like thousands of other girls her age in rural Bangladesh was married off by her parents. She was to marry a man who was old enough to be her father but she took a stand and refused.
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
ACC wants to curb corruption
The chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) organised a seminar titled “Concerted Efforts Against Corruption” last week and
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Extra-judicial killings
In a report published on its website, the UN Human Rights Committee has expressed concerns about the “high rate of extra-judicial
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Big Brother is watching
TK. 150 crore will be spent by the government to install internet monitoring equipment that it says will help combat militancy, clamp
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Draft of Road Transport Act
The Cabinet has approved the draft of Road Transport Act 2017 on March 27.
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM