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
International Anti-Corruption Day
As we observe the International Anti-Corruption Day, it is a good time to reflect on the current state of corruption in our country.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Migrants pay more, get less
According to a recent survey presented in the 16th ILO Asia and the Pacific regional meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Bangladesh scored poorly in terms of high migration costs and low earnings per month.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
President's talk with political parties
We welcome the news that the Hon'able President will be holding dialogues with the political parties on the formation of a new election commission on his return from Singapore.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Full verdict in Rid Pharmaceuticals case out
The full judgment of the said case is now out. A Dhaka court on November 28 had found two officials of the Drug Administration guilty of negligence in the Rid Pharmaceutical case which supplied toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Another slum fire
Adevastating fire in the Boubazar part of the Korail slum, home to about a couple of thousand inhabitants, has left hundreds of people homeless and helpless.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Dhaka's main rivers dying
Plasma Plus, a scientific research laboratory, has just concluded a study on behalf of Dhaka WASA on the pollution levels of the six major rivers (Turag, Balu, Sitalakkhya, Dhaleshwari and the Bangshi) that sustain the capital city and the results are not good.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Democracy Day
In 1991 we started our journey of being a parliamentary democracy that marked the end of autocracy and all that it represented. It also began with the dream that finally we would have a nation that would imbibe the values of our hard fought liberation.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Enforced disappearances
We have heartfelt sympathy for the families of 20 missing individuals who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers at least three years ago. In their grief, they again pleaded with the authorities to return their loved ones at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
What a regressive mentality!
It can only be described as an exhibition of the most decrepit mind of the authorities of a high school in Habiganj that have barred a
4 December 2016, 18:05 PM
Plague of institutionalised corruption
The Pabna Zila Parishad's criminal mismanagement of funds is representative of most government projects where huge sums of
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Editorial: Number of cancer patients rising alarmingly
ACCORDING to WHO, cancer today is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Anyone who has seen firsthand an
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM
An example to follow
It is inspiring to come across the story of a physically challenged individual like Sanwar Hossain on International Day of Persons with Disabilities that was observed on December 3.
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM
CHT Peace Accord
The CHT Peace Accord, signed in 1997, signalled a new hope. Pictures memorialise the breakthrough as it seemed then - full of potential
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
The scourge of food waste
Despite a quarter of Bangladesh's population suffering from malnourishment, large amounts of food are regularly wasted which otherwise
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Election code violation in Narayanganj
Polls officials have, meanwhile, only verbally warned some councillor candidates without taking any deterring action against them and, in case of mayoral aspirants, failed to do even that.
1 December 2016, 18:10 PM
Elected UZ women vice-chairpersons sidelined
In a recent daylong workshop held at the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner's office, the women vice-chairpersons from 69 upazilas of Dhaka division took part to vent their frustration about non-distribution of the 3 percent budget.
1 December 2016, 18:05 PM
Return the cyber heist money
The much-talked about Bangladesh Bank (BB) cyber heist of USD 81 million entered a new twist as Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of the Philippines has stated that there is no need for it to return USD 2.7 million as it was “negligence” on the part of BB that led to the heist in the first place.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Kofi Annan's visit to Myanmar
We, along with the rest of the world, have been witnessing the resurgence of violence against Rohingya in Myanmar recently that has led to the displacement of some 30,000 of them.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM
State-owned banks continue to bleed
When the finance minister states that some state-owned banks (SoBs) flout the rules to give loans to dubious entities and individuals without collateral, it is a frank admission that things are anything but normal.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Pedlars of children's death go free
Five officials of a pharmaceuticals company that allegedly manufactured toxic paracetamol which led to the death of 28 children in 2009 were acquitted on Monday.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM