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
Let the law run its course
Withdrawal of criminal cases against ruling party members on political grounds, through lobbying with the home ministry, goes completely against the essence of law and can easily lead to corruption and the abuse of power.
18 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Sorry state of Mymensingh engineering college
It is unfathomable that an engineering college that has been in operation since 2009 has neither permanent faculty nor requisite staff.
18 November 2016, 18:00 PM
BJMC being bled dry
Allegations have arisen about corruption at every level of management in the state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation that has 26 mills under its umbrella.
17 November 2016, 18:02 PM
Violence against Rohingyas
We are alarmed by the recent reign of terror unleashed by the Myanmar security forces against the Rohingya population in the Rakhaine
17 November 2016, 18:01 PM
AL men not above the law
The continuing intra party violence that is taking place within the Awami League and the incidents of death and destruction resulting from clashes between ruling party members is a bad example for both society and politics and is creating an environment of lawlessness that is worrying.
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Death on wheels
It is a common sight to see trucks plying on the roads and highways in the country with rods that protrude dangerously out of the backs of these vehicles, as shown in a picture printed in our paper on November 16.
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Freeing up the highways
We are happy to see that the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken steps to remove illegal structures and wrongfully parked lorries on one portion of the Jatrabari-Kanchpur highway after we ran a story on the issue on November 7.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Cultivating vegetables in traffic island
The photograph of bitter gourd plants grown in the traffic island in a part of Dhaka city is indeed heartening.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Yet another attack on a Hindu home
We are saddened by the news that the two committees in charge of probing the Nasirnagar arson think the tragedy was avoidable.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Roads have become daily killers
The frightening image of the body of a demolished truck – the result of a head on collision with another truck- in yesterday's paper, invokes the horror of brutal, untimely deaths that we must witness every single day because of road accidents.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Heed the views of the youths
The views of the youths offered through a poll undertaken by the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Annual Survey hit the nail in the head, pinpointing exactly where the problem lies in the way of our all-round development.
13 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Endangered wildlife of Lawachhara
An increasing number of wild animals living in the Lawachhara National Park are being run over by vehicles plying on a road passing through the forest, according to a report in this newspaper.
13 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Darkness under the light
It is surprising to think that the bustling trade in narcotics at Bastuhara Colony and adjacent Barisal slum in Patiya Chittagong is situated
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Blanket arrests in Nasirnagar
Confirming fears of activists who had warned about blanket arrests in the wake of the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar,
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM
38 schools unfit for use
The horrid condition of 38 primary schools in Nilphamari is a travesty against the curious young minds that attend these schools in the hope of broadening their horizons and receiving a proper education.
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Landmark ruling on arbitrary arrests
We welcome the Supreme Court's (SC) verdict on the issue of arbitrary arrests on suspicion and torture of arrestees on remand.
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Update official websites
Despite the much hyped digital leap the country has embarked upon, official websites of many institutions remain inadequately
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Santals being denied their livelihood
Some 1,200 Santal families were evicted on November 7 from land belonging to Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Trump wins
Against all media predictions, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the next President of the United States of America on January 20, 2017.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Stalkers turn brutal
It is shocking to look at pictures of a father writhing in pain after both his legs had to undergo amputation after being assaulted by a bunch of men who was harassing his daughters.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM