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
An open space is an open space
It should surprise anyone who is looking for a breathing space literally in various parts of the capital amidst a concrete jungle that the city has really become, to know that the Matiur Rahman Park, which the Mayor terms as “open space” would be used to resettle hawkers.
30 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Fishermen shortchanged
Fishermen in fourteen districts are being shortchanged by the authorities who have imposed a ban on the catching, selling, transportation, storage and exchange of Hilsa to sustain the population of the delicious fish; most of them have not yet received the rice that was promised to them by the government as compensation.
30 October 2016, 18:00 PM
City corporations in a fix
Both city corporations have tried but failed to evict street hawkers from occupying footpaths in the city, of late. An investigative report
29 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Dangerous level crossings
A report published in this newspaper on Friday highlighted how 18 level crossings in Bogra district are without any gateman or cross bars to prevent movement of traffic over the tracks during train movement.
29 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Gender equality remains elusive
For a second consecutive year, Bangladesh has ranked ahead of all other South Asian countries in gender equality.
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Callous and insensitive towards victim
The horrific incident of torture and rape of a five-year-old girl in Dinajpur left us dumbstruck with rage. Now, it seems we have failed her yet again.
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM
One in four suffer from malnutrition
According to a recently launched study by the World Food Programme (WFP), a quarter of the population suffer from a lack of proper and
27 October 2016, 18:00 PM
An unspeakable crime
It is impossible to describe in words the revulsion we feel to write about the unspeakable abuse of the five-year-old girl allegedly by Saiful Islam, 42, of Jamirhat village in Dinajpur town on Monday night.
27 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Abuse female expatriate workers face
The additional secretary at the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry recently stated at a seminar that “we have observed
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Saving the Sundarbans
Alot has been said about the possible dangers posed to the Sundarbans by the Rampal power plant project. But what has perhaps escaped our notice is the growing industrialisation near the Rampal power plant which too has the potential to do great harm to the Sundarbans and its biodiversity.
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Reconsider decision to relocate
A meeting between the two city mayors and representatives of the hospitality industry took place recently to discuss the problems of
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Wealth from waste
We laud the initiative of Bangladeshi entrepreneur Khadem Mahmud Yusuf who has started to industrially recycle plastic bottles that will rid the environment of a perennial nuisance and will save millions of the government exchequer that are spent on the import of raw
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Economic zone on farmland
We are deeply disturbed by a business group's move to set up a resort city encroaching on a part of the Meghna and filling its bank with sand in a low-lying wetland and multi-crop fertile land.
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Council in preparation for election
The Awami League Council that ended yesterday with much pomp and grandeur did not bring any dramatic facelift as far as the organogram of the party was concerned.
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Road safety as political issue
Given that a large number of people die and are incapacitated for life every year, the idea that road safety be taken up as a political agenda by the political parties, has very strong rationale. It was mooted by Ilias Kanchan recently.
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM
6-yr old domestic help tortured
The way the 6-year-old Eva of Comilla was tortured by her employers is inhumane and magnifies the injustice that defines the working conditions of domestic workers.
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Two doctors for 500,000 people!
It is unthinkable that in two upazila health complexes (Amtali and Kukua) of Barisal district, there are only two doctors appointed.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
MP's comment on NGO's freedom of speech
We are shocked at the implications of a comment by Suranjit Sengupta that NGOs do not have the right to freedom of speech and the precedence it sets.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Vicious attacks on girls
We are horrified by the direction we are headed in regards to the security of women and, indeed, their treatment in society in general.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM
AL Council promises more grassroots leaders
The excitement surrounding the AL's Council today and tomorrow underscores the anticipation of party members and the public, of a positive change in the party.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM