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
Death of terror-suspect dent investigation process
Investigation into the Sholakia attack has made little progress. Meanwhile, the only attacker caught alive from the scene was killed reportedly, in a gunfight between law enforcers and militants taking the tally of terror-suspects killed in such gunfights with law enforcers in the past 2 months to 19.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Occupying street to hold election!
It is unfathomable how on Friday, the Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Samity blocked the entire street connecting Bailey Road with
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Post-flood rehabilitation
We have been warning about the onset of post-flood diseases for some time now. The local administration has been responding but it appears not so fast in many areas where the receding waters have brought water-borne diseases like diarrhoea and skin-related infections.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Without wages for three months
Denied wages, ration and medical care, about 2400 people including workers and their family members are trapped in a modern version of enslavement at Boikunthapur Tea Estate in Habiganj.
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Role of private universities
The private universities have made significant contributions to higher education in Bangladesh. Regrettably, there exists lot of misconception about these.
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bringing utility services together
The city's various utility companies and agencies have for decades been working disjointedly in the capital city which has led to
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Raise voice against killing in the name of religion
The Prime Minister's call made to the nation while inaugurating the Hajj programme to oppose the killing of innocents in the
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
DNCC app for better city services
To lodge a complaint about a dilapidated road or a broken lamp post or any other city service is a hectic affairs as it requires one to go through the labyrinth of the manual complaint system.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Recent eviction drives
It seems that there is a spurt of eviction drives in Dhaka city by Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) officials following the Gulshan killings.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Trafficked Bangladeshi children in India
A news report in this paper has caught our attention. An open letter signed by 38 Bangladeshi children stuck in a safe-home in West Bengal asking the prime minister for safe conduct home is both touching and alarming at the same time.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM
PM's counter-terror appeal
The Prime Minister's call for people's support in fighting militancy and extremism effectively is fitting and timely.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM
One month of the Gulshan tragedy
A month into the Gulshan tragedy, and we can say that some progress has been made but much remains to be done.
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM
BCL infighting in universities
The recent incidents of BCL infighting in various educational institutions have created a worrying situation where academic activities have been seriously hindered and safety and security of general students are under threat.
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bauls under attack
In yet another cowardly attack in two weeks, two bauls were assaulted and humiliated and their abode set to fire in a remote village in Chuadanga.
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Don't 'desertify' Gulshan
Fear, along with the government decision to closedown so called illegal establishments in Gulshan area as a reaction to the unfortunate killings in Holey Artisan has helped create the eerie character that Gulshan has taken on today.
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM
CCC gives city hill dwellers the short shift
The refusal of the Chittagong City Corporation to hand over apartments to 161 poor families is patently unethical. In 2013, under a laudable project initiated by the then-mayor, the CCC started the construction of a seven-storey building by evicting 33 families living in
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Expedite terror attack cases
Eleven years have passed and we are still waiting for the conclusion of the first major case of murder in suicide bombing which was directed at the Chittagong Court building premises that took two lives in 2005.
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Minors raped in orphanage
Two girls, aged 7 and 8, were raped in a government-run orphanage in Kushtia this week. Sadly, cases such as this are not new or infrequent.
29 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Effective investigation so far
The police's search for militants connected to the deadly Gulshan and Sholakia attacks have so far yielded positive results.
29 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Hillary Clinton for US president
We congratulate Hillary Clinton who, after a grueling 15-month campaign, has finally clinched the Democratic Party's nomination for US president...
28 July 2016, 18:00 PM