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
Another hate crime
We note with trepidation, that the spate of killings of individuals that fit a certain profile has not seen its end – this time a Hindu tailor has been hacked to death.
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
CU Medical Centre
The shabby state of affairs and the lack of proper facilities at the Chittagong University Medical Centre (CUMC) have shocked us.
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Workers' uncountable contribution
Today, May 1, marks the day in 1886 when over 200,000 workers all over the US organised a nationwide strike for an eight hour work
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Seeking legal redress for rape
Unlike the United Kingdom, the US and Australia, where laws regarding rape have evolved to a state that the “character, morality and
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Forced marriage of an underage girl
The news of marriage of an underage girl after coercion and torture, allegedly by a policeman, is deplorable.
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM
End cargo vessel strike
It was after six days of enormous suffering that we were relived to hear the news of inland water transport workers calling off their strike.
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Common front against militancy
Given the recent spike in extremist attacks on both the religious minorities and various Muslim sects, the government has decided to
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
A bizarre theft!
The levers of about two hundred insecticide sprayers to destroy sand flies that cause kala-azar have gone missing from the Bhaluka
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Water, water, nowhere!
As the sweltering heat makes life intolerable for Dhaka dwellers, a severe water crisis has made things go from bad to worse for residents of Dhanmondi...
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Victims' families living in fear
It is with dismay we witness that the families of the seven-murder victims in Narayanganj still live in fear of their lives.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Killing spree continues
We are left speechless with horror at the coldblooded killing of Xulhaz Mannan, an official of USAID and rights activist and his friend Mahbub Tonoy...
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM
FDI could be more
According to central bank data, foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 31 percent over the last one year to US$2.7 billion.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Editorial: Return Bangladesh Bank money now
The globally publicized US$81-million money-laundering scandal is enough international embarrassment for the Philippines. The least the Philippine Government can do now is to return the money as fast as the legal process will allow.
26 April 2016, 04:22 AM
Railway lands in the hands of grabbers
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is heavily subsidised as it is, and to make it even worse for its wobbling revenue generation process...
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Rana Plaza tragedy
The Rana Plaza disaster survivors and the relatives of the unfortunate victims have received some compensation and we are glad to note the various measures taken for workers' safety and welfare.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Elections fraught with irregularities
It sets a dangerous precedent in a country when we come to expect and accept incidents of violence and irregularities as an inevitable part of the electoral process.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Another RU teacher victim of the assassins
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the killing of yet another teacher of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Making rice import costlier
The government's decision to impose an additional 10 percent duty on the import of rice is timely as farmers are suffering due to low
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Climate deal signed
We welcome the signing of the Paris Climate deal on April 22. Actions not pledges are what are needed to combat climate change. Despite
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Student in shackles!
It seems like a story out of a psychological thriller – too horrific to be true.
22 April 2016, 18:00 PM