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
Draft Road Transport Act
The draft of the Bangladesh Road Transport Act is apparently missing some key issues like speed limits, accident probes and victims'
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Increasing police size to combat crime
We welcome the government's move to induct more personnel in the police to deliver better on their primary responsibility to the people.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Shifting of the Central Jail
We welcome the shifting of the Dhaka central Jail to Keraniganj in order to improve the facilities and living conditions of the inmates.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
No supervision in construction
It is quite by accident that a group of youths came across information that bamboo sticks were being used in the construction of a
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
The woes of women migrant workers
Reports of Bangladeshi women falling victim to sexual and other kinds of abuses in the Middle East are resurfacing in the media despite human rights activists and governments calling for labour reforms in some countries in the region. According to a leading Bangla daily,
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Child "slavery"
We are horrified by the findings of a research titled “Hidden Slavery Child Domestic Workers,” which state that nearly 80 percent of child
8 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Another secular activist killed
It has been more than forty-eight hours since Nazim Samad was brutally killed by unknown assailants on the streets of old Dhaka; the
8 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Cheat-fest in HSC exam
Cheating allegations in public exams have always dogged students in this country but the scene at Adakhola High School of Jhalakathi during the...
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
A new education law in the offing
A draft education law, conforming to the recommendation of the National Education Policy -2010, has been put up for public comments.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Projected growth to hit 7 percent
According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics' (BBS) provisional data, the economy is projected to grow at a rate exceeding 7 percent in the current fiscal.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Deaths at Bashkhali
We are compelled to ask, after reading the news reports, whether the death of four people and injuries to at least 30 (including police) in Banshkhali upazila (Chittagong) could have been avoided?
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Busting of militants' den
The special team for counter terrorism and transnational crime must be complimented for yet another success in busting a terrorist den, this time in Bogra.
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Freeing up residential areas
The Cabinet has set a six-month deadline to remove all unapproved commercial entities from residential areas.
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Ensure both security and speed
The UK government's decision to impose a ban on direct cargo flight from Dhaka has badly hit Bangladesh's exports to UK, particularly
4 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Money laundering and terror finance
The news that Bangladesh might be classified 'risky' by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is worrying. It is an issue that
4 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Unesco visit
The recent visit of a joint Reactive Monitoring Mission involving the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) raises more questions than answers.
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM
CJ's comments
We welcome the very insightful comments of the Hon'ble Chief Justice made at a book launching ceremony on Saturday.
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Splitting up ministries
Reportedly, the government is contemplating splitting up five ministries into several divisions each. Of the proposed five, two, home and
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Relocation of tanneries
The project to relocate Hazaribagh tanneries to Savar, considering environmental and health hazards, has become a travesty with lapsed
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Fighting human trafficking
Despite the continuous hue and cry about human trafficking (in the media), very little has actually been done to fight the menace...
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM