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
Ekushey Book Fair
We appreciate the move by Bangla Academy to provide security to the Amar Ekushey Grontho Mela through a number of measures including the setting up of two Rab camps...
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Hassles of Benapole - Jessore road travel
That people travelling on road between Benapole border and Jessore should be subjected to checks not once or twice but as many as seven times...
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Children murdered for ransom
The recovery of three bodies of children from Rangpur and Tangail in one day, all of whom were kidnapped and subsequently murdered,
30 January 2016, 18:00 PM
When will the farce end?
The purpose of relocating the tanneries to Savar was to save the rivers around Dhaka from eventual death. The relocation has been on
30 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Action against river polluters
There are several ways our rivers are being gradually killed off. There have been illegal encroachments of many important rivers around the capital and this has gone on with impunity.
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Major improvements in garment workers' safety
We are delighted to note that members of the Sustainability Compact Partners that include the US, Canada, the European Union...
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Institutional corruption at Rajuk
The recently held public hearing by Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) has opened up a can of worms on the systemic graft that exists in the institution.
28 January 2016, 18:00 PM
PM's call to the police
The prime minister's call to the police to uphold the rule of law without any exception is timely and laudable. Unfortunately, it appears to be out of sync with the realities on the ground.
28 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Family planning stuck
There was a time when Bangladesh's national family planning policies were a role model for other countries to emulate. That was then; today the situation is slightly different.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
No letup in road crash
Although there have been umpteen campaigns and reports from road safety activists and media and regular public outcry to make our roads safer there is no brake on road crash incidents.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Most teachers ignorant of the creative education method
Undoubtedly, our education needs major overhaul, especially when it comes to changing the way children are taught.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Loss of agricultural productivity
In five upazilas of Lalmonirhat, 500 bighas of farmland lose productivity every year.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Road to higher middle income economy
It is indeed heartening to see the prime minister declare the establishment of the Bangladesh Development Authority to help foster business and economic activities in the country.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Forced marriage of a minor
The news of three people – a mother, stepfather and husband- being sent to jail for forcing a twelve-year-old girl into marriage...
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Factory fire kills five
The fire at a chemical factory in Gazipur on Saturday, which left at least five workers dead, has once again exposed the horrific vulnerability of workers engaged in hazardous work in unregulated factories.
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM
A strike protesting accountability?
The recent physicians' strike at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres of Chittagong, in protest of cases filed against their colleagues for medical negligence...
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Water filters sans safety certificates
This may come as a surprise to the bulk of consumers in Bangladesh, but manufacturers and importers of water purifying and filtration
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Suspicious blaze at Kalyanpur slum
The fire that was allowed to burn down the shanties and shops at the Kalyanpur slum shows utter disregard for human lives. The
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Rajuk's demolition drive in the city
Rajuk has launched simultaneous drives in various parts of the city to reclaim footpaths, parking spaces that were being used for other purposes.
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Decision time on fuel prices
The minister of finance has sought the opinion of the ministry of energy on how to revise prices of petroleum downwards.
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM