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
More private universities?
WHILE it is true that the increase in the number of private universities is in response to a never ending demand for higher education
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Relocation of tanneries
The government has yet again issued a warning against tanneries in Hazaribagh threatening to shut down polluting factories if they fail to
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Brick kilns king among air pollutants
Very few of the brick kilns in Bangladesh - approximately 7,000, according to government estimates -- have been constructed following proper design and environmental rules, according to experts.
10 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Rising numbers of road crash
Within the span of a few hours, two pile ups and four crashes on and around Bangabandhu Bridge claimed the lives of six people...
10 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Lawmaker's attempt to grab minority's land
It has been alleged by rights bodies that a certain lawmaker from Thakurgaon-2 constituency is actively engaged in the
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Attenuate not accentuate acrimony
May 5 had given us a satisfaction and immense hope. We were very encouraged to see the positive vibes emanating from
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM
No implementation of building codes!
In the wake of yet another earth-shattering earthquake and amidst threats of even more devastating ones in the near future...
8 January 2016, 18:00 PM
School dropouts high in Dhunat
The Daily Star report that around 2,500 students have dropped out of school in the last three years in Bogra's Dhunat upazilla, due to extreme poverty and child marriage...
8 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Rail travel time to reduce
We are happy to note that Bangladesh Railway has introduced double tracks on another long stretch of Dhaka-Chittagong route which will reduce...
7 January 2016, 18:00 PM
An unrepentant Jamaat
The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty awarded to Matiur Rahman Nizami by International Crimes Tribunal-1 in 2014.
7 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Threat of utility network-related disaster
It is a highly worrisome prospect that the many utilities we are served by everyday may be a source of danger to us in the event of a major disaster...
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Positive vibes from the parties
We are relieved to see that the January 5 programme of the two major political parties has passed off peacefully.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Defaulting company getting away
In the latest twist of the seemingly never ending saga of the machine readable passports (MRPs), we are now confronted with the...
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Celebrations and public misery
It is all very well that Bangladesh Chhatra League celebrated its 68th founding anniversary; we congratulate them on their glorious past though...
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Labour recruitment in Malaysia
IT is a matter of grave concern that the Malaysian government has appointed a sole entity, Synerflux Sdn Bhd, a private Malaysian company, to oversee the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers including workers' registration, eligibility and delivery of visas.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Deteriorating air quality in Bangladesh
The air the residents breathe in three of the most industrially developed cities of the country, namely, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur,
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM
A clean Dhaka
We commend and endorse the “Clean Dhaka 2016” campaign launched by the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation who has pledged to set up...
3 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Why?
Both the AL and BNP have expressed their intention to hold a rally in Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5 to commemorate 'Democracy' in their own...
3 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Human rights violations in 2015
It is heartening that Bangladesh made some notable progress in meeting its socio-economic targets in 2015, attaining, as it did, lower-
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Good news for school-goers
The government commenced the distribution of more than 330 million copies of textbooks to some 44 million school-going children on
2 January 2016, 18:00 PM