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
Date expired medicine in community clinics
The supply of Albendazole tablets, a worm killer, to several community clinics of Sadar Upazila of Nilphamari district, only two weeks before their...
1 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Rajiv killing verdict
We are relieved that the Rajiv killing case has been brought to a conclusion in fairly quick time.
1 January 2016, 18:00 PM
New counter-terrorism unit
We are informed that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is in the final stages of putting together the “Counter Terrorism and
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Municipal elections
That the AL won the municipal elections is no surprise. What is, perhaps, surprising is the margin of victory and defeat, and the extent of
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Persons with disabilities more prolific
It is heartening to find that persons with disabilities in our country have better output and are more loyal to their employers than other persons.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Capping on mobile top-up
The recent BTRC decision to put a limit on daily top-up for pre-paid mobiles is undoubtedly a short-sighted and injudicious measure.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Middlemen take it all
In a seminar on food security and media's role, representatives from the government and other stakeholders discussed the problems...
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Terror suspects go scot-free
We are shocked, as would every responsible citizen of this country would be, to learn that a large number of terror suspects are going...
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM
The stakes are way high
Bangladesh, despite making some significant improvements in economy, is yet to establish an egalitarian society based on accountability and the rule of law.
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Recrudescence of extremists
Quite a few extremist dens have been busted over the last several days. And that is a matter of both comfort as well as alarm.
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Killing of a journalist
The brutal murder of Mashiur Rahman Utsho, a brave young newsman, has sent a wave of fear throughout the journalist community.
27 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Contemptuous comments
Goyeshwar Roy has shown the temerity to call the martyred intellectuals “anti liberation elements” who “died like fools”.
27 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Terror attacks continue
This time the attack on an Ahmadiyya mosque in Rajshahi's Bagmara upazila was aimed particularly at creating terror within that
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Pahela Baishakh sexual assault
After eight long months the police have submitted the final report on the sexual assaults on Pahela Baishakh, offering precious little in
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM
The message of peace
It is indeed a remarkable coincidence that Eid e Milad-un- Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), and Christmas, marking the
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Demand for independent commission for children
Various rights bodies and non-profit organisations have raised the demand for an independent commission for children that would
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Problems with land rights
That the country has 146 separate laws governing the issue of land ownership is mind boggling. And many of these are overlapping,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
JU proctor's dubious role!
We are outraged at the 'leaked phone conversation' of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) proctor that suggests a malintention on his part,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Policy for rights of domestic help
The government draft policy formulated recently to protect the rights of domestic workers could not have come a day too soon. We
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Rana Plaza disaster charge sheet
It appears that progress has been made in the process of bringing those responsible for the Rana Plaza deaths before the court. We are
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM