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