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
Invest in healthcare of female RMG workers
A sector as large and as booming as RMG, with the majority of its 4.2 million workers being young women between 18 and 35...
1 December 2015, 18:00 PM
ADP implementation slows down
The World Bank in its latest Public Expenditure review has found that 22 per cent of the development projects over the last five years...
1 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Aborted eviction drive
We fully endorse the Mayor of Dhaka (North) City Corporation's move to free public spaces of illegal occupation and make them available...
30 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Exempt print and electronic media
The government's move to make print newspapers obtain registration for their online editions is neither logical nor necessary.
30 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Child-safe Internet
A lot of children who use the Internet are being exposed to harmful materials and there has to be proper monitoring to ensure safety of children as well as the state.
29 November 2015, 18:00 PM
CHT Accord
DECEMBER 2 will mark the 18th Anniversary of the signing of the CHT Peace Accord, and, regrettably, we are still talking about its full implementation.
29 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Masquerading as DB members
That a businessman and his relative were picked up in the early hours of November 29 by a criminal gang masquerading as Detective
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Border killings
After a somewhat lull of several months since June we are alarmed at the number of Bangladeshi casualties, particularly in the last
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Another attack on Shias
The site for the second attack on Shias, barely a month after the one in the capital city, has occurred in a mosque in Shibganj Upazila of Bogra district.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Centre for pavement dwellers
We applaud the initiative of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Sajida Foundation, Concern Worldwide and Water Aid of opening a three...
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
“Bangladesh on Seven Summits”
Wasfia Nazreen has achieved the rare distinction of climbing the seven highest peaks in seven continents, popularly known as the “Seven Summits...
26 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Forthcoming municipal elections
We welcome the upcoming municipal elections due to be held on December 30. Whether the decision to hold on party lines is a good one...
26 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shooting down of Russian plane
Turkish aircraft fire has brought down a Russian Su-24 near the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24. It has generated a war of words between Russia and Turkey...
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Violence against women continues
We are horrified at the news that a housewife from Bhaluka Upazila, Mymensingh was severely injured by her husband for not meeting his repeated demands for dowry.
25 November 2015, 18:00 PM
No compensation yet for Tazreen victims
It has been three years since the Tazreen fire incident which left some 112 dead and hundreds more injured due to smoke inhalation and fire.
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Waterlogging can be solved
The picture published in yesterday's paper portrays a menace we are all too familiar with: canals blocked by garbage. The inevitable waterlogging...
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Despicable MRP saga
The International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) deadline on Machine Readable Passport (MRP) passes today, and 1.1 million expatriate...
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan's statement on hanging of war criminals
We are outraged by Pakistan foreign ministry's statement expressing 'deep concern and anguish' over the execution of two war criminals who...
23 November 2015, 18:00 PM
A world united against terror
We unequivocally welcome the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council resolution urging the world to unite to defeat IS. The move follows the recent ghastly terrorist attacks in Beirut...
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Another turn of the wheels of justice
SQ Choudhury and Ali Ahsan Mojaheed have got their comeuppance. And we express our satisfaction at the conclusion of the process of justice for which the nation has been waiting for the last 44 years.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM