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
These are not “isolated” events
The latest killings indicate that the killers have expanded their target. Can it get any worse than this? Will it be fear mongering to suggest that the next targets might be those who sell their books and even those who buy them?
1 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Journalists endangered worldwide
The journalists are increasingly becoming an engendered species. And we are reminded of this unpleasant fact once again as we observe the 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists' (IDEI) today.
1 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Free thinking under attack again
In two violent and gory incidents yesterday, four publishers and bloggers were attacked resulting in the death of one and severe injuries
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Cargo vessel route through Sundarbans
The three-member investigation committee formed in the aftermath of the sinking of a coal-carrying vessel in the Shela River in the
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM
'NGO' cheats rural women
We are amazed at the report of “NGO officials” at a remote village in Sadurapul upazila in Kishoreganj embezzling about Tk 37 lakh from poor rural women in the name of capacity-building and income-generation.
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Violence against children
We fully endorse the anxiety expressed by a local human rights organisation at the increasing incidence of violence against children.
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Educating the physically challenged
We commend The Manab Kalyan Trust of Pabna for assisting higher education of 135 physically challenged students, many of them visually...
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Down two points in ranking
According to the World Bank's (WB) latest edition of business-environment ratings, the country slipped down two notches to rank 174 out of 189...
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM
E-agri information centres
We applaud the government decision to expand e-Krishi (e-agriculture) services in rural areas to disseminate agricultural information among farmers.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Sorry state of DMCH
The Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is in a state of disarray when it comes to providing quality service to its patients.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM
TIB's report card on parliament
Predictably, the reaction from the government regarding the just released Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) report on the performance of the current parliament...
27 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Organic farming methods help
A young farmer from Lalmonirhat decided to do things differently. Where the bulk of vegetables sold in the capital city are chemical-laden which is not at all conducive to health...
27 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Headway in the Tavella case
After weeks of little visible progress in the investigation of the murder of Cesare Tavella, an Italian national, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has caught four suspects involved in the killing and recovered a motorcycle that was apparently used by the murderers to escape.
26 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Kidnapping in the hills
THE safety situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has deteriorated sharply, a manifestation of which we see in a rise in the incidents of abduction in the region.
26 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Huseni Dalan bombing
We are shocked at the dastardly bombing targeting the mourners at Husseini Dalan Imambara on the night before
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Encroachment of the Shitalakkhya
Arecent photo in this newspaper showing the illegal setting up of shipyards on the banks of the Shitalakkhya after
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Lessons of Ashura
Though the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram and the first month of the Islamic calendar, is related to many events of historical significance...
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Karnaphuli River being choked
Big cities thrive on the banks of great rivers. For Chittagong it is the Karnaphuli River. Yet over the nearly two and half decades, we have stood as silent spectators to its gradual degradation as greed paved the way for unbridled encroachment.
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Celebration of Puja
We congratulate the Hindu community for celebrating Durga Puja with all the fanfare it deserves, in peace and a festive manner.
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Children to go to schools in their locality
The Prime Minister's directive to the education and other ministries to take steps to make sure that all children are able to enroll into schools in their localities is certainly laudable.
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM