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
Making roads safe
The alarming number of casualties in road accidents exposes how deadly the roads, particularly highways, are in Bangladesh. Casualty figures in road crashes vary but that should not detract us from the fact that the number of dead and injured is still unacceptably high in Bangladesh.
21 October 2015, 18:00 PM
“Road March” attacked?
In what can only be termed as very rough tactics, the recent attacks on the “road march” called by the left-leaning platform 'Ganatantrik Bam Morcha' by the police and, reportedly, by pro-government student activists, leave us wondering whether the government has lost its
21 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Harassed for being good Samaritans
Over the last week we have witnessed two instances betraying major discrepancies in police's handling of cases. In the first example, the
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM
City park a dumping ground
The Chittagong city corporation is regularly dumping garbage and mud into Jatisangha Park in the port city's Panchlaish area, ostensibly
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Marriageable age for girls must remain 18
We welcome the State Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Meher Afroze Chumki's reiteration that the minimum marriageable age for
19 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Transport workers hold city hostage
It is utterly preposterous that a city can be held hostage by transport workers protesting the punishment of a co-worker caught charging
19 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Attack on Satkhira temple
We are unnerved by the news from Satkhira where six idols of a Hindu temple have been desecrated by miscreants only hours before the start of the Durga Puja.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Youth with extraordinary courage
Kumar Bishwajit Barman has stopped about 700 child marriages and saved many teenagers and adults from the deadly claws of drug abuse in the northern district of Kurigram.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Addressing rising inequality
The richest one percent now owns half of all the wealth in the world, according to the Global Wealth Report 2015. Although the report
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Is money above the law?
We are appalled to see that influence and money has gotten the better of the law in a recent incident. We hope that the record is straightened out and that ours is a society based on laws, not influence, is established.
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Pesticide use surges six-fold
A press conference titled “Pesticides and Health Risk: Find Alternatives and Save the Lives of Rural Women” held at the capital's Jatiya Press Club recently revealed some startling facts.
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Prime accused in Rajon murder case brought back
We are comforted by the fact that our government has been successful in bringing back the prime accused in the Rajon murder case after he had escaped to Saudi Arabia.
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Amended Money Laundering Act
While we understand the need to trace and block the illegal transfer of monies inside and outside the country, our fear is that the newly
15 October 2015, 18:00 PM
VAT on English medium schools
The Supreme Court has stayed for eight weeks a High Court order halting collection of VAT on tuition fees paid to English medium
15 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Passport scam
An internal probe by the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) has detected that at least 170 official passports have been issued without following any of the numerous set procedures.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Government's anti- militancy campaign
Despite a commendable initiative by the government to combat militancy by targeting schools, madrasas and mosques, lethargic implementation has reduced it to a forgotten official circular.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Freedom fighter status for Biranganas
While we congratulate the government's decision to recognise Biranganas as freedom fighters, we would like to apologise to these great women for taking a long 43 years to honour them for their sacrifice for our country.
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Local body elections a party affair
The cabinet has approved the proposal to hold local body elections on a partisan basis. We understand the merit of the change.
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Trials of militants
At a time when our government has reiterated its commitment to curb militancy in the country we are dumbfounded by a news report by a leading Bangla daily that the trial process of 156 cases involving militants are on hold.
12 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Murder of foreign nationals
ACCORDING to news reports some positive developments have been made into the murder investigation of the two foreign nationals.
12 October 2015, 18:00 PM