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
Another Arms Haul in CHT
The detention of a miscreant with a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from a remote jungle in Khagrachhari by the army has left us with a sense of foreboding.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
New national pay scale
Public servants are about to see their salaries doubled across the board. We are all for an increase in the pay of public servants given the increase in cost of living we have witnessed over the past few years.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Land ports are a vital infrastructure
We cannot but express our concern over the wretched condition of Bangladesh's land ports with India and Myanmar as called to attention at a seminar on land port development last Sunday.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Antibiotic resistance at an alarming level
The WHO has made an ominous forecast: an estimated 10 million deaths per year and a global gross domestic product 2-3 percent less than woluld otherwise be by 2050.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Europe's response to the refugee crisis
We welcome Europe's waking up to the realities of the ongoing migrant crisis that has stirred the human conscience.
6 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Another ship-breaking yard mishap
Eight workers of Shital Enterprise are fighting for their lives in hospital after being critically injured when a gas cylinder exploded at the ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda Upazila where they worked.
6 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Fast-tracking Chittagong's development
Arecently organised seminar titled “Global Port, Global City: Prioritising Chittagong for Accelerating National Growth” dwelt on problems
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Reclaiming lost canals
That the capital comes to a standstill due to waterlogging every time there is heavy rain is hardly a surprise if we consider that as much
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Rakhines driven off their country
Reportedly, the Rakhine community in Bangladesh has been forced out of their homes over successive years, as a result of systematic oppression and land grabbing by influential quarters.
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Towards justice for victims of Tazreen Garments fire
It is with relief that we receive the news of a Dhaka Court framing charges against 13 people in the Tazreen Garments Fire case that killed 112 workers on November 14, 2012.
4 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh investment climate
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) has recently launched a report on the investment climate in Bangladesh titled 'Investment
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Dr Edric Baker – An Unsung Hero
It is with deep reverence that we acknowledge the noble contributions of Dr Edric Baker who passed away on Tuesday, September 1. A
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM
A dangerous proposal
We are alarmed at the proposal of private launch owners to stop the ongoing process of resurveying fitness of launches across the country.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM
The woeful plight of Dhaka
First day of the month of September will be remembered by Dhaka residents for a long time. Incessant rainfall paralysed all major and minor roads in the city for hours on end.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh remains at the top
According to a recent report by McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, Bangladesh is slated to remain the top sourcing nation for global retail of readymade garments (RMG) for the next five years.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Weed out the bad elements, says the PM
The Prime Minister has recently given a clear directive to her party leaders to 'weed out' the bad elements of the party as they contradict the ideals upon which the party was founded.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Child brutalised once again!
Yet again, we are confronted with the appalling news of 12-year-old boy tied to a tree and beaten mercilessly by more than one person, apparently as 'punishment for theft'.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Shocking student behaviour in SUST
Every new day the Chhatra League's excess, it seems, takes a new dimension. Last Sunday, some unruly members of the student body assaulted some teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology who were staging a sit-in demanding the resignation of the university's Vice Chancellor.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM
More Bangladeshis drowned
Another 24 Bangladeshis are likely to have met their watery grave off the coast of foreign land thousands of miles away from home.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Gas and power price hikes
There has been a growing public opinion building into crescendo demanding that the government reconsider energy regulatory commission's decision to raise gas and power tariff by 26.29 percent and 2.93 percent, respectively.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM