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
Study on child labour, child marriage
It is worrying, to say the least, that more than 1.4 million children in Bangladesh do not or cannot attend schools, with an estimated 1 million children of the age 10-14 engaged in labour.
31 July 2015, 18:00 PM
End of 68 years of statelessness
At long last an historical aberration related to the demarcation of land boundary between Bangladesh and India has been corrected.
31 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Fear in Raozan minorities
It is indeed disconcerting to see that the minorities living in Raozan area in Chittagong, once terrorised by Salahuddin Quader Choudhury, continue to still live in a state of fear of retribution.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Rise in the number of female migrant workers
It is promising that the number of female migrant workers from Bangladesh has increased from 37,304 in 2012 to 76,007 in 2014, even though overall migration of Bangladeshi workers has declined by 30 percent over the same period.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM
A tell-tale road repair project
With the advent of monsoon, muddy and slushy potholes plague several streets of the capital.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
SQ Chy sealed it for him
After an exhaustive process of trial, the War Crimes Tribunal convicted Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death sentence.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Mourning Kalam's passing away
We express our profound grief at the death of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Dwindling Royal Bengal Tigers
It is highly disquieting that the Royal Bengal Tiger, one of the most valued species of tigers in the world, appears to be on an extinction course in its home, the Sundarbans.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Billboards or death traps?
The picture of a billboard dislodged from the top of a building in Dhaka that was published in our paper yesterday must have shocked many.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Draft bill to protect adivasi rights
We welcome the move of the parliamentary caucus on indigenous affairs to place a bill in the upcoming session of the parliament proposing that a national commission be formed for the protection of indigenous rights.
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Spike in mob killing
The figure is horrendous and must make the authorities stand up and take notice.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM
PM at the BCL Council
Prime Minister's forthright address to the 28th council of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Saturday reverberated with some very pertinent instructions to student leaders and councillors.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM
DMCH trolleys only for good tippers!
Areport by this paper has found staff of the DMCH engaged in extorting exorbitant tips for trolley service from people coming to the
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Police negligence in arresting Rajon killers
If the barbaric torture and murder of 13-year-old child in Sylhet by a gang of four wasn't appalling enough, we now have evidence of
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Law enforcers in abduction?
GOING through rights bodies' findings, accounts of victims' families and media reports revolving around the spate of abductions, one cannot help the impression that law enforcers are linked to many of the incidents coming to light.
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Gang rape of teenage girl
In yet another tragic case of sexual violence, a teenage girl was allegedly gang raped in the capital during the early hours of Thursday.
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Unsafe water in urban areas
It is of grave concern that a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) survey has found 55 percent of urban households across the country use water contaminated by E.coli, a dangerous bacteria that causes serious waterborne diseases.
23 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Increasing highway fatality
The government has announced yet another measure to reduce highway accidents – banning three-wheelers from the highways.
23 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Extortion in any form is unacceptable
It is a pleasant surprise to hear that party leaders of the AL have spoken against the practice of extortion by some party activists to carry out programmes on the National Mourning Day.
22 July 2015, 18:00 PM
River-linking project
We are deeply concerned over media reports in India that New Delhi is going ahead with its river-linking project which is deemed to be potentially catastrophic for Bangladesh.
22 July 2015, 18:00 PM