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
A forceful message
IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Focus on South-South cooperation
Despite the enormous potential of South-South cooperation, it must be acknowledged that no enduring and effective changes can take place without the political will and commitment from concerned governments.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Urban poor in abject health condition
SLUMS are growing seamlessly with one-third of the urban people already living in them.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Sexual assault in school
WHAT is as deplorable as the sexual assault and the attempted rape on a minor at a higher secondary school recently is the way the school authorities have handled the matter.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Reducing cost of doing business
In a pre-budget discussion held at the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), Industrialists and economists were
16 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Thousands stranded at sea
Nearly 900 Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants have been rescued from smugglers' boats stranded at sea, but their fates remain
16 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh performs well in inclusive growth
AS per a report published by ESCAP titled 'Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015', Bangladesh is ahead of both India and Pakistan in terms of inclusive growth.
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Violence against women
ACCORDING to women's rights organisation, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, 44 women have reportedly been victims of gender-based violence at the hands of law enforcers.
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Economic rating remains stable
STANDARD & Poor (S&P), the global rating agency has reaffirmed the 'BB-' long-term sovereign rating for the country.
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Another macabre tale
THE horrific murder of a woman and her uncle-in-law inside her Pallabi apartment exemplifies how vulnerable ordinary citizens have become even in their own home.
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Free internet access initiative
IT is heartening to note that Facebook has launched its free online browsing platform internet.org in Bangladesh in partnership with a local mobile company.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Salahuddin appears in Shillong
WE share the general relief at the news that BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who has been missing for the last two months, is alive.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Another Blogger Murdered
ANOTHER gruesome assassination of blogger and an organiser of local Gonojagoron Mancha, Ananta Bijoy Das in Sylhet illustrates that the systematic killing of free thinkers is still on the extremist agenda.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Lax fire safety measures in hospitals
AUTHORITIES appear blissfully unconcerned about the fact that the fire extinguishing equipment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) had expired over a year ago.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Police brutality again!
We deplore in the strongest possible terms the police brutality on the activists, some of them women, who were demanding the arrest and trial of criminals who, as an orgainsed gang, sexually harassed a number of women during the Bengali New Year.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Rice import fallout
THE government has finally decided to impose a 10 percent duty on foreign rice to curb import of the grain. Needless to say this measure comes too late for the farmers and millers of the country.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Protesting garment workers
IT is a story of aggrieved garment workers – with a difference! The ring of familiarity ends with their demand for payment of arrear salaries when this is drowned in the more strident chorus of serious grievances.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM
University teacher roughed up by police
WE wonder when, if ever, the police would learn to treat a citizen with due respect and civility.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Conservatives' stellar win
We congratulate the Conservative party on a hard-fought campaign climaxing in a convincing victory.
9 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Ending child marriage
We are concerned that the government is yet to reject a condition in the new draft of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2014 which recommends that, even though the minimum age for marriage would remain 18, parents can marry off their 16-year-old girls as long as they have justifiable reasons behind this decision.
9 May 2015, 18:00 PM