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
Sexual assault on women and minor on Pahela Baishakh
THERE are no words to express the shock and disgust at the sexual assault of young women and a minor at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Going 'green' is good business
IT is interesting to note that a growing number of leading readymade garments (RMG) producers are taking steps to qualify for LEED
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
New militant outfit busted
The law enforcement agencies deserve credit for the identification of a new militant outfit following arrest of three members of the outfit and one of its arms suppliers.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
'Profit' at whose expense?
That the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is said to have made a profit of Tk 2,000 crore last year may have been cause for celebration had it not been at the expense of the end consumers.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Three months that have cost us $2.2b
THE dreadful fear that we have had about the economic loss of the nation in the three-month-long political unrest has been substantiated in the
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A festival for all Bangladeshis
PAHELA Baishakh provides us with a reason to start afresh on a clean slate, to do away with all that is toxic and renew ourselves with
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A long awaited closure
AFTER 44 excruciating years the widows of Sohagpur, now known as Bidhoba Palli (Village of Widows) in Nalitabari, Sherpur, have had
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Border killings on the rise
IT is disconcerting to see the rise in the number of deaths of Bangladeshis in BSF firing at the Bangladesh – India border, the most recent of which occurred on Saturday.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Slum dwellers are worse off than villagers in terms of health
APPROXIMATELY 30 to 45 percent of slum dwellers are ill and 60 percent of their children chronically malnourished.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
First formal meet in 50 years
THIS is the first high level meeting between two chief diplomats of the United States (US) and Cuba since 1958.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Yet another deadly accident
25 individuals killed and a further 23 injured in a single bus accident as it swerved off the road and hit a tree on the Dhaka-Barisal highway on April 9.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
1500 MW more electricity by July
IT is indeed heartening to see 1500 MW of electricity being added in the next three months to the country's power-starved national grid, as we hope that the newest addition will give the much-needed impetus to the country's economic growth.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
New economic zones for FDI
WE are heartened to learn that the government plans to set up three new economic zones that will cater specifically for Japanese, Chinese and Indian firms intending to invest in Bangladesh.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Accused of Narayanganj murders charged
ALMOST a year after the gruesome murders of seven men in Narayanganj, police have charged 35 individuals.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Wholesale promotions
THE wholesale promotion of 873 senior civil bureaucrats for no apparent reason is a bewildering move of the government.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Make food safe, avoid deaths
A preliminary report made public by the World Health Organisation (WHO) paints a bleak picture where 2 million people die of food-borne diseases globally.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Chittagong under water, again
CHITTAGONG city, our second most important city, was practically flooded again after only an hour and a half of downpour on Monday.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Greater transportation integration
THE bilateral trade agreement that has existed between Bangladesh and India since March 28, 1972...
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM
An avoidable public nuisance
WE are aghast by the shameful display of indifference to public suffering that Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan and his supporters had shown day before yesterday by bringing out a one-kilometre-long march, creating hours of gridlock across the capital.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A return to sanity, hopefully?
KHALEDA Zia's bail and the opening of the BNP's central office in Nayapaltan by law enforcers have brought in a sense of relief for the people of this country.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM