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
Accidents due to bad roads
Saturday's road crash in Moghbazar intersection happened when a reckless bus driver went over a poorly repaired trench on the street, lost control and hit three construction workers, killing two of them and seriously injuring another.
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Social Safety Roadmap
Under a scheme called the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS), the government plans to bring 3.57 crore of the poorest and most vulnerable citizens under social safety nets.
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Diseases contracted from animals
DISEASES contracted from birds and animals have become a serious threat to humans all over the world and Bangladesh is no exception.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Cross-border movement of vehicles
AN impending agreement on motor vehicles due to be signed in June by Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal is set to usher in an era of reduced costs for transporting goods and people across borders of these neighbouring nations.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A questionable project on Sonai River
ACCORDING to environmentalists, the construction of a 10-storey Future Park on the river Sonai , Habiganj would violate multiple laws and lead to the eventual demise of the river.
3 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bring home our boys
THE government has formally enlisted the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for the estimated 1,500 to 3,000 Bangladeshis trapped in war-ravaged Yemen.
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Militants manage to circumvent the system
THE arrest of Ariful Islam, caught after he, along with his accomplices, hacked to death Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, has by default, brought to light some significant inefficiencies in law enforcement.
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM
One more ghastly murder in the city
IN a macabre attack with a hammer, a former college teacher was murdered in her apartment in the capital on Monday.
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Second submarine cable due next year
IT surely is good news for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services, as work on the second submarine cable is due to be completed in 2016.
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu bridge at risk
AS reported in this paper on March 31, the Bangabandhu Bridge Authority (BBA) is apparently turning a blind eye to a syndicate of sand traders that has been engaged for the last three months in removing precious sand a mere kilometre away from the bridge site.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
We condemn the killing
WE are shocked and appalled by yet another murder of a blogger, Oyasiqur Rahman, in broad daylight, barely a month after the savage murder of blogger and activist Avijit Roy.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Probe eviction of 14 Hindu families
AT least 14 Hindu families have been evicted by land grabbers, allegedly at the behest of a local Jubo League leader, in Taltaliupazila of Barguna district.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM
BNP in the city polls
BY all indications, it appears that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to participate in the Dhaka (North and South) and Chittagong City Corporations elections.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Financing women's enterprise
WOMEN seeking to stand on their own face daunting odds in procuring seed money to start a business or set up a small enterprise.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Corporal punishment – lingers defiantly
THE incident of 42 students being meted out brutal punishment by a teacher in a school at Bagha upazila and the subsequent reaction, equally violent, brings to the fore the issue of corporal punishment for the umpteenth time.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Brazen occupation of public space
Placement of heavy construction material on the intersection between Road 98 of Gulshan and the DCC market for more than two months
28 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Shell-shocked by death of 10 devotees
We are aghast at the deaths of 10 devotees due to a stampede during a bathing ritual for Hindu pilgrims in Narayanganj.
28 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Illegal Parking, a major cause of stifling traffic
WE all know that a large part of the choking gridlocks we face each day is due to the illegal parking of buses, trucks and cars.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM
US–Israel tension over two state solution
NETANYAHU'S highly contested victory brings to the fore some very disturbing realities in the Palestine-Israel relations.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Another minor raped and murdered
The rape and murder of 13-year-old Ayesha Siddiqua Sumaiya, living in Rangpur is another reminder of the lack of protection young girls and women against sexual predators.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM