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
Displacement of indigenous families
Over 80 indigenous people of some 21 families are still homeless more than nine months after they were evicted from their ancestral lands for the establishment of BGB 51 Battalion headquarters in Babuchhara of Dighinala.
26 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Journalist victimised
The highhandedness of the police in dealing with Prothom Alo's Baufal correspondent ABM Mizanur Rahman leaves us dumbstruck. The
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh at 45
The nation enters its 45th year of independence. It is as much a cause of celebration as that of an expression of profound respect for the
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Arson attacks continue
On Monday, a crude bomb blast in the TSC area left a housewife and a university student injured and a bus was torched in the Shahbagh
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh denim carves a niche
Denim is showing positive growth in the sprawling readymade garments sector. Going by what has been published in this paper foreign
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
20 missing since beginning of year
According to rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), at least 20 people have been allegedly detained by law enforcement agencies
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Lee Kuan Yew no more
We deeply mourn the sad demise of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, a country he had single-handedly built
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Water concerns all too known
WE are not water-starved; but policy-wise we are evidently bankrupt. We have had a natural abundance of the precious, life-nurturing and growth-yielding resource, especially in the monsoons.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Protestors of stalking are victimised
A twelve-year-old girl who was regularly stalked by a local youth in a village in Habiganj had the courage to file a complaint against him at the Union Parishad.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Approaching DCC polls
We believe that the BNP should participate in the upcoming DCC polls as it presents a good opportunity for the party to engage in the
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Deforestation in Bandarbans
Turning a blind eye to the laws that govern preservation of forest resources, timber merchants in cahoots with unscrupulous forest
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Cheers to our national cricket team!
WHEN Bangladesh graduated to the quarter-finals, it raised the expectation that the contest would be highly competitive and that Bangladesh was to give a fight.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Attack on theatre workers at Shilpakala
THE mindless assault on theatre workers at the Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday is an appalling example of a lapse in security at such an important cultural centre.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
HRFB demands rejection of police proposal
THE Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB), a network of 19 rights bodies, has expressed grave concern over the recent police proposal to amend the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013, terming the recommendations as unconstitutional and in violation of fundamental human rights.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Tapping into car assembly
THE only passenger vehicle till date to have been assembled in Bangladesh is the Mitsubishi Pajero by State-run Pragati Industries. The venture started in 2011 has been a commercial success.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Education calendar at sixes and sevens
IN the ongoing political turmoil, routine public examinations have been thrown into a chaotic state. SSC exam schedules have been interrupted regularly and not a single exam was held on time.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Solar pumps -- the way forward
IT is interesting to see farmers living in a village that has no access to electricity come up with an innovative solution to their irrigation woes.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Regional power grid plan
WITH seven nations of South and South East Asia finalising a draft plan to set up grid connections to facilitate trading of electricity, a new horizon opens for power cooperation in the region and beyond.
17 March 2015, 18:00 PM
The Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009
THERE have been quite a few shocking cases of patients dying, or their condition becoming worse because the medical practitioner or the hospital staff neglected their duties. The reason is the absence of accountability, especially beyond the purview of their institutions.
17 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Kidnap, murder in the hands of a cop!
WE are shocked and horrified at the kidnap and murder of a nine-year-old boy for ransom by a member of a law enforcement agency in Sylhet.
16 March 2015, 18:00 PM