When mobile journalism crosses the line into public shaming
20 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Journalism is meant to hold power to account, and mobile journalism, using smartphones for reporting and storytelling, should have ideally taken that mission to new heights.
20 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Reaction / The promised end of mob culture has yet to arrive
17 April 2026, 15:11 PM
From Shahbagh to Kushtia, repeated attacks show that official warnings mean little when violent crowds face too few consequences
17 April 2026, 15:11 PM
The cost of politicising VC appointment
19 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Is involvement in politics a crime? Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon posed that question while defending the government’s decision to appoint vice-chancellors to seven universities and a new chairman of the University Grants Commission on Monday.
19 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Ex-Kuet VC accused of fund misuse, illegal appointments
21 February 2026, 03:56 AM
Former vice-chancellor Prof Mohammad Masud misused funds from a German-backed research project, made irregular appointments and withdrew salary after his removal from office at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet), according to a government-formed investigation report.
21 February 2026, 03:56 AM
NCP eyes bigger role after bagging 6 seats in debut
14 February 2026, 03:43 AM
Amid doubts over its political future and alliance choices, the youth-led National Citizen Party (NCP) has made an eye-catching debut, winning six seats in its first parliamentary election.
14 February 2026, 03:43 AM
‘Yes’ wins but...
14 February 2026, 03:08 AM
The “Yes” vote in Thursday’s referendum received comparatively lower support than in the previous three plebiscites.
14 February 2026, 03:08 AM
Limit SSC exams to 5 core subjects
11 February 2026, 03:03 AM
A government consultation committee has recommended limiting SSC exams to five core subjects -- Bangla, English, mathematics, science, and social science -- while keeping PSC and JSC exams in classes 5 and 8 scrapped.
11 February 2026, 03:03 AM
Public exams cut to five subjects under proposed secondary reforms
10 February 2026, 09:44 AM
Draft report urges universal schooling to Class 12, delayed stream division and academic calendar reform
10 February 2026, 09:44 AM
A village of mosques
Beraid is a small place in terms of size, but it is huge in terms of popularity, thanks to a large number of ancient mosques.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Cultivating reading habits since 2001
At first glance, it looks like a simple tin-shed house. One will not even find any decent-looking furniture inside the room.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Where basic amenities remain elusive
Residents of the newly-added wards in Dhaka North City Corporation expressed dissatisfaction after being denied civic amenities, claiming that life was far better when they were under the union parishad.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
HSC pass rate falls
The rate of success in the HSC examinations dropped to 84.31 percent last year from a record 95.57 percent in 2021.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Watching planes their only entertainment
With a smiling face and curiosity in her eyes, six-year-old Anika stood beside a barbed wire fence and gazed up at the sky. Soon, an aeroplane took off with a loud roar.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
A village of crabs, in Dhaka!
It was early morning. The sun had not yet risen, and most of Dhaka was still sleeping.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Plight of DNCC wards 52, 53: Life seemed better under union parishad
In July 2017, Dhaka North City Corporation took 18 wards under its wing, which were previously under the union parishad system.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Under the dirty water, there’s a ward
Some of the places remain under stagnant water for years, while some lack basic civic amenities, including proper roads or pure drinking water. None of these neighbourhoods has a single playground. Such are the states of the three wards in zone-9 of Dhaka North City Corporation.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.
19 January 2023, 01:20 AM
Radio Silence: Bangladesh Betar’s external service inoperative for three years
The external service of Bangladesh Betar has remained disconnected from the rest of the world for over three years due to a mechanical fault, depriving a vast diaspora of foreign listeners.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I’ll pass this story to my children’
As the metro-rail train started its maiden journey yesterday afternoon, Swadhin Ahmed, a young man, had a wide smile on his face. In fact, it was a day of pride for Swadhin, who had been working for the metro-rail project for three years.
28 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Satrasta-Tejgaon Road: Will it finally be free of congestion?
In its latest effort to free the capital’s Satrasta-Tejgaon road from congestion, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is setting up separate lanes for rickshaws by installing dividers.
27 December 2022, 18:00 PM
A good initiative, but still a long way to go
The instalment of CCTV cameras in city buses by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has generated a positive response among female commuters as well as bus staffers, as they believe the initiative has brought a change in the behavioural pattern of the overall commuters.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Study Abroad: students suffer as banks reluctant to open files
Mohammad Omar Faruque, 27, a graduate of Jahangirnagar University, was hoping to pursue his master’s in the United Kingdom.
13 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Many suffer at police checkpoints in city
Abdul Khalek was heading for an office in the capital’s Agargaon where he was to sit for an exam for a government job at 11:00am yesterday, but he could not sit for the test as police asked him to go back after stopping him at a checkpoint in Aminbazar.
10 December 2022, 18:00 PM
The checkpoint chronicle continues
What started as police frisking people and vehicles entering the capital has turned into checking pedestrians at different Dhaka gateways as well.
9 December 2022, 18:00 PM
No one should face such a horrible fate
Rubina Akhter was heading to a family programme at her parents’ house to spend some time with her loved ones. But on that day, she met the most gruesome fate, one no person should face.
3 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Of OMS queues and desperation
Eighty-year-old Renu Bibi left home in the capital’s Lalbagh before daybreak to queue up for subsidised rice and flour sold at a truck under the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
1 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Allegations mount against Rajshahi BCL top brass
A Chhatra League activist yesterday filed a case against the new BCL president of Rajshahi district unit, Sakibul Islam Rana, accusing him of extorting money promising employment.
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM
A bad day to catch a flight
Mizan Khandaker, a patient with temporary vision loss in one eye, managed to get a doctor’s appointment at a Chennai hospital. He along with his wife left their Banasree home at 10:00am yesterday to catch the 2:45pm flight to India from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM