Defaulters must not be rewarded
12 April 2026, 19:45 PM Editorial
Children’s hospitals must not lie idle
13 April 2026, 10:00 AM Editorial
Ordinances lapsed, reforms missed
12 April 2026, 08:00 AM Editorial
Govt must take mob violence by the horns
11 April 2026, 18:28 PM Editorial
Piloting hybrid classes a good move
11 April 2026, 05:05 AM Editorial
The ICU crisis at RMCH is unacceptable
10 April 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Bangladesh economy caught in the crossfire
9 April 2026, 19:29 PM Editorial
Keep BCB away from political influence
9 April 2026, 10:00 AM Editorial

140 ghost centres for expectant mothers and their babies!

Medical services in remote areas are either non-existent or hours away, making it virtually impossible for emergency patients to be given medical
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Fresh international pledge of monetary help for Rohingya refugees

While Bangladesh needs more in terms of money and material help for the Rohingya refugees, that is but a temporary palliative that will do very
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM

PM insists on dope tests for drivers

In an event organised on the occasion of the National Road Safety Day 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed the authorities concerned to
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Legal reforms necessary to improve mental healthcare system

A recent report published in this paper reveals that the already pathetic state of the legal framework governing the mental health sector in our country
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM

How will BRTA ensure road safety when it can barely function?

October 22 was the National Road Safety Day and we cannot help but wonder how road safety can be ensured when the country has only 109 motor
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM

How do we stop these copycat rapists?

We are horrified and outraged that only days after the horrendous gang rape of a woman in Noakhali, which the perpetrators filmed and later
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Authorities must reclaim all illegally occupied forestland

We welcome the parliamentary standing committee on environment’s decision to make public the names of 90,000 individuals and organisations
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Over 1.7 lakh people died from air pollution last year

According to a global report from the US-based Health Effects Institute and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that was released yesterday,
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Poor shortchanged by rice dealer

Even during a period when the poor are enduring tremendous hardship, they continue to fall victim to disingenuity, greed and inequity of traders. It
20 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Why are SMEs not availing the govt directed loan opportunities?

The pandemic has affected all businesses, big or small, in the country as elsewhere in the world. But while the losses they suffered varied widely—
20 October 2020, 18:00 PM

No progress in relocating overflowing landfill in Gazipur

It is unfortunate that despite all the health hazards related to waste management, Gazipur City Corporation made no progress in relocating the
19 October 2020, 18:00 PM

The pandemic has increased child marriage manifold

Child marriage has always been a huge obstacle to development for countries like Bangladesh that has one of the highest prevalence of it. Now with
19 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Air quality dips again so why do we tolerate polluting factories?

A photo published in this paper yesterday of a steel rerolling mill in the residential area of Munshikhola in Pagla of Narayanganj emitting toxic gas, is nothing out of the ordinary, yet it highlights how the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to such flagrant degradation of the environment.
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Attack on anti-rape long march condemnable

We condemn the repeated attacks on the anti-rape protesters who were on a long march from Dhaka to Noakhali by the men of ruling party MP in
18 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Global brands continue to squeeze suppliers

Seven months since the onset of Covid-19, the RMG industry in the country appears to be reeling from the initial shock of losing out billions of
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh performed better in combating hunger

It is good news that Bangladesh has moved 13 notches up from last year’s 88th position, ranking 75th out of 107 countries in the Global Hunger
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt needs to make a decision on getting Covid-19 vaccines

While countries around the world have been making desperate efforts to get Covid-19 vaccines, Bangladesh’s initiatives to get the vaccine,
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Better economic and diplomatic relations with the US is welcome

We welcome the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun’s visit that reinforces strong ties between Bangladesh and the US and greater cooperation between the two countries.
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh as a transit for drug smuggling

While investigating a case filed after the recovery of 12.32 kg of amphetamine powder from the cargo village area of Hazrat Shahjalal International
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Rural indigenous women farmers must be recognised

October 15 marked the International Day of Rural Women. According to the United Nations, the Day was established to recognise “the critical role
15 October 2020, 18:00 PM