Unhealthy competition major cause of accidents

The Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation (BRTWF) recently stated that the unhealthy competition that exists among transport
7 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Save our golden fibre

As the country’s jute sector has been facing a serious crisis because of the falling demand of jute and jute goods in the international markets, mostly Turkey and India, it’s time we found out the problems facing our jute industry and addressed them.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Remembering the essence of Ramadan

As Muslims all over the world begin to observe another holy month of Ramadan, it is worthwhile to remember the important lessons of this month in making us better human beings.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Dangerous deterrence

A photograph published in the front page of this newspaper yesterday showed a most bizarre state of a Bailey bridge on the Savar-Bhakurta road.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Preventing future high-rise building disasters

The probe committee’s findings in the aftermath of the F.R. Tower tragedy presented to the parliamentary committee have raised questions about the several additional floors constructed on top of those approved by Rajuk.
5 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Is Shahadat’s case a repetition of Limon’s ordeal?

We are dismayed and disappointed that a twenty-year-old man has been shot in the leg and then arrested by police personnel for reasons that cannot be described as credible.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

We have been spared the worst

Thank Providence we came out relatively unscathed from cyclone “Fani”. However, there have been some losses of life and breaches in embankments in several regions in the coastal areas causing inundation.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Demand for reviewing road accident compensation

A joint meeting of transport owners and workers was held in the city’s Mohanagar Natya Mancha on May 2 where transport leaders stated that they would have to rethink their decision to remain in the business in light of recent orders by the High Court to transport companies to pay financial damages...
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM

UP chairman’s highhanded action

We are alarmed at the news of auctioning off some 240 live trees beside a road in a village in Lalmonirhat. Going by our report, the UP chairman and a UP member of Patgram upazila, with the help of the local administration and upazila forest officer, have auctioned off the trees....
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Bracing for ‘Fani’

Cyclone “Fani” is likely to hit our coastlines today and by this evening, it is likely to reach southwestern districts. According to the Met Office, “Fani” might arrive with a wind speed of between 150 and 180 km per hour while crossing Bangladesh...
2 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Increase capacity to implement mega projects

The head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stated that Bangladesh is improving its capacity to handle mega projects but slowly. Given that the economy is growing at more than seven percent per annum, it is going to be a magnate for foreign direct investment.
2 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Another den busted

The RAB raid on April 29 ended with two terrorists blowing themselves up in the Bosila area.
30 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Living in half-demolished buildings

A photo published in this paper’s front page on April 29 shows people still using a demolished building for residential purposes.
30 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Ensuring safety of children still a far cry

Not a day goes by that we don’t hear or read about children being raped, beaten, or killed.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Wasa must fulfil its primary responsibility

It is unacceptable that the residents of south-eastern Dhaka are getting sewage-like stinky water from Dhaka Wasa.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

BSF’s torture condemnable

We condemn the brutal torture of a Bangladeshi man by India’s Border Security Force (BSF). As this newspaper reported yesterday,
28 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Plea of the distressed relatives of the missing

The whereabouts of 159 victims of what is alleged to be enforced disappearance is still unknown.
28 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Are safe roads too much to ask?

The tragic death of 21-year-old Fahmida Haque Labannya, a third-year student of computer science and engineering at Brac University, on Thursday in a road accident in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area has left us speechless.
27 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Killing our wetlands

A joint press conference organised by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA),
27 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Keep the market stable during Ramadan

The spiralling of prices of essentials before and during Ramadan has become the norm in the country, no matter how unethical the
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM