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Why must MPs get offices in upazila parishads?
22 April 2026, 19:14 PM
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A puzzling policy turnaround
23 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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Can we ever seek justice for sexual violence?
22 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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Delayed testing is hampering measles treatment
21 April 2026, 10:00 AM
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Protect youth from irregular migration
20 April 2026, 18:30 PM
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The price of subsidised delay
19 April 2026, 19:45 PM
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Stop abusing cyber security ordinance
20 April 2026, 10:00 AM
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Rohingyas' plight is getting harder to address with shrinking funds
18 April 2026, 18:45 PM
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Beaten, heads shaven and garlanded with shoes!
There are no words to express our outrage and anguish upon reading the report in this paper about the medieval treatment meted out to a poor couple of an ethnic minority by village arbitrators in Mymensingh.
17 April 2017, 18:03 PM
Acute gas crisis in Savar
Gas shortage in Savar has turned acute as gas pressure remains very low during most of the time of the day. It is disrupting everyday life
17 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Plight of haor people
According to reports, nearly two hundred thousand farmer families in the north eastern region of the country are in severe distress having lost...
16 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Congratulations to Nazbin and Mizanur
We congratulate the two young entrepreneurs of our country who have made it to the “Forbes 30 Under-30 Asia: Social Entrepreneurs” list for their works aimed at helping people in Bangladesh.
16 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Diarrhoea kills 45,000 children yearly
According to the recently unveiled report by WHO titled “UN Water — Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Memory Eternal defaced
First a graffiti celebrating Baishakh and then a memorial commemorating those killed in 1971 have been defaced in the days preceding
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Pahela Baishakh
Today we celebrate the first month of the Bengali New Year. Pahela Baishakh, a centuries-old tradition, is as much a part of our cultural...
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Prices of stents to be fixed
Most heart patients in need of angioplasty and stents have been taking the trouble of going to neighbouring India for surgery since the government...
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh unattractive for tourists
In the recently released 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Bangladesh ranked 125th out of...
12 April 2017, 18:05 PM
Punishment of Rajon's killers
The High Court on April 11 upheld the death sentence for four perpetrators involved in the brutal torture and killing of Rajon in 2015.
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Rice prices soar amid flash floods
Flash floods in the greater Sylhet region have taken its toll on farmers and created a shortage of paddy for small to medium-sized rice mills.
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
145 children raped in three months!
A picture published in this paper on March 11 epitomises our failure to protect children from abuse and the culture of impunity that rules supreme regarding this issue.
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Churches bombed in Egypt
It is now apparent that the IS would like to build a strong hideout elsewhere. In this view, we need to gear up our intelligence and reinforce the border so as to make sure the terrorists cannot filter into our territories.
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
More than 500 deaths in 58 days
More than 500 people were killed in the last 58 days according to a newspaper report and 17 on Saturday alone as road accidents
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Hazaribagh tanneries finally shut
The utility lines of the tanneries in Hazaribagh have been disconnected on Saturday in keeping with the March 6 orders of the High Court.
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Many deals between two good friends
We appreciate the warm reception given by Prime Minister Modi to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She has been treated with the highest honour and respect indicating the long standing friendship between the two countries.
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Death of Raudha Athif
What is needed is a thorough investigation to allay their concerns that their daughter was murdered. It is too early, without being aware of all the facts, to take a definitive position. We urge that the authorities take heed of the issues that Raudha's family has raised and after looking into those, disclose their findings.
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Why this shortage of manpower?
Although the emergency department of the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) was recently modernised with modern
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi's denial is disillusioning
We are outraged and disappointed at Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's denial of the atrocities that amount to ethnic cleansing, committed by Myanmarese security forces on Rohyingya Muslims.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh moves up in HDI
Bangladesh has moved up three notches in the Global Human Development Index 2015, ranking 139th out of 188 countries, according to the recently published Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 by UNDP.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM