For how long will traffickers go free?
25 April 2026, 19:00 PM
Editorial
Make hiring process for BMU super-specialised hospital transparent
25 April 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Ensure justice for Rana Plaza victims
24 April 2026, 19:52 PM
Editorial
First light of justice, at last
24 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Editorial
Fuel scarcity, unequal cuts deepen power crisis
23 April 2026, 20:35 PM
Editorial
Why must MPs get offices in upazila parishads?
22 April 2026, 19:14 PM
Editorial
A puzzling policy turnaround
23 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Editorial
Can we ever seek justice for sexual violence?
22 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Editorial
Delayed testing is hampering measles treatment
21 April 2026, 10:00 AM
Editorial
Protect youth from irregular migration
20 April 2026, 18:30 PM
Editorial
Bay storm ‘Kyant’ slowly moving west
Bangladesh’s coastal ports have been advised to maintain warning signal 2 with cyclonic storm “Kyant” lurking in the distance at the Bay of Bengal.
26 October 2016, 04:46 AM
Reconsider decision to relocate
A meeting between the two city mayors and representatives of the hospitality industry took place recently to discuss the problems of
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Wealth from waste
We laud the initiative of Bangladeshi entrepreneur Khadem Mahmud Yusuf who has started to industrially recycle plastic bottles that will rid the environment of a perennial nuisance and will save millions of the government exchequer that are spent on the import of raw
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Jamuna about to devour school
Erosion by the Jamuna is about to devour Kalmu Government Primary School at Goghat village in Sadar upazila,
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Noakhali medical college closes sine die
Authorities of Noakhali Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College announces to shut down indefinitely following a clash between two groups of students early on Monday.
25 October 2016, 16:11 PM
Caution at ports for Bay storm ‘Kyant’
All fishing boats and vessels at the coastal areas have been advised to remain close to the coast for the depression-turned storm “Kyant” in the Bay of Bengal.
25 October 2016, 07:42 AM
Economic zone on farmland
We are deeply disturbed by a business group's move to set up a resort city encroaching on a part of the Meghna and filling its bank with sand in a low-lying wetland and multi-crop fertile land.
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Council in preparation for election
The Awami League Council that ended yesterday with much pomp and grandeur did not bring any dramatic facelift as far as the organogram of the party was concerned.
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Road safety as political issue
Given that a large number of people die and are incapacitated for life every year, the idea that road safety be taken up as a political agenda by the political parties, has very strong rationale. It was mooted by Ilias Kanchan recently.
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM
6-yr old domestic help tortured
The way the 6-year-old Eva of Comilla was tortured by her employers is inhumane and magnifies the injustice that defines the working conditions of domestic workers.
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Two doctors for 500,000 people!
It is unthinkable that in two upazila health complexes (Amtali and Kukua) of Barisal district, there are only two doctors appointed.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
MP's comment on NGO's freedom of speech
We are shocked at the implications of a comment by Suranjit Sengupta that NGOs do not have the right to freedom of speech and the precedence it sets.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
'Union centres to cut digital divide'
The government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centres (UDC) across the country in a bid to reach information and
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Kuakata road in bad shape
Around half of the 22 kilometre road from Kalapara upazila town to Kuakata has become virtually unfit for vehicular
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
AL Council promises more grassroots leaders
The excitement surrounding the AL's Council today and tomorrow underscores the anticipation of party members and the public, of a positive change in the party.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Vicious attacks on girls
We are horrified by the direction we are headed in regards to the security of women and, indeed, their treatment in society in general.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Dead militant Abdur Rahman is Neo JMB chief Sarwar Jahan: Rab
Rapid Action Battalion claims to have identified militant Abdur Rahman, who was killed during a raid in Ashulia on October 8, as Neo JMB chief Sarwar Jahan.
21 October 2016, 03:59 AM
Sonaimurir Tek draws tourists
Sonaimurir Tek in Narsingdi, with its abundant greenery and red soil, has been attracting an increasingly larger number of tourists every year.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Unbridled urbanisation
An unprecedented number of people are migrating to Dhaka and a few other eastern cities while western cities and towns are witnessing a
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Putting newborn lives at risk
It is astonishing to learn that some hospital staff of the Bangladesh National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases actively stopped a firm
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM