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For how long will traffickers go free?
25 April 2026, 19:00 PM
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Make hiring process for BMU super-specialised hospital transparent
25 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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Ensure justice for Rana Plaza victims
24 April 2026, 19:52 PM
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First light of justice, at last
24 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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Fuel scarcity, unequal cuts deepen power crisis
23 April 2026, 20:35 PM
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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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Hannan Shah laid to rest in his ancestral land
BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah is buried at his family graveyard in Kapasia upazila in Gazipur.
30 September 2016, 11:35 AM
Container carriers’ strike at Ctg port postponed till Oct 4
A platform of the owners and workers of container carrying vehicles to the Chittagong port postpones their indefinite strike till October 4.
30 September 2016, 09:48 AM
Smooth power supply demanded
Local people yesterday at a human chain programme demanded smooth power supply in Rangamati municipality.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Commuters suffer most in Gaibandha
The nine-kilometre-long road connecting Gaibandha town and Sadullapur upazila headquarters has become virtually unfit for vehicular
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
No witness protection
Four years down the line since the violence at Ramu, we find that only 1 out of 18 cases has seen some progress. The problem lies in the
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Night schools of Imdadul
We commend Imdadul Haque of Jhenidah for setting up several night schools for the farmers of his locality where more than half the men
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
WAPDA bridge becomes risky
The condition of the bridge locally known as the WAPDA Bridge in Jhenidah's Shailakupa upazila is so bad that, from fear of mishap
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
End of dream of a poor family
Criminals brutally killed a Class VII student allegedly to snatch his rickshaw-van and mobile set.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
ADB to lend $8bn for infrastructure, regional trade
The Asian Development Bank will increase public- and private-sector lending to Bangladesh to $8.0 billion for 2016 through 2020 to help the country build the infrastructure and skills needed for a strong, diversified economy and to strengthen trade links within the region.
29 September 2016, 11:36 AM
People's right to information
As we observe International Right to Information Day, it is pleasing to know that 76,043 people have sought information from different organisations since 2010 using the Right to Information Act, 2009.
28 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Thousands die unnecessarily!
According to the study 'Ambient Air Pollution: A Global Assessment of Exposure and Burden of Disease' by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
28 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Night schools joy for elderly farmers
Kazi Imdadul Haque, 43, a graduate from Daulatpur village in Kola union of Jhenidah's Kaliganj upazila has set himself a
28 September 2016, 18:00 PM
BTV Ctg centre starts test transmission
Bangladesh Television starts test transmission through satellite from its Chittagong centre.
28 September 2016, 12:43 PM
Islamabad Saarc summit postponed
The 19th Saarc Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November has been postponed after Bangladesh and India on Tuesday announced inability to take part in it “in the prevailing circumstances.”
28 September 2016, 05:56 AM
Commuters suffer
Thousands of passengers are suffering due to a sudden bus strike called jointly by the Bus Mini-Bus Sramik Union of Barisal and
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Learning in inundated classroom
Learning at two schools in the district is being hampered as the classrooms go under water even after a moderate rain.
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Weaving offers income for indigenous women
Since before anyone can remember, the women of Rangapani village in Rangamati municipality have woven their own clothes at home,
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Poor fishermen no more poor
The lives of 446 economically marginal fishermen and their families in Magura used to be without hope. With water bodies in Sadar,
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Unabated encroachment of the Turag
Two photographs published in this newspaper on Monday show the rampant encroachment of the river Turag that is going on with impunity for some time.
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
USD 1 billion for railway
The Asian Development Bank has approved the highest loan for a single project, i.e. a railway line extending 102 km from Dohazari in Chittagong to Cox's Bazar.
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM