Work together to fight IS globally: Bernicat

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has emphasised on working together globally to fight terrorist group Islamic State “instead of trying to find out whether it has any presence in Bangladesh or not”.
15 June 2016, 07:36 AM

Thousands still starving in Thanchi

This is the second editorial that we have to write in a space of less than two weeks on the food crisis in Thanchi. It does not seem that anyone in the government is too concerned about what is happening there.
14 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Ticking time bombs

This paper has run more than one story in the last two months on the proliferation of faulty and counterfeit CNG-conversion of petrol-driven vehicles in Dhaka.
14 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Media enjoying ‘full freedom’ under AL-led govt

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says both newspapers and electronic media are now enjoying “full freedom” under the Sheikh Hasina-led present government.
14 June 2016, 13:36 PM

US Embassy launches anti-fraud campaign

The United States urge Bangladeshi citizens to remain cautious about ‘malicious people’ who are alluring Bangladeshi citizens with fake claim about Diversity Visa (DV) though Bangladesh is no more an eligible country for the DV programme.
14 June 2016, 12:30 PM

1000 volunteers to help police for traffic management: Obaidul

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says around 1,000 volunteers will be deployed at 14 spots on different highways ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to ensure smooth vehicular movement.
14 June 2016, 10:47 AM

Orlando attack

We condemn in the strongest possible terms the barbaric terror attack on a nightclub in Orlando that has claimed the lives of 50
13 June 2016, 18:00 PM

How did Tonu die?

Three agonizing months have passed for the parents of Tonu and they still have not been able to find out how she died. This
13 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Int’l groups move UN to protect freedom of expression in Bangladesh

A number of international groups working on press freedom and freedom of expression urge urgent and concrete steps by the United Nations (UN) to reverse the deteriorating climate for free expression in Bangladesh.
13 June 2016, 12:26 PM

No foreign help needed to protect minority: Minister

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says Bangladesh does not need assistance of any foreign country or government to protect the minority community.
13 June 2016, 08:38 AM

Ex-DU VC Maniruzzaman Miah passes away

Former vice chancellor of Dhaka University Maniruzzaman Miah died at a hospital in Dhaka today at the age of 81. He breathed his last at Square Hospital around 11:45am.
13 June 2016, 06:51 AM

Dhaka denounces Orlando attack

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina strongly condemns and expresses deep shock at the death of 50 people in a terrorist attack on a nightclub in the USA.
13 June 2016, 05:38 AM

SD on telecom services

We fully endorse the state minister for telecommunication's call to do away with the supplementary duties (SD) on telecom services...
12 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Ending child labour

Bangladesh has made encouraging progress in increasing the number of enrollment in schools and yet 1.7 million children find themselves toiling in the informal sector of the economy...
12 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Why this heavy-handed attitude?

We have been covering the excesses committed by ruling party men from time to time. This time round a forest official got the
11 June 2016, 18:00 PM

“Anti-terror week”

The government has gone into a weeklong anti militant drive after announcing the date and time of its commencement. Ironically
11 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Two outlaws arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two outlaws from a char area in Tangail Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.
11 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Ex-enclave people to be made voters ‘in 3 months’

Election Commission (EC) plans to enroll the people of ex-enclaves as voters within three months in addition to providing them with national identity (NID) cards.
11 June 2016, 13:45 PM

Roanu victims still suffer

Hundreds of students in Patuakhali's Kalapara Upazila can no longer go to their school.
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM

The killing of an ashram worker

Only two days after a 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death in Jhenidah, we have been confronted with another brutal killing...
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM