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Whom does a city corporation work for?
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How serious is the BNP government about press freedom?
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Is Boeing deal more about geopolitics?
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Stop the use of toxic chemicals in plastic
1 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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Take steps to save haor harvest urgently
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Appoint new ACC without further delay
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Bid to reclaim defunct SIBL rings alarm bells
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Safeguard women migrant workers’ rights
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Remove ageing buses from roads
28 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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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
Fighting militancy requires united efforts
The prime minister’s call for everyone to stay alert alongside the intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies to fight religious
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Hospital commissioning stuck in red tape
It is quite astonishing to find that a newly constructed 250 bed hospital in 2017 has not been commissioned due to an inter-departmental row over pending electricity bills.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The Rohingya crisis
he call of the prime minister to the world body to do more for a permanent resolution of the Rohingya crisis, of which the only country to have suffered and endured the brunt has been Bangladesh, needs to be iterated constantly.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Higher wages should not be conditional
Despite the massive overhaul that the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has undergone since the Rana Plaza collapse
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Loan recovery takes a backseat
A recent survey conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) titled “Credit Operations of Banks” has shed light on
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Strike balance between industrialisation and environment
While we need the industrial sector to be a major driver of our growth, it cannot be at the expense of the environment.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM
MD's comments do not conform to the fact
We are surprised at the Wasa MD's comment that the water supplied by Wasa in the capital is hundred percent pure.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM
In solidarity with Sri Lanka
We are at a loss of words at the number of lives lost in the wake of gruesome bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Overuse of pesticides in mangoes
As the mango season approaches, instead of looking forward to enjoying this succulent fruit, mango lovers should be worried about
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Bagerhat land record office
The Bagerhat sub-registrar and land record office with its 150 employees have been working out of a British-era building that was declared risky by authorities back in 2012.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM
More girls are going to school
We are delighted to know from a report in this paper that, according to government data, female secondary students outnumber their male counterparts in 63 of the 64 districts.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Rivers in throes of death
The future of our rivers and water bodies is bleak and there is an urgent need for the government to see through the projects it has undertaken. This aspect emerged clearly in a seminar organised by the water resources ministry marking World Water Day.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Unfettered press is the best security for a country
It seems that insofar as the freedom of the press is concerned, Bangladesh is going down at an increasing rate. According to the 2019
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM