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End the motherhood penalty at work
4 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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Chaos returns in Dhaka’s underworld
3 May 2026, 18:50 PM
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Whom does a city corporation work for?
3 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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How serious is the BNP government about press freedom?
2 May 2026, 19:05 PM
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Is Boeing deal more about geopolitics?
30 April 2026, 20:00 PM
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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
29 April 2026, 19:00 PM
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Appoint new ACC without further delay
30 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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Bid to reclaim defunct SIBL rings alarm bells
28 April 2026, 19:09 PM
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Shrinking Saudi job market
According to Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) statistics, the number of Bangladeshi workers going to Saudi
8 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Peace Prize for activists against sexual violence
The past one year or so has been an important one in confronting the systemic instances of sexual violence that women face—be it in conflict zones, where rape continues to be used as a weapon of war, or in everyday lives.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Transport owners holding people hostage
The Bangladesh Goods Transport Owners Workers United Association's decision to abstain from work until their seven-point demands are met, which includes making changes to the Road Transport Act-2018, is shocking.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Threat of militancy persists
After a brief hibernation, terrorism tried to rear its ugly head, again. On Friday, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) carried out an operation targeting a house in Mirsarai, Chittagong.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Impending Aedes outbreak in the city
Officials from the directorate of health are raising the alarm on a spike of dengue cases in the city.
6 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Another solar success!
We applaud Sarishabari Sales and Distribution Division of Power Development Board (PDB) for adopting the on-grid solar plant as an alternate means of producing electricity.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM
The ugly business of posters
As election season is on full swing we the ordinary citizens have to bear with the eyesores that are the thousands of posters plastered on every wall, bridge, letter box, lamppost etc.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM
A strange case of justice!
The strange case of a teacher punishing five students in Thakurgaon for saving a girl from harassment is but a reflection of the general fascination with punishment as a disciplining
4 October 2018, 18:00 PM
A third of the people financially excluded
Bank Asia and the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) recently hosted a three-day event to share ideas on how banks and other financial institutions may bring more than
4 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Bring those responsible for violence to justice
They have urged the Myanmar government to start the process of voluntary repatriation and give the independent inquiry commission, established by the Myanmar government, a full mandate to probe and hold the people responsible fully accountable for the crimes committed against the Rohingyas.
3 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Growing worries on external debt
The World Bank (WB) invited two economists, Ahsan H Mansur and Hossain Zillur Rahman who head the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, and Power and Participation Research Centre respectively,
3 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Clampdown on the opposition
We are quite flabbergasted by the volley of cases filed against senior leaders and activists of BNP right after the party staged a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Monday.
2 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Unending disorder on Dhaka roads
The police have just wrapped up a month-long traffic campaign in the capital city and nothing much has changed when it comes to the mentality of both drivers and pedestrians with regards to obeying rules of the road.
2 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Our sympathies with Indonesia's earthquake victims
We are deeply saddened to learn of the huge death toll—which has passed 840—brought about by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
1 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Participation is a precondition for good election
People wish to see a free, fair and healthy election. And we think this is also what the government and the ruling party would like to see. This can only happen if there is unhindered participation of all parties.
1 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Murderous bus kills biker
An employee of Ekattor TV was crushed to death near Jahangir gate signal in the capital city on September 29. The bus sped at high speed first knocking over a 3-wheeler auto-rickshaw and then, whilst attempting to flee the scene, hit biker Habib Rahman and then ran him over.
30 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Stop the illegal tree felling!
In remote Diri Mro Para in Bandarban's Alikadam, a group has been cutting down trees illegally from a Village Common Forest (VCF), causing a serious water crisis for ethnic communities who depend on VCFs to conserve their water sources.
30 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Abject negligence of doctors and staff
In a recent case of negligence by hospital staff, as reported in this daily last Saturday, a baby's body got severed from its head as nurses and cleaning staff of an upazila health complex were trying to deliver the baby without the presence of a doctor.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Victims of river erosion
A set of front-page photos carried by this newspaper on September 28 shows how destructive the Padma's erosion has been for many people in a number of riparian districts. People have lost their homes, arable lands, belongings and essential properties as the mighty river devours villages one after the other.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM
End partisan lobbying in healthcare sector
We appreciate Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim's admission that political lobbying hinders his efforts to close substandard clinics. But, criticising the culture will not suffice to put an end to it. The ministry must crackdown on substandard private hospitals and clinics because their very existence is testimony to the terrible state of our private healthcare system.
28 September 2018, 18:00 PM