This recurring road carnage has to stop
7 May 2026, 18:09 PM Editorial
Fix the testing gap, contain measles
6 May 2026, 17:44 PM Editorial
Press freedom should not be elusive
7 May 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Restore NHRC’s functionality
5 May 2026, 19:15 PM Editorial
Improve health services in the hills
6 May 2026, 11:00 AM Editorial
Measles disaster warrants answers
4 May 2026, 18:45 PM Editorial
Form a permanent media commission
5 May 2026, 12:00 PM Editorial
End the motherhood penalty at work
4 May 2026, 12:00 PM Editorial
Chaos returns in Dhaka’s underworld
3 May 2026, 18:50 PM Editorial
Whom does a city corporation work for?
3 May 2026, 12:00 PM Editorial

Parts of Savar CETP not completed: Environmentalists

Environmentalists allege that several parts of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate, on the outskirts of Dhaka, are not completed yet.
31 December 2016, 09:16 AM

Water preservation

We appreciate the Water Resources minister for calling for a more efficient water management system in order to ensure a sustainable water ...
30 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Time for UN Security Council to take action

Thirteen Nobel laureates including Professor Yunus, and 10 global leaders in a joint statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have urged world leaders to stand united and send a strong message to the Myanmarese government that enough is enough.
30 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangla Academy withdraws ban on Shrabon Prokashani

Amid widespread protests from writers, cultural activists and eminent personalities, Bangla Academy withdraws its ban on Shrabon Prokashani to set up stall in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair for two years.
30 December 2016, 13:02 PM

Zila Parishad elections

The Zila Parishad election was the first poll that was bereft of the usual festivity and assembly of enthusiastic public because many of
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM

BCL men at it again

A clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Comilla Medical College forced the university to close down for
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Israel defies world opinion

Israel has just declared the creation of thousands of more homes in settlements that were annexed in East Jerusalem. This is a direct
28 December 2016, 18:14 PM

Where is the DoE?

A photograph published in this newspaper on Tuesday, show hundreds of maunds of wood illegally and openly being burnt every day to
28 December 2016, 18:12 PM

Fresh agitation from Jan 1 threatened

Speakers at a memorial programme on slain teacher Abul Kalam Azad of Phulbaria Degree College in the district
28 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Brickfield a hazard for students

For the last fifteen years an illegal brickfield in Dewaniapara of Mymensingh's Trishal upazila has been a nuisance to
28 December 2016, 18:00 PM

A school with a vision

Dowel school in Lohagara village of Thakurgaon's Pirganj upazila is making genuine efforts to bring qualitative education
28 December 2016, 18:00 PM

New law on formation of EC

We welcome the honourable President's remarks made while talking to the JSD leadership who went to call on him to discuss the issue of selecting the Election Commission (EC).
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Money rolling in District elections

As voters go to polls today in the district election, allegations have been made against certain candi dates and people's representatives who are backing candidates in the forthcoming district elections, that substantial amount of cash is being spent on the campaign trail.
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM

78-year-old freedom fighter works as night guard

Seventy-eight-year-old Saidur Rahman, from Khochabari area of Lalmonirhat municipality, says that in 1971 he
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Patigar children enjoy weaving mats

For Jhalakathi's Patigar community, weaving soft and cool shitalpati mats from stalks of the murta, a reed-like plant
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Assaults on freedom fighters

Miah Mashiur Rahman, a freedom fighter in Magura, was brutally assaulted recently by a bunch of criminals for protesting the theft of
26 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Appalling state of BM College dorm

We are appalled to note the dilapidated condition in which students of Government BM College, Barisal, are forced to live because the
26 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Another extremist den busted

The security agencies must be complimented for their vigilance which led them to the den of the terrorists not very far from the heart of the capital.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Flyover cost go flying

It doesn't come as a shock that implementation of a flyover project in Bangladesh costs the taxpayer a lot more money and time than in any other South Asian country, and in some cases, even China and Malaysia.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM

BCL men halt RU recruitment exams

As the Awami League was garnering praise from all quarters due to the exemplary behaviour of the ruling party members during the
24 December 2016, 18:00 PM