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

President's talk with political parties

We welcome the news that the Hon'able President will be holding dialogues with the political parties on the formation of a new election commission on his return from Singapore.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Full verdict in Rid Pharmaceuticals case out

The full judgment of the said case is now out. A Dhaka court on November 28 had found two officials of the Drug Administration guilty of negligence in the Rid Pharmaceutical case which supplied toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Heyday for guest bird poachers

Poachers have become active, especially in Satla and Harta Beel areas of the district, during the winter that witnesses arrival of a large
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Half-century not a good score for a bamboo bridge!

A half-century might be a noteworthy cricket tally but it's a long time for people to live without a vital transport link. Yet in
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Another slum fire

Adevastating fire in the Boubazar part of the Korail slum, home to about a couple of thousand inhabitants, has left hundreds of people homeless and helpless.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Dhaka's main rivers dying

Plasma Plus, a scientific research laboratory, has just concluded a study on behalf of Dhaka WASA on the pollution levels of the six major rivers (Turag, Balu, Sitalakkhya, Dhaleshwari and the Bangshi) that sustain the capital city and the results are not good.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Halim's harrowing memory of 1971

Sixty-one-year-old Halim still feels the horror when he remembers November 10 of the year 1971 when he and his family experienced.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Self-help last resort

Villagers in Barguna Sadar upazila have built an embankment through voluntary service to protect their croplands from flooding.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Enforced disappearances

We have heartfelt sympathy for the families of 20 missing individuals who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers at least three years ago. In their grief, they again pleaded with the authorities to return their loved ones at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Democracy Day

In 1991 we started our journey of being a parliamentary democracy that marked the end of autocracy and all that it represented. It also began with the dream that finally we would have a nation that would imbibe the values of our hard fought liberation.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Lalmonirhat, Feni, Meherpur freed this day in '71

Today is December 6. On this day in 1971, freedom fighters freed Lalmonirhat, Feni and Meherpur districts from the occupation of
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

What a regressive mentality!

It can only be described as an exhibition of the most decrepit mind of the authorities of a high school in Habiganj that have barred a
4 December 2016, 18:05 PM

Rugged roads cause 105 mishaps in 2 weeks

The awful condition of Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway and Mahendranagar-Borobari and Borobari-Kulaghat roads in the district caused
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

No regular teacher in 4 yrs!

Faridpur Engineering College has been running without appointment of permanent teachers and staff since the opening of academic
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Plague of institutionalised corruption

The Pabna Zila Parishad's criminal mismanagement of funds is representative of most government projects where huge sums of
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Editorial: Number of cancer patients rising alarmingly

ACCORDING to WHO, cancer today is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Anyone who has seen firsthand an
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

An example to follow

It is inspiring to come across the story of a physically challenged individual like Sanwar Hossain on International Day of Persons with Disabilities that was observed on December 3.
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

A journey without end

A very long time ago, in 1638 to be precise, a community mainly comprising ethnic Mong-tong from Arakan accompanied the fugitive
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

CHT Peace Accord

The CHT Peace Accord, signed in 1997, signalled a new hope. Pictures memorialise the breakthrough as it seemed then - full of potential
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM

The scourge of food waste

Despite a quarter of Bangladesh's population suffering from malnourishment, large amounts of food are regularly wasted which otherwise
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM