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

State-owned banks continue to bleed

When the finance minister states that some state-owned banks (SoBs) flout the rules to give loans to dubious entities and individuals without collateral, it is a frank admission that things are anything but normal.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Pedlars of children's death go free

Five officials of a pharmaceuticals company that allegedly manufactured toxic paracetamol which led to the death of 28 children in 2009 were acquitted on Monday.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Mother sells baby to buy drugs!

A drug addict woman of Rangpur allegedly sold her 33-day-old child for Tk 5,000.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Sale of winter clothes peaks in two dists

People of northern districts see sharp rise in the sale of warm clothes especially at makeshift shops in Rangpur and
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Bridges for whom?

At least ten bridges were built in an unplanned way in remote Thanchi upazila of Bandarban in the last five years.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on Fulbaria protestors

We are seeing a dangerous trend of using coercive means by the law enforcing agencies in handling any form of protest instead
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Special Provision in anti-child marriage law disastrous

It is without a doubt that the recently Cabinet-approved provision in the proposed Child Marraiage Restraint Act, that allows
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Why gag voice calls that are legal?

We are bewildered by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's announcement that it is going to develop guidelines for using communication applications like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat and Imo, which have allowed people to make calls for free as long as there was Internet connection.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Tale of a trafficked Gaibandha girl

Indian border guards returned a trafficked Bangladeshi teenage girl to immigration police through Benapole check post under Benapole
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Encroachment on Baufal canal

An influential person is building a permanent structure occupying a canal at Dashpara in Baufal upazila headquarters of the district.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Passing of a world icon

In the death of Fidel Castro, we see the passing away of the last of the 20th century revolutionary and idealist.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

HC summons Chapainawabganj SP

High Court summons superintendent of Chapainawabganj police, TM Mujahidul Islam, to appear before it on December 4 for explaining his comment on beating robbers to death.
27 November 2016, 11:19 AM

Uber provides an essential service

We are surprised to see the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) take such a tough stand against the on-demand transport service Uber.
26 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Making money from the tragedy of Rohingyas

It is despicable when some unscrupulous, greedy men turn the plight of people into a business for making money.
26 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Steps to run his school smoothly

Local administration has taken several necessary steps recently for running Abdur Rahman Khan Kindergarten to
26 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Quader welcomes Uber

Welcoming the newly introduced on-demand smart phone-based transportation service, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says Uber needs to follow some systematic procedures to continue its service in Bangladesh.
26 November 2016, 05:37 AM

World's silence perpetuates genocide

One needs only to wonder what horrific extremities of persecution and hardship can push people to flee their homelands, to try every inconceivable way to be allowed on other shores.
25 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Airport cargo handling still a problem

Space constraints, scarcity of manpower, inefficient ground handling equipment and incidents of theft are the nagging problems associated with the cargo village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
25 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Our women police

We can be rightly proud of the fact that Bangladesh is perhaps one of the first countries in the region to induct women in the police when the initial recruitment started in 1974.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Stop incarcerating delinquent children

The National Human Rights Commissioner's statement on how we are handling children accused of having committed a crime should be taken into cognisance.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM