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

AL men not above the law

The continuing intra party violence that is taking place within the Awami League and the incidents of death and destruction resulting from clashes between ruling party members is a bad example for both society and politics and is creating an environment of lawlessness that is worrying.
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to be no. 1 in achieving SDGs by 2030: Minister

Bangladesh will be the number one in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says.
16 November 2016, 11:03 AM

Freeing up the highways

We are happy to see that the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken steps to remove illegal structures and wrongfully parked lorries on one portion of the Jatrabari-Kanchpur highway after we ran a story on the issue on November 7.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Cultivating vegetables in traffic island

The photograph of bitter gourd plants grown in the traffic island in a part of Dhaka city is indeed heartening.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Women denied fair wage

Women farm labourers in the district are being deprived of their right to get the same wages as male labourers.
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM

18,973 pass in 13th NTRCA written tests

A total of 18, 973 candidates have come out successful in the 13th National Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (Ntrca) written tests, according to a NTRCA press release.
15 November 2016, 13:05 PM

God made us Santals: Their sad saga

After the rampage and arson they faced, how are the Santals passing their days in Gaibandha? What are their mental traumas? How can they forget the flames and marauding crowd plundering their homes? How can they forget the dark night full of horrors?
15 November 2016, 08:17 AM

Yet another attack on a Hindu home

We are saddened by the news that the two committees in charge of probing the Nasirnagar arson think the tragedy was avoidable.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Roads have become daily killers

The frightening image of the body of a demolished truck – the result of a head on collision with another truck- in yesterday's paper, invokes the horror of brutal, untimely deaths that we must witness every single day because of road accidents.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Heed the views of the youths

The views of the youths offered through a poll undertaken by the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Annual Survey hit the nail in the head, pinpointing exactly where the problem lies in the way of our all-round development.
13 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Endangered wildlife of Lawachhara

An increasing number of wild animals living in the Lawachhara National Park are being run over by vehicles plying on a road passing through the forest, according to a report in this newspaper.
13 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Darkness under the light

It is surprising to think that the bustling trade in narcotics at Bastuhara Colony and adjacent Barisal slum in Patiya Chittagong is situated
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Blanket arrests in Nasirnagar

Confirming fears of activists who had warned about blanket arrests in the wake of the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar,
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Arrange schooling in mother tongue for indigenous kids

Indigenous leaders and members of the civil society yesterday urged the government to take initiative to arrange education in mother
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

A happy occasion for slum kids

It was a different day for all concerned as a group of young learners under the banner of Child Journalists’ Forum gifted a khata (copy
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

38 schools unfit for use

The horrid condition of 38 primary schools in Nilphamari is a travesty against the curious young minds that attend these schools in the hope of broadening their horizons and receiving a proper education.
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Landmark ruling on arbitrary arrests

We welcome the Supreme Court's (SC) verdict on the issue of arbitrary arrests on suspicion and torture of arrestees on remand.
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Update official websites

Despite the much hyped digital leap the country has embarked upon, official websites of many institutions remain inadequately
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Santals being denied their livelihood

Some 1,200 Santal families were evicted on November 7 from land belonging to Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump wins

Against all media predictions, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the next President of the United States of America on January 20, 2017.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM