Khulna city needs its bus service back
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A free press cannot exist without editorial autonomy
9 May 2026, 18:21 PM
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Address learning gaps at primary level
8 May 2026, 20:00 PM
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A reform long overdue
9 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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Address urea supply concerns urgently
8 May 2026, 11:00 AM
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This recurring road carnage has to stop
7 May 2026, 18:09 PM
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Fix the testing gap, contain measles
6 May 2026, 17:44 PM
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Press freedom should not be elusive
7 May 2026, 11:00 AM
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Restore NHRC’s functionality
5 May 2026, 19:15 PM
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Improve health services in the hills
6 May 2026, 11:00 AM
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Casualties of earthquake
It is with a heavy heart that we offer our sincerest condolences to the families of those who have lost their dear ones during a devastating earthquake in southwestern Japan.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM
3 tilted Ctg buildings ‘dangerous’
Chittagong Development Authority identifies three of nine buildings, which tilted during yesterday’s earthquake, as “dangerous”.
14 April 2016, 13:50 PM
Pahela Baishakh celebrated
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, was celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus.
14 April 2016, 05:21 AM
Rise in child suicide bombers
A new report published by United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) portrays a disturbing picture of how children are being recruited...
13 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Shubho Naboborsho
The first day of the Bangla calendar is an occasion of festivity imbued with the spirit of unity among diversity.
13 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Safe street food, finally!
We are delighted and relieved to learn about an initiative by the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to ensure that street food is prepared and served in a hygienic way.
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM
More auto-rickshaws!
The horrific traffic congestion that Dhaka commuters must suffer everyday has become a chronic problem.
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Baishakhi sales pick up in Thakurgaon markets
Different markets in the district town and surrounding areas are buzzing with customers as Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Tulip shares first photo of her baby girl on Twitter
Chris Percy, husband of British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, shares the first photo of their baby girl, ‘Azalea’, on Twitter.
12 April 2016, 13:52 PM
Curb on Pahela Baishakh celebration a medieval thinking: Sultana Kamal
Demanding withdrawal of restrictions on Pahela Baishakh celebration programme, rights activist Sultana Kamal says the decision is reflection of “medieval thought”.
12 April 2016, 12:41 PM
No Hilsa on PM’s Pahela Baishakh menu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not have Hilsa dishes on her Pahela Baishakh menu during the celebrations this year.
12 April 2016, 10:44 AM
To eat or not to eat Hilsa this Pahela Baishakh
Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.
12 April 2016, 04:57 AM
One dies, 5 fall sick after taking 'poisonous' watermelon
A boy died of diarrhoea and five others of the family were treated at Tangail Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Social safety nets
Even though Bangladesh is on its way to become a middle income country (MIC), nearly a third of its population lives below the poverty
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Draft Road Transport Act
The draft of the Bangladesh Road Transport Act is apparently missing some key issues like speed limits, accident probes and victims'
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM
49 schoolgirls get bicycles
Forty-nine female students of seven secondary schools in Hatibandha upazila under the district have got bicycles for easy
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Increasing police size to combat crime
We welcome the government's move to induct more personnel in the police to deliver better on their primary responsibility to the people.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Shifting of the Central Jail
We welcome the shifting of the Dhaka central Jail to Keraniganj in order to improve the facilities and living conditions of the inmates.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh condoles deaths at Kerala temple
Bangladesh offers condolences over the death of devotees at a Kerala temple in India – that claimed the lives of at least 100 with twice more injured.
10 April 2016, 15:59 PM
57% child labourers victims of physical torture: Study
Fifty-seven percent child labourers are found to be victims of physical torture, according to a study.
10 April 2016, 06:19 AM