Lapses in measles deaths reporting are unacceptable
11 May 2026, 17:51 PM
Editorial
Stop trafficking of youths into war
10 May 2026, 17:43 PM
Editorial
Save Dhaka from recurring waterlogging
11 May 2026, 12:00 PM
Editorial
Khulna city needs its bus service back
10 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Editorial
A free press cannot exist without editorial autonomy
9 May 2026, 18:21 PM
Editorial
Address learning gaps at primary level
8 May 2026, 20:00 PM
Editorial
A reform long overdue
9 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Editorial
Address urea supply concerns urgently
8 May 2026, 11:00 AM
Editorial
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
20,000 commit suicide annually in Bangladesh: WHO statistics
On an average 20,000 people annually commit suicide in Bangladesh, said speakers citing a statistics of World Health Organization at a press conference
10 September 2015, 20:18 PM
Public transport fare hiked
The anticipated rise in bus and auto fare has come. The new fares for buses will come into effect from October 1 and for CNG-run auto-rickshaws from November 1.
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Rising tension in the education sector
Both private and public universities in the country seem to be in a state of flux, with dissatisfied students and teachers waging separate movements to realise their demands.
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the 26th death Anniversary of Syed Anisuzzaman; an income tax lawyer, former chairman of Hoechst Pharmaceuticals, and
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Abul Fazal Chowdhury
Today is the 37th death anniversary of Abul Fazal Chowdhury, a lawyer of Habiganj and a former ward commissioner of the municipality,
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Restricted cloth, threads seized
Customs Intelligence officials seized cloths and threads, imported under bond facilities, worth around Tk 6 crore in Terribazar area of
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
15th edition of BD Business Awards today
Two companies and two individuals will be felicitated today at the 15th Bangladesh Business Awards in recognition of their financial success as well as contributions to the economy.
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Merciless beating of three female students
We are apalled at the news of a headmaster of Golapganj High School in Dinajpur brutally beating three of its female students.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka is choking
The reckless manner with which canals have been grabbed and filled up in the capital city can be likened to choking the blood in arteries of a human being.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
75pc youths optimistic about future of Bangladesh
Seventy-five percent of Bangladeshi youths see the country as a more prosperous nation in the next 15 years and 60 percent think it is heading in the right direction, a survey has found.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Abduj Jahir Chowdhury Sufian, Sylhet district administrator and district Awami League president, died from cencer in his Sagordighirpar residence in Sylhet city yesterday afternoon. He was 70.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Burnt worker of Ctg ship-breaking yard dies in CMCH
A ship-breaking yard worker died yesterday at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), four days after he was injured in an explosion at a yard in
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh 10th among suicide-prone nations
Experts on Tuesday suggested increased anti-suicide campaigns in Bangladesh as the country has been witnessing increasing number of suicides every day.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Another Arms Haul in CHT
The detention of a miscreant with a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from a remote jungle in Khagrachhari by the army has left us with a sense of foreboding.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
New national pay scale
Public servants are about to see their salaries doubled across the board. We are all for an increase in the pay of public servants given the increase in cost of living we have witnessed over the past few years.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Time for 'global response'
The United Nations' top official in charge of migration said yesterday the crisis rocking Europe needs a "global response", insisting that countries worldwide must be asked to do their share.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
UN child rights body to review Bangladesh
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child will begin its 70th session in Geneva on September 14 to review children's rights in nine
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Land ports are a vital infrastructure
We cannot but express our concern over the wretched condition of Bangladesh's land ports with India and Myanmar as called to attention at a seminar on land port development last Sunday.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Antibiotic resistance at an alarming level
The WHO has made an ominous forecast: an estimated 10 million deaths per year and a global gross domestic product 2-3 percent less than woluld otherwise be by 2050.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Obituary
Dr M Mahiuddin Khan, a Language Movement veteran and physician of Sirajganj, died of old-age ailments at his Jubille Bagan residence on Friday. He was 88.
7 September 2015, 18:00 PM