Woman-unfriendly public transport

With a handful of women-only buses run by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) on major routes in Dhaka, thousands of women commuters are forced to resort to other forms of transportation to get around the city.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

When medicine kills

A report published in this newspaper reveals that the Drugs Control Ordinance 1982 under which medicine adulterators are tried is incomprehensive and inadequate.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Jubo League attack on school students

We are shocked and appalled that 40 school children were injured during a protest in their school premises by activists believed to be with the Jubo League.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

VAT from private universities

Some eminent citizens over a BBC programme have urged the government to lift VAT from private universities. The private universities, according to the relevant Act, are supposed to be run on a non-profit basis.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Law too weak to protect people

One-and-a-half-year-old Tanvir died of renal failure immediately after given paracetamol syrup tainted with poisonous industrial substance diethylene glycol in 1992.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Take steps to end violence against women, children

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) yesterday urged parliamentary members and law enforcers to take special steps to stop the increasing violence against women and children.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Erosion of trust on police

The report in this newspaper yesterday about how the bloggers are losing trust in the law enforcing agencies regarding their capability and indeed willingness to provide them with the minimum of security is very distressing.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Leather sector's export picking up

It is heartening to note that we have had two consecutive years of good export earnings from the leather and leather goods sector.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

NHRC demands teeth

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday called upon the government to take steps to make the commission's independence real.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Sajjad Hassan Saleh (Nintu), a financial risk management professional, died at a hospital in Toronto, Canada, on August 12. He was 47.
16 August 2015, 18:00 PM

He becomes blogger for Bangladesh

Hugo Swire, minister of state at the foreign and commonwealth office, UK, said Bangladesh's rich tradition of freedom and religious tolerance should be protected.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

In tears, in prayers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana stood in solemn silence in front of the Tungipara tomb of the Father of the Nation on the day their family was massacred 40 years ago.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 12th death anniversary of Amenna Rahman; wife of late Mashiur Rahman (Jadu Mia), a former minister.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Father Of The Nation Remembered

Father Of The Nation Remembered
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

“Lawmaker snatches'criminal' from Rab”(August 13, 2015)
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Private universities flouting rules

It is disappointing to note that a great many private universities are violating the conditions and rules set out by the Private University
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Interference saps police performance

A recent meeting of superintendents of police (SPs) at the police headquarters brought to the fore difficulties faced by law enforcers in
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Fixing speed limit at 80 km

The government's decision to fix the speed limit of vehicles on highways across the country at 80 kilometres per hour in an attempt to reduce frequent road accidents may have been well-intentioned, but it has left officials at a loss about how to implement it.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

His towering image, an eternal beacon

Forty years ago today was the darkest day in our national history. For, on that day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman without whom Bangladesh, the nation-state we call our home, would not have been born, was assassinated along most members of his family.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM

August 15, 1975 incidents: Justice kept in long wait

Justice is yet to be delivered in the cases filed in connection with the murders of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni and Abdur Rab Serniabat,
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM