Padma Barrage must have clear rationale
14 May 2026, 18:30 PM Editorial
End extortion in Dhaka’s waste trade
14 May 2026, 13:00 PM Editorial
Stop the rape of our children
13 May 2026, 17:20 PM Editorial
Stop objectifying women on Facebook
13 May 2026, 13:00 PM Editorial
End the culture of extortion in slums
12 May 2026, 00:00 AM 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

Obituary

Dr Quader Quraishi, husband of Senior Consultant of Gynecology of Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital Nazma Begum, died due to old-age
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Azad president, Prashanta GS of Court Reporters' Association

Abul Kalam Azad of the Daily Ittefaq and Prashanta Kumar Karmaker of the daily Prothom Alo were yesterday elected president and general secretary respectively of the Court Reporters' Association for 2015-2016, says a press release.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Dr Mujibur Rahman

Dr Mujibur Rahman, a medical scientist and Ekushe Padak recipeint for 2014, died yesterday.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Delowar Hossain Chy

Delowar Hossain Chowdhury, director of Daffodil Computers Ltd, died due to old-age complications at his Dhanmondi residence yesterday. He was 71.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka deluged

No wonder Dhaka is one of the most unlivable cities in the world. Many would like to think that except the change in spelling of the name of the Capital, very little change has come about by way of adding to the comfort of the people living in the city.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Lakhs of college admission seekers get edgy

It is a shame that new academic sessions of colleges seem destined to be delayed, if not thrown off-gear altogether.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Change in land management needed to resolve disputes

Radical change in land management is needed to quickly resolve land-related disputes and establish the rights of landless people, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the first death anniversary of poet Abul Hussain, a pioneer of modernism in Bangla poetry.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Riding on the wrong way

A front page photo in this newspaper published yesterday spotlights how recklessly VIPs are breaking traffic rules. A minister's SUV
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Overuse of pesticides lethal

Eleven children have died in less than a month in Dinajpur having consumed litchis over-treated by pesticides. Investigative journalism by
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Khaleda can't contest 2019 nat'l election

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu yesterday told parliament that Khaleda Zia would not be able to take part in the next national
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Senate members with expired tenure get into JU syndicate

The Jahangirnagar University senate yesterday inducted two of its members into the syndicate and one into the finance committee
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

DU, JU announce budgets with low research allocations

Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University yesterday announced their budgets for 2015-16 fiscal with low allocations for research
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Gtv News editor remanded for 'torturing wife'

A Dhaka court yesterday placed the news editor of Gtv on a one-day remand after he was arrested in a case filed for torturing his wife
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Cyber security act to hugely curb freedom of expression

The proposed Cyber Security Act 2015 will significantly curb people's freedom of expression on the internet and keep them in fear,
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Sufia Kamal, Jahanara Imam's ideals needed to fight terrorism

Although the two great personalities are no more, the nation will always remain grateful to them for their contribution to upholding the
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Money for unsettled audit objections double of budget: Muhith

The number of unsettled audit objections against 55 ministries or divisions is 8,53,314 involving Tk 6,15,606 crore which is almost double of the proposed budget of the next fiscal year.
27 June 2015, 12:42 PM

BSMMU forms body to probe development project corruptions

BSMMU Syndicate forms probe body to investigate irregularities in financial transactions of more than Tk 1,000 crore for its different development projects during last six and half years.
27 June 2015, 11:25 AM

Sust VC trashes 'white paper'

The vice chancellor of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) yesterday dismissed the allegations levelled against him
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Bank official killed in clash over land

A bank official was killed in a clash over a pond dispute at Charpara village in Chotobagi union of Taltali upazila in Barguna on Thursday.
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM