Childhood must not be trapped in screens
15 May 2026, 18:00 PM Editorial
Govt must heed Fitch's warning
15 May 2026, 01:00 AM Editorial
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

No breakthrough on Teesta

We have already editorially welcomed Prime Minister Modi and will comment again after the visit is over. Today we are focusing on the
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Reservations remain on budget

The budget has been overwhelmingly welcomed by most quarters. The business community and the various chambers of commerce have
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Top Quote!

"The future I dream for India is the future I wish for Bangladesh."
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Confident about Teesta solution

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed firm resolve to reach a solution on the long-standing issues of the Teesta and Feni rivers.
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Dr AKM Saidul Islam, a freedom fighter and physician.
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Warm welcome to PM Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks today on his august visit to Bangladesh, 'with a sense of enthusiasm and delight', to borrow his own words.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Racing bus drivers

The traffic authorities must play a more active role in identifying and holding accountable reckless driving, speeding and unfit and overloaded vehicles.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

From murky to magical

The world does not look away when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks. As an early score, Modi cuts an impressive figure on the global stage.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Journo Mahbubul Alam's death anniversary today

Today is the first death anniversary of Mahbubul Alam, a former caretaker government adviser and ex-editor of English daily The
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

The 34-hr packed schedule

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his around 34-hour whirlwind visit to Bangladesh beginning today is going to spend a busy time with official talks, meeting political leadership, ministers, businesspeople and people.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Another terrifying arson attack

Just when we had started to feel a sense of relief, that the horrific incidents of arson attacks during the BNP led opposition hartal-
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Budget aims high

The finance minister has presented the 44th annual budget of a record size in parliament. We are giving our preliminary reactions to it at
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Qulkhwani

The qulkhwani of Anwara Sofia Islam, wife of former Information Minister and BNP Standing Committee Member M Shamsul Islam, will be
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary 2

Today is the 15th death anniversary of Begum Lutfunnessa Ibrahim, wife of late Justice Mohammed Ibrahim, said a press release.
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Citizenship for Rohingyas

The recent tragedy of hundreds of boat people floating in the wilderness of the sea without food and other basic amenities has drawn the world's attention to the protracted suffering of the Rohingyas.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Evicting hawkers from streets

The two Dhaka city corporations are set to clear footpaths from July 1. That the small-scale eviction drive in Gulistan on June 2 fizzled out was a foregone conclusion.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

'Slow' trouble

Banker Rafiqul Islam saw off his wife at Shahjalal International Airport and was still on his way back home to Dhanmondi when he got the call from Kolkata. I have arrived safely, his wife said. But Rafiqul was nowhere near his home.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Loss, pain only for families of arson victims in Bangladesh

Bought nine months ago, the textbooks still look new. Noor Jahan stowed them in a polythene bag. Her son Sanjid Hossain Ovi used to read the books mostly in the bed that is now folded up in a corner of the tiny room.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Anwara Sofia Islam, wife of former Information Minister and BNP standing committee member M Shamsul Islam, died from kidney failure
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Nurjahan Begum's 90th birthday today

Today is the 90th birthday of Nurjahan Begum, one of the most senior female editors of the sub-continent, says a press release.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM