Childhood must not be trapped in screens
15 May 2026, 18:00 PM
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Attacks on law enforcers concerning
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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
Don’t hand back the keys to ex-owners of failed banks
12 May 2026, 18:47 PM
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Stop objectifying women on Facebook
13 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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End the culture of extortion in slums
12 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lapses in measles deaths reporting are unacceptable
11 May 2026, 17:51 PM
Editorial
Take it up with UN
It is unlikely that the dispute over sharing Teesta's water can be solved through bilateral negotiations with India and regional
18 April 2015, 18:00 PM
School boy abducted, murdered
THE news of a child being abducted, missing without a trace amid hair-splitting agony of the victim's parents and then finally surfacing
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Another death trap
IT is disquieting to see that an illegal two-storied tin-house, built on a marshland inside the capital, caved in causing the death of 12 of
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Rules broken on land acquisition for power projects
ATIB report on the Rampal and Matarbari power plant projects has found major violations in the way the acquisition of the land has been
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
OMG!
“I'm above the
[electoral] code of conduct. Code of conduct isn't
applicable for me. I'm the party chairman. I must stand by my
activists.”
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Baishakhi Style
Like other years, I was at Shahbag early morning on Pahela Baishakh with my camera. The festive spirit and colourful attires are simply
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the 19th death anniversary of kazi Nuruzzaman, a former member of Dhaka Bar Council and Audit and Accounts officer.
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Ctg RO orders investigation
In a notice issued yesterday to the principal of Chittagong Medical College and director of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, the
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the 15th death anniversary of Shabnam Huq; wife of Arham Masudul Huq, senior executive vice-president and company
16 April 2015, 18:20 PM
Sexual assault on women and minor on Pahela Baishakh
THERE are no words to express the shock and disgust at the sexual assault of young women and a minor at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Going 'green' is good business
IT is interesting to note that a growing number of leading readymade garments (RMG) producers are taking steps to qualify for LEED
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
No black money, muscle in Dhaka
Over a dozen mayoral aspirants out of the total 20 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) yesterday joined their hands together and vowed to prevent the use of black money and muscle power in the April 28 city elections.
They also pledged to combat corruption, ensure transparency and accountability of the city corporation activities.
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Prominent diplomat KM Shehab Uddin passes away
KM Shehab Uddin, one of the first diplomats who risked the lives of his wife and two children to bravely disengage from the Pakistan government and declare allegiance to the Mujibnagar government in 1971, is no more.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Death anniversary
Today is the sixth death anniversary of Dr MA Wahed Sarker, father of journalist Sadequr Rahman.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Outrage over sex assault
The joyous celebration of the Bangalee's biggest festival -- Pahela Baishakh -- was tainted by incidents of sexual assault on women
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
New militant outfit busted
The law enforcement agencies deserve credit for the identification of a new militant outfit following arrest of three members of the outfit and one of its arms suppliers.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
'Profit' at whose expense?
That the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is said to have made a profit of Tk 2,000 crore last year may have been cause for celebration had it not been at the expense of the end consumers.
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Pahela Baishakh 2015
Pahela Baishakh 2015
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Three months that have cost us $2.2b
THE dreadful fear that we have had about the economic loss of the nation in the three-month-long political unrest has been substantiated in the
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A festival for all Bangladeshis
PAHELA Baishakh provides us with a reason to start afresh on a clean slate, to do away with all that is toxic and renew ourselves with
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM