Editorial

Is violent crime being normalised?

7 HOUR(s) • Editorial

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Attack on Radda MCH-FP centre condemnable

27 September 2026 • Editorial

Act before anthrax spreads further

27 September 2026 • Editorial

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We must break the cyber-scam networks

26 September 2026 • Editorial

Police must act on evidence alone

28 September 2026 • Opinion

Protect RMG workers from rising heat

26 September 2026 • Editorial

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Dismantle the teen gangs in Cumilla

25 September 2026 • Editorial

Reform promise must be kept

25 September 2026 • Editorial

Tarique Rahman proposed steps to resolve Rohingya crisis

Rohingyas need the world’s support

24 September 2026 • Editorial

Nine years without MRI service!

24 September 2026 • Editorial

What is the point of attacking BNP rallies?

Surely, the ruling regime understands that the more it attacks the BNP, the less reassuring its promises of ensuring a free, fair and participatory election appears to those concerned.

21 May 2023

Long delay in Jamalpur overpass project causing suffering for people

Why should people have to suffer for RHD failure?

Complete the Jamalpur railway overpass project without further delay

21 May 2023

destruction of mangrove forests in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar

The mangroves are there for a reason

Why are we destroying our last line of defence against natural calamities?

20 May 2023

Out with the old

20 May 2023

Repurposing coal power plants into solar powered ones

Turn dirty power plants into clean ones

We need to invest in renewables now

19 May 2023

Are we overlooking the new poor?

Latest BIDS survey on poverty deserves appropriate policy attention

19 May 2023

Wasa chairman's complaints against MD Taqsem

A Wasa shake-up is the need of the hour

Government must investigate its chairman’s allegations against MD Taqsem

18 May 2023

Threat of a dengue outbreak in Bangladesh in 2023

Early action key to dengue control

Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities

18 May 2023

Sand being extracted from Teesta riverbed

Greater effort needed to stop sand extraction from Teesta

Government must protect our rivers from being polluted, encroached or harmed in other ways

17 May 2023

Tacking inequality amid IMF-prescribed economic reforms

We must curb rising inequality

Reforms following the IMF prescription should not harm disadvantaged groups

17 May 2023

A poll-time government without BNP?

A fair election will require much more than token initiatives

16 May 2023

Complaints of e-commerce scams remain unresolved in Bangladesh

We must restore trust in e-commerce

Authorities should ensure full repayment to defrauded customers

16 May 2023

Cyclone Mocha hitting Bangladesh coastal areas

Time to rebuild life in St Martin's Island

Relief and rehabilitation are priority in Mocha-hit areas after the worst was averted

15 May 2023

Osmani Udyan and Panthakuja park renovation

Parks and recreation, a distant dream

Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?

15 May 2023

Bangladesh NPL ratio highest in South Asia

Overflow of non-performing loans

Time for govt to change its policy towards habitual defaulters

14 May 2023

Biman sending 100 officials ‘to help hajj pilgrims’

Biman’s unending ‘bimar’

Sending 100 officials to KSA to ‘help hajj pilgrims’ makes little sense