Policing teen delinquency needs caution
29 September 2026 • Editorial
Is violent crime being normalised?
28 September 2026 • Editorial
Attack on Radda MCH-FP centre condemnable
27 September 2026 • Editorial
Act before anthrax spreads further
27 September 2026 • Editorial
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
Dismantle the teen gangs in Cumilla
25 September 2026 • Editorial

Drives against oil hoarders alone will not work

The situation is really concerning and the government must do everything to keep the cooking oil market stable.
14 May 2022

Dwindling forex reserves worrying

It’s good to know that the government has finally taken some measures to safeguard our foreign currency reserves, which have come down to less than USD 42 billion.
13 May 2022

Threat of dengue outbreak is ominous

Go all out to control the spread
13 May 2022

When power plants power up corruption

Graft involving land acquisition must be investigated
12 May 2022

Shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh was deliberate

All we can now hope for is that Shireen Abu Akleh’s death does not get lost in the crowd of the thousands of Palestinian killings before hers.
12 May 2022

Why can’t privately run trains make profits?

It is unfortunate that Bangladesh Railway (BR) has not been able to make much progress when it comes to getting the customer trains
11 May 2022

Whose per capita income?

Almost all other signs point to increasing suffering as a result of high inflation and extremely high income inequality.
11 May 2022

Why must female migrant workers return empty-handed?

A new batch of 340 female migrant workers has returned home in the month of April to impart the usual depressing tales of exploitation,
10 May 2022

A trial 24-years-old and still running

A blatant miscarriage of justice
10 May 2022

The worst place to live in Dhaka?

The condition which the residents of East Jurain, under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), have been living in for years is unbelievable.
9 May 2022

Budget needs to address inflation, return stability

When it comes to human development related expenses, the government should spend more.
9 May 2022

Getting BNP to join the polls

The prime minister has made a very significant remark, as reported in this newspaper, regarding the ruling party taking initiatives to get the
8 May 2022

Railways minister should answer for wrongs done in his name

Reward, not punish, honest officials for doing their job
8 May 2022

Why create unnecessary sufferings for visitors?

It is disappointing that people have had to face huge trouble while buying entry tickets for the national museum and the historic Ahsan Manzil
7 May 2022

BR needs a complete overhaul

Bangladesh Railway (BR), perhaps to no one’s surprise, is once again set to miss the completion deadline for 14 of its 20 ongoing projects
7 May 2022

Brickfields ruining farmlands

It’s a distressing reality that the country’s farmers are faced with an ever-spiraling problem of losing their lands and crops to the burgeoning brickfields, such
6 May 2022

Edible oil prices: What goes up, never comes down

Govt must open eyes to consumers' unending sufferings
6 May 2022

Exploitation of shipbreaking workers must stop

We share the disappointment of thousands of shipbreaking workers who were denied their festival bonus before Eid-ul-Fitr this year.
5 May 2022

Journalism can’t thrive under digital siege

Bangladesh’s continued slide in Press Freedom Index is alarming
5 May 2022

Another alleged enforced disappearance

It is disturbing that despite much criticism of the practice of picking up alleged criminals by police officers in plainclothes, or arresting them without showing any proof of identity or supporting legal documents, it is still going on in the country.
30 April 2022