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

A good example of plastic recycling

It is heartening to see ordinary people in the country’s northern region taking it upon themselves to turn hazardous waste, such as discarded
29 March 2022

Dhaka Wasa must answer for cholera outbreak

Why has it failed to fix breaches in its supply lines?
29 March 2022

Children belong in schools, not factories

As we build our way to becoming a middle-income country, it is saddening that our children’s education is so vulnerable to a pandemic.
28 March 2022

One step closer to Digital Bangladesh

We expect great things from our innovators at BHTC
28 March 2022

Plan ahead to stop economic instability

Expand fiscal support to offset inflation from taka’s devaluation
28 March 2022

Beware of antimicrobial resistance

It’s been known for some time that antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—which occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines—has become a global health threat.
27 March 2022

Early diarrhoea outbreak is alarming

It’s quite worrying that the number of diarrhoea patients admitted to various hospitals in Dhaka has seen a sudden spike although it wasn’t expected to peak until April.
26 March 2022

51 years of freedom

We have overpaid the cost of our independence, but perhaps no cost can be very high for the most precious thing in a person’s, nay, a nation’s life—freedom.
26 March 2022

Dhaka airport now has a vegetable problem

It is quite worrying that Bangladesh faces the risk of losing its European market for vegetables because the Explosive Detective System (EDS) machine—
25 March 2022

Legalising surveillance?

Amend the unconstitutional provisions in data protection bill right away
25 March 2022

Russia’s threat of using nuclear weapons alarming

The world is on tenterhooks since Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would use nuclear weapons if its very existence came
24 March 2022

Consumers are right: Titas proposal to raise gas prices unacceptable

Titas proposal to raise gas prices unacceptable, illogical
24 March 2022

Home for all will be a dream come true

We welcome the prime minister’s announcement to build homes for all homeless people in Bangladesh soon. It is, no doubt, the right step in
23 March 2022

Time to declare an emergency over air quality

Govt must match displays of action with actual preventive actions
23 March 2022

Where will depleting groundwater leave us?

We note with great concern that an estimated 32 cubic kilometres of groundwater is being extracted annually in Bangladesh, which is having a disastrous effect on the groundwater system of the country.
22 March 2022

US finally recognises Rohingya genocide

Now it needs to be followed up with action
22 March 2022

A people’s organisation for 50 years

We congratulate Brac on its 50 years of operations in Bangladesh. Founded on March 21, 1972, by the late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Brac’s
21 March 2022

Lawlessness is the law of the rivers

Take action against those responsible for launch capsize in Shitalakkhya
21 March 2022

Spare the Tetulia playground

As it is, Dhaka city’s unbridled and unplanned growth has divested it of the open spaces needed for its residents’ recreation and outdoor
20 March 2022

Where’s the end to Dhaka’s terrible traffic?

Authorities need to stop being apathetic to common people’s sufferings
20 March 2022