Policing teen delinquency needs caution
29 September 2026
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Editorial
Pay rape response workers urgently
4 HOUR(s)
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Editorial
End the deadlock at the Information Commission
29 September 2026
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Editorial
Is violent crime being normalised?
28 September 2026
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Editorial
Attack on Radda MCH-FP centre condemnable
27 September 2026
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Editorial
Act before anthrax spreads further
27 September 2026
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Editorial
We must break the cyber-scam networks
26 September 2026
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Editorial
Police must act on evidence alone
28 September 2026
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Opinion
Protect RMG workers from rising heat
26 September 2026
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Editorial
Dismantle the teen gangs in Cumilla
25 September 2026
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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