Attack on UPL is an attack on free speech
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Editorial
Policing teen delinquency needs caution
29 September 2026
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Editorial
Pay rape response workers urgently
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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
Restoring public trust in EC is the main challenge
Restore the credibility of the institution
27 February 2022
Climate change brings disturbing new reality
Global warming is having multidimensional impacts on countries and communities—and not just in terms of erratic climate events.
26 February 2022
Don’t let corrupt traders exploit Ukraine crisis
Effective oversight, subsidies needed to control prices
26 February 2022
Why did BCL attack protest on gang rape?
If a group of unruly men were to swoop down on students demanding justice for the gang rape of one of their classmates, what would it say about the men in
25 February 2022
Russia’s aggression must be stopped
But its security concerns cannot be ignored
25 February 2022
A good but ambitious project
The government is reportedly set to launch a universal pension scheme in which any citizen, including expatriate Bangladeshis, aged between 18 and 50,
24 February 2022
Railway needs a major change to improve services
Corruption and irregularities must be checked
24 February 2022
Death in police custody again
We are deeply troubled to learn of another death in police custody. This time, the victim was a poor man named Wazir Mia, who had been
23 February 2022
Why resist data requests if there’s nothing to hide?
Authorities must remove barriers to accessing public information
23 February 2022
Rising LPG cylinder hazards demand attention
With Titas gas connection, particularly residential, becoming rarer by the day, it is only natural that people would turn to liquefied petroleum
22 February 2022
Legal reforms are but the first step to ending rape impunity
The law minister’s statement that the government is going to introduce legislation removing two questionable sections of the colonial-era
22 February 2022
Lifting Covid restrictions doesn’t mean lowering our guards
The government’s decision to lift all Covid-19 restrictions, however poorly implemented, comes as a relief as it means resuming, with greater
21 February 2022
ICJ’s fresh hearings into Rohingya case bring fresh hope
The world must come together for the Rohingya cause
21 February 2022
Indomitable Ekushey
As we observe the 70th anniversary of the historic Ekushey February, which in 1952 saw the culmination of a bloody struggle for the state
20 February 2022
Justice eludes Churihatta fire victims
Old Dhaka with its many warehouses remains a ticking time bomb
20 February 2022
Why are e-gates at Dhaka airport not operational yet?
Here is another classic example of the blame game so often seen among different agencies in the public sector.
19 February 2022
ACC must not lose public confidence
Its recent conduct to a sacked official raises a lot of questions
19 February 2022
Unfit vehicles, unaccountable authorities
Recent data from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has laid bare, once again, just how unsafe our roads are. As stated in a report by this
18 February 2022
Rate of stimulus disbursement disgraceful
Are we to believe there are no eligible beneficiaries in the country?
18 February 2022
Rid Old Dhaka of chemical warehouses
The bspectre of death still haunts the streets of Old Dhaka, where many precious lives were lost in raging fires originating from some
17 February 2022