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An exit that ends uncertainty
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Affordable dialysis must not be delayed any longer
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Ensure food security for all
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Hold those liable for Milestone tragedy
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Why is the measles response still falling short?
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A welcome development, but more ground to cover
24 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Don't burden children with entrance exam
22 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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More power to fight drug trafficking needs safeguards against abuse
20 July 2026, 19:26 PM
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Restore Dhaka’s footbridges
21 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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DWASA under fire for poor services
We would like to thank the parliamentary standing committee on public undertakings for finally taking to task the chief of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA).
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Alarming signals from Bhola
The recent violence in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila, which led to the deaths of four people and injuries of hundreds of others, is reminiscent of the sporadic episodes of communal violence that have often disturbed the religious harmony of our country in recent years.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bandarban’s stream—a victim of greed
It is heart-breaking to learn of yet another important waterbody—a stream, Bandarban’s Myaksi Chhara—being shrunk to a fraction of its original size because of the greed of land grabbers.
20 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Stop adding new trains unnecessarily
With most trains operating in the country’s northwestern and southern regions failing to run on time primarily due to inadequate capacity of railway tracks, Bangladesh Railway is adding new trains in the regions without doing any proper assessment.
20 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Exploding ambulances!
Explosion in CNG-run vehicles is a frequent phenomenon in Bangladesh.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Cut out the red tape
Three years after China promised to provide around USD 20 billion to Bangladesh, only one-fourth of the amount has been released for use.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s slow progress in reducing hunger
It is unfortunate that Bangladesh has gone two notches down in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) this year, ranking 88th among the 117 countries, whereas last year, the country ranked 86th out of the 119 countries.
18 October 2019, 18:00 PM
17 years of fighting a case of ‘mistaken identity’
It is disturbing to know about Bablu Shiekh, a man who has had to fight a legal battle for 17 long years before he was finally cleared of charges for a crime he did not commit.
18 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Buet students take oath to resist violence
The horrific murder of Abrar Fahad has galvanised general students of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (Buet) into action. In an unprecedented move,
17 October 2019, 18:00 PM
PM’s call appropriate
The prime minister struck the nail on the head when she called for alertness on everyone’s part to prevent road accidents.
17 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bank robbery over four years!
It is mystifying that nobody knows what happened to the Tk 4,500 crore that was swindled out of BASIC Bank between 2009 and 2013. The investigators of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have not been able to find any clue as to what happened to this astronomical amount and has not submitted any charge sheet in the 56 cases filed in 2015 over its disappearance.
16 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Overseas labour markets shrinking
In the first eight months of the year, Bangladeshis got 4,17,084 jobs abroad, 2,08,536 fewer than the government’s projected number for this period.
16 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Violence against children goes on unabated
Words are not enough to express our shock and horror at the cruel way Tuhin Miah, a five-year-old child, was murdered at the Kejaura village of Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on October 14. The disturbing details of the torture and murder make us wonder if we still live in the dark ages, in the absence of any law and order. Otherwise, how can people kill a child in such a brutal manner?
15 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Kurds in the line of fire
Kurdish fighters constituted some of the most effective forces in the fight against ISIS in the long-drawn-out Syrian conflict.
15 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Why are secondary school students suffering?
According to the Education Watch Report 2018-2019, which is prepared by Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), 55 percent of English and mathematics teachers in secondary schools have not been specifically trained to teach these two important subjects.
14 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Why foil a peaceful rally?
The police foiling a “civic mourning rally” brought out by Jatiya Oikyafront to protest the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad is disturbing.
14 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Owning a home shouldn’t be a rarity
Shelter is one of three basic needs of people, apart from being a constitutional right, that governments should take as an obligation to ensure.
13 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bending the rules for wilful defaulters
Analysts again sounded the alarm on the government’s lack of will to arrest bad loans which, according to the International Monetary Fund, stood at Tk 240, 167 crore as of June.
13 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Jamuna gobbles up homes in Tangail
Water flow of the Jamuna River has been rising steadily and is threatening homes and livelihoods of hundreds in Kalihati and Bhuapur upazilas of Tangail.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Only banning student politics is not the solution
The ban on the activities of student-led political organisations on Buet campus, announced by the university administration on Friday, should be seen as a first step toward the wider institutional reforms that are needed to make the campus safe for students.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM