Plea of the distressed relatives of the missing

The whereabouts of 159 victims of what is alleged to be enforced disappearance is still unknown.
28 April 2019

Are safe roads too much to ask?

The tragic death of 21-year-old Fahmida Haque Labannya, a third-year student of computer science and engineering at Brac University, on Thursday in a road accident in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area has left us speechless.
27 April 2019

Killing our wetlands

A joint press conference organised by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA),
27 April 2019

Keep the market stable during Ramadan

The spiralling of prices of essentials before and during Ramadan has become the norm in the country, no matter how unethical the
26 April 2019

Fighting militancy requires united efforts

The prime minister’s call for everyone to stay alert alongside the intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies to fight religious
26 April 2019

Hospital commissioning stuck in red tape

It is quite astonishing to find that a newly constructed 250 bed hospital in 2017 has not been commissioned due to an inter-departmental row over pending electricity bills.
25 April 2019

The Rohingya crisis

he call of the prime minister to the world body to do more for a permanent resolution of the Rohingya crisis, of which the only country to have suffered and endured the brunt has been Bangladesh, needs to be iterated constantly.
25 April 2019

Loan recovery takes a backseat

A recent survey conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) titled “Credit Operations of Banks” has shed light on
24 April 2019

Higher wages should not be conditional

Despite the massive overhaul that the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has undergone since the Rana Plaza collapse
24 April 2019

Strike balance between industrialisation and environment

While we need the industrial sector to be a major driver of our growth, it cannot be at the expense of the environment.
23 April 2019

MD's comments do not conform to the fact

We are surprised at the Wasa MD's comment that the water supplied by Wasa in the capital is hundred percent pure.
23 April 2019

Overuse of pesticides in mangoes

As the mango season approaches, instead of looking forward to enjoying this succulent fruit, mango lovers should be worried about
22 April 2019

In solidarity with Sri Lanka

We are at a loss of words at the number of lives lost in the wake of gruesome bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter
22 April 2019

Bagerhat land record office

The Bagerhat sub-registrar and land record office with its 150 employees have been working out of a British-era building that was declared risky by authorities back in 2012.
20 April 2019

More girls are going to school

We are delighted to know from a report in this paper that, according to government data, female secondary students outnumber their male counterparts in 63 of the 64 districts.
20 April 2019

Rivers in throes of death

The future of our rivers and water bodies is bleak and there is an urgent need for the government to see through the projects it has undertaken. This aspect emerged clearly in a seminar organised by the water resources ministry marking World Water Day.
19 April 2019

Unfettered press is the best security for a country

It seems that insofar as the freedom of the press is concerned, Bangladesh is going down at an increasing rate. According to the 2019
19 April 2019

Protect children from sexual predators

The alarming rise in child rape incidents in the country in recent months just goes to show how little we have done to protect our children from potential rapists and sexual predators.
18 April 2019

Corruption in public utility companies

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and the Anti-Corruption Commission have identified widespread corruption in two public utility companies, the Water Supply and Sewage Authority (Wasa) and Titas Gas.
18 April 2019

The curse of child marriage

A UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) study has given us the shocking news that 59 percent of all marriages that took place in Bangladesh between 2006 and 2017 were in fact child marriage—the brides were all under 18.
17 April 2019