Recognising migrant workers' contribution

Anational dialogue titled 'Migrant's Budget' has revealed the suffering of many migrant workers who are treated with neglect especially
26 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Let price charts not turn into traffic lights

That prices of essentials are hiked without any reason and proportion every Ramadan need not be mentioned again.
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Additional budget allocation council

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recommended the formation of an “Additional Budget Allocation Advisory Council” under the finance ministry. T
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Ultra-poor programme in trouble

Avisit to Gunarigram and Lalmonipur project sites under Harishpur union of Natore Sadar upazila has unearthed some disturbing facts
24 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Sex crimes against women rampant

News reports of rape have, unfortunately, become an everyday occurrence in our country. As the high profile Banani rape case
24 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump's call

Last Sunday in Riyadh, the US President had called upon the leaders of as many as 55 Muslim majority countries, present at the Arab Islamic American Summit...
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Buses unfriendly towards women

A study by ActionAid found that 56 percent of women commuters avoid public transportation due to lack of proper seating facilities.
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Overcrowded classrooms

Teacher-student ratio is a key quality indicator of education system. In crowded classrooms, it becomes difficult to take lessons while the
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

The streets belong to the influential

An investigation by this paper has confirmed what we unofficially know – that the reason why it is so hard to clear the city's footpaths of
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

The Spectacular Seven

Seven adolescent girls from Nandail upazila of Mymesingh have set an example that the elders and some local administrative officials should learn from.
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Torture of 10-year-old

Every aspect of the story of 10-year-old Sagor, published yesterday by this paper, horrifies.
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Glaring gross mismanagement

There is no doubt that Bangladesh has made some rapid strides to develop and improve its infrastructure in recent times,
20 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Lax wheat procurement drive!

The dilly dallying in the government programme to buy wheat from farmers in the district of Nilphamari is having ill effects.
20 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Six-year-old human hauler attendant!

A photograph of a young boy hanging on to a human hauler he works as an attendant of, published on the front page of this newspaper on Wednesday, shows perfectly the unfortunate plight of millions of children in our country.
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Hundreds of crores taka surcharge lie idle

The government slapped a levy of 1 percent surcharge on the sale of mobile phones and another 1 percent surcharge on the use of mobile phones last year.
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Bizarre excuse to not stop child marriages

Child marriage – despite the caveat in the new amendment of the law – remains illegal in the country. Last Friday, as eight under-age girls were about to be married off in Dinajpur, locals informed the local administration.
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Raintree hotel illegal

It took a sensational double-rape in a posh boutique hotel to wake Rajuk up from its slumber that Raintree hotel was operating, and that too illegally, in a residential area.
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Passing away of an exemplary diplomat

It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to former foreign secretary and ambassador Faruq Ahmed Choudhury who breathed his last in the early hours yesterday.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Jewellery industry and smuggled gold

The jewellery business in Bangladesh has reportedly been thriving despite there being no import of gold into the country through legal
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM

BNP's Vision 2030

The BNP has come out with a document that it calls Vision 2030. It is perhaps the first time that a major political party has revealed a...
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM