Prices of stents to be fixed

Most heart patients in need of angioplasty and stents have been taking the trouble of going to neighbouring India for surgery since the government...
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh unattractive for tourists

In the recently released 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Bangladesh ranked 125th out of...
12 April 2017, 18:05 PM

Punishment of Rajon's killers

The High Court on April 11 upheld the death sentence for four perpetrators involved in the brutal torture and killing of Rajon in 2015.
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Rice prices soar amid flash floods

Flash floods in the greater Sylhet region have taken its toll on farmers and created a shortage of paddy for small to medium-sized rice mills.
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

145 children raped in three months!

A picture published in this paper on March 11 epitomises our failure to protect children from abuse and the culture of impunity that rules supreme regarding this issue.
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Churches bombed in Egypt

It is now apparent that the IS would like to build a strong hideout elsewhere. In this view, we need to gear up our intelligence and reinforce the border so as to make sure the terrorists cannot filter into our territories.
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM

More than 500 deaths in 58 days

More than 500 people were killed in the last 58 days according to a newspaper report and 17 on Saturday alone as road accidents
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Hazaribagh tanneries finally shut

The utility lines of the tanneries in Hazaribagh have been disconnected on Saturday in keeping with the March 6 orders of the High Court.
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Many deals between two good friends

We appreciate the warm reception given by Prime Minister Modi to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She has been treated with the highest honour and respect indicating the long standing friendship between the two countries.
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Death of Raudha Athif

What is needed is a thorough investigation to allay their concerns that their daughter was murdered. It is too early, without being aware of all the facts, to take a definitive position. We urge that the authorities take heed of the issues that Raudha's family has raised and after looking into those, disclose their findings.
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Why this shortage of manpower?

Although the emergency department of the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) was recently modernised with modern
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi's denial is disillusioning

We are outraged and disappointed at Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's denial of the atrocities that amount to ethnic cleansing, committed by Myanmarese security forces on Rohyingya Muslims.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh moves up in HDI

Bangladesh has moved up three notches in the Global Human Development Index 2015, ranking 139th out of 188 countries, according to the recently published Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 by UNDP.
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Prime minister's visit to India

The Prime Minster is embarking on a most important bilateral visit in recent times, since Bangladesh-India relations happen to be, for us...
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

136th IPU Conference

We are happy that Bangladesh successfully hosted one of the largest gatherings of parliamentarians through the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Abducted or arrested?

Within the last two weeks, plainclothes men picked up six people under mysterious circumstances that point towards negligence and misuse of power by law enforcement agencies.
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Chemical attack in Syria

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms the chemical attack on April 4 in rebel-held north-western Syria has killed some 70 civilians (mostly children) and left many others sick.
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM

St Petersburg bombing

We deplore in the strongest possible terms the ghastly attack on a subway train in St Petersburg that has claimed 14 innocent lives.
4 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Unrealistic Facebook ban

A letter issued by the cabinet division stating students' and young peoples' studies are being hampered by excess time spent on social media...
4 April 2017, 18:00 PM

BSMMU without emergency unit

We are shocked to learn that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), the country's leading medical university, is being run without an emergency unit since its inception.
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM