Migrants pay more, get less

According to a recent survey presented in the 16th ILO Asia and the Pacific regional meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Bangladesh scored poorly in terms of high migration costs and low earnings per month.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Mymensingh freedom day tomorrow

The freedom fighters of Mymensingh freed the district from the Pakistan Army on December 10 in 1971.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Furniture carpentry their lifeblood

Chami village in Balodiya union of Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila has always danced to the tune of wood planes smoothing and scraping,
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM

International Anti-Corruption Day

As we observe the International Anti-Corruption Day, it is a good time to reflect on the current state of corruption in our country.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM

SC allows Hajj pilgrims to pick any airline

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that had cleared the way for the hajj pilgrims to choose any airline while going to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj.
8 December 2016, 07:07 AM

Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Jhalakathi freed today

On this day in 1971, heroic freedom fighters freed Patuakhali, Pirojpur and Jhalakathi districts from Pakistani occupation forces.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

ICT brightens life of villagers

People of eight villages in three upazilas of the district have been enjoying the benefit of ICT from eight centres for the last few years.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

President's talk with political parties

We welcome the news that the Hon'able President will be holding dialogues with the political parties on the formation of a new election commission on his return from Singapore.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Full verdict in Rid Pharmaceuticals case out

The full judgment of the said case is now out. A Dhaka court on November 28 had found two officials of the Drug Administration guilty of negligence in the Rid Pharmaceutical case which supplied toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Heyday for guest bird poachers

Poachers have become active, especially in Satla and Harta Beel areas of the district, during the winter that witnesses arrival of a large
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Half-century not a good score for a bamboo bridge!

A half-century might be a noteworthy cricket tally but it's a long time for people to live without a vital transport link. Yet in
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Another slum fire

Adevastating fire in the Boubazar part of the Korail slum, home to about a couple of thousand inhabitants, has left hundreds of people homeless and helpless.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Dhaka's main rivers dying

Plasma Plus, a scientific research laboratory, has just concluded a study on behalf of Dhaka WASA on the pollution levels of the six major rivers (Turag, Balu, Sitalakkhya, Dhaleshwari and the Bangshi) that sustain the capital city and the results are not good.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Halim's harrowing memory of 1971

Sixty-one-year-old Halim still feels the horror when he remembers November 10 of the year 1971 when he and his family experienced.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Self-help last resort

Villagers in Barguna Sadar upazila have built an embankment through voluntary service to protect their croplands from flooding.
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Enforced disappearances

We have heartfelt sympathy for the families of 20 missing individuals who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers at least three years ago. In their grief, they again pleaded with the authorities to return their loved ones at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Democracy Day

In 1991 we started our journey of being a parliamentary democracy that marked the end of autocracy and all that it represented. It also began with the dream that finally we would have a nation that would imbibe the values of our hard fought liberation.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Lalmonirhat, Feni, Meherpur freed this day in '71

Today is December 6. On this day in 1971, freedom fighters freed Lalmonirhat, Feni and Meherpur districts from the occupation of
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

What a regressive mentality!

It can only be described as an exhibition of the most decrepit mind of the authorities of a high school in Habiganj that have barred a
4 December 2016, 18:05 PM

Rugged roads cause 105 mishaps in 2 weeks

The awful condition of Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway and Mahendranagar-Borobari and Borobari-Kulaghat roads in the district caused
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM