Editorial
Covid-19
Include all people in implementing restrictions
Tackling a national crisis like the coronavirus pandemic will be difficult without the active participation of people from all walks of life.
People want fair and peaceful NCC polls
The questions as to whether the Narayanganj city residents will be able to cast their votes without any fear and how will Nurul Huda Commission fare in their last days, loom large not only among the ...
Public transport restrictions should not make passengers suffer
The transport owners have questioned the justification of keeping public transport running at half passenger capacity while everything else remains open as normal. But what they didn't mention is ...
Welcome 2022: May Bangladesh move forward leaving behind failures of past
Today is the first day of 2022. Every day is new but we keep track of our achievements and failures in months and years so that we can weave a bright future
UP polls: Votes and civility both in exile
A total of 348 chairmen have been elected uncontested after polls to 3755 union parishads of the country. Elections to the sixth and final phase are yet to be held. In Union Parishad elections held ...
Fertilizer sale at higher price
Take actions against unscrupulous businessmen
The government has not raised the prices of fertilizer although the prices increased three folds in the international markets. The agricultural production cost would rise if the fertilizer prices ...
Private sector workforce
Education standards must be improved
Every year thousands of youth, equipped with degrees in higher education, are entering the job market but not getting jobs. On the flip side, the industries and business companies are not finding ...
Increase Coast Guard patrol to ensure safety of fishermen
After the Sundarbans was declared robber-free in 2018, it was expected the region would be safe for fishermen. But some recent attacks on fishing trawlers by robbers have rendered the expectation ...
How many more workers will die in factory fires?
Fire service and civil defence authorities confirmed that the Romana Rubber shoe factory did not comply with the rules. Five people were killed in a fire that broke out at the factory on Thursday ...
Discrimination against women UNOs must end
Certain influential quarters are the main obstacle to women’s empowerment as well as the rule of law and to people’s access to services
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