Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar level crossings need a safety overhaul

Railway data reveals 30 deaths on this route over the past 20 months

Is health-sector reform not a priority?

Govt must expedite the overhaul of public healthcare

Break the nexus of crime and politics

Md Jahangir Hossain's alleged killing by local BNP members illustrates the toxic nexus of crime and politics.

Salamot Khan

Salamot Khan, a veteran journalist and also a Lalon researcher, passed away at Faridpur Heart Foundation yesterday. He was 58.

9y ago

Obituary

Md Milon Mia, youth and sports affairs secretary of Awami League's Patuakhali district unit and former Patuakhali municipality councillor,

9y ago

Chehlum

Chehlum of Rokeya Begum will be held tomorrow after Juma prayers at Dakkhin Para Jame Masjid at Raidakkhin village in Singair upazila

9y ago

Obituary

Abdul Wadud Molla, a freedom fighter, died at his Pingolia village residence in Gopalganj's Kashiani upazila on Tuesday, aged 82.

9y ago

Obituary

Former deputy general manager of Petrobangla MA Wazed died at the capital's Birdem hospital yesterday. He was 72.

9y ago

Rayerbazar memorial

The Rayerbazar momorial is the site we go to pay our respects every year to intellectuals massacred on the eve of victory on December 14, 1971.

9y ago

Justice elusive to abused children

The one-stop crisis centres (OCC), formed in 2001 to facilitate medical treatment, police assistance, social services, legal assistance and counselling for women and children who were victims of repression, have reportedly been reduced to providing medical services only.

9y ago

US leaves Bangladesh out of GSP privilege

The pace and scale of reforms over the past two years were unprecedented in the country's garment sector that has been in existence since the 1980s. Yet, it was not enough for the Obama administration.

9y ago

CU protests children repression

Teachers and students of Chittagong University yesterday formed a human chain protesting against the escalating repression of children,

9y ago

Obituary

Abul Hossain, retired primary schoolteacher and father of Parbatipur upazila correspondent of the daily Samakal Mahmudur Rahman,

9y ago