Blockade sufferings

#Perspective / Navigating oborodh: Is it time to move to work from home?

As the streets of our country vibrate with the thunderous procession by the political parties and daily commute is hampered due to the sporadic blockades, not to mention the incidents of vehicles being torched that we hear about, the ongoing political unrest presents a challenging landscape for office goers and businesses alike. So, is it time for us to reconsider transitioning to remote work?

#Perspective / How effective is online education in the current political situation?

Considering the country’s volatile political situation and the consequent, sporadic school closures, a number of educational institutions have decided to operate online, and obviously, everyone has an opinion.

Editorial / City brought to its knees

March 30 was a terrible day to be on the road. Commuters were stuck for hours on end as major roads were blocked due to three reasons...

Editorial / Three months that have cost us $2.2b

THE dreadful fear that we have had about the economic loss of the nation in the three-month-long political unrest has been substantiated in the

Editorial / Two months of horror, waste

A front page report in this newspaper on Friday has very clearly brought out the trauma that the country has suffered in the last two months as a consequence of the political programmes called by the BNP. Our fears are compounded by BNP's threat of even tougher programmes should the government not accede to their demands by 8 March.

Editorial / 50 days of blockade

WITH the extension of hartal until Friday morning, the country has reached a new record for enforcement of strikes for all working days in a month.

Tomorrow’s SSC exam now to be held Mar 7 due to hartal

The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal

November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023

Navigating oborodh: Is it time to move to work from home?

As the streets of our country vibrate with the thunderous procession by the political parties and daily commute is hampered due to the sporadic blockades, not to mention the incidents of vehicles being torched that we hear about, the ongoing political unrest presents a challenging landscape for office goers and businesses alike. So, is it time for us to reconsider transitioning to remote work?

November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

How effective is online education in the current political situation?

Considering the country’s volatile political situation and the consequent, sporadic school closures, a number of educational institutions have decided to operate online, and obviously, everyone has an opinion.

April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

City brought to its knees

March 30 was a terrible day to be on the road. Commuters were stuck for hours on end as major roads were blocked due to three reasons...

April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015

Three months that have cost us $2.2b

THE dreadful fear that we have had about the economic loss of the nation in the three-month-long political unrest has been substantiated in the

March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015

Two months of horror, waste

A front page report in this newspaper on Friday has very clearly brought out the trauma that the country has suffered in the last two months as a consequence of the political programmes called by the BNP. Our fears are compounded by BNP's threat of even tougher programmes should the government not accede to their demands by 8 March.

February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015

50 days of blockade

WITH the extension of hartal until Friday morning, the country has reached a new record for enforcement of strikes for all working days in a month.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Tomorrow’s SSC exam now to be held Mar 7 due to hartal

The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal