That rape and sexual assault is an endemic issue in the country can be seen by just how regularly one reads about such cases in our daily pages.

Only two days ago, we wrote in these columns about how time and cost overruns have become the norm in our development projects, wasting crucial time

Worrying developments have been reported in the Shahjalal Upashahar area of Sylhet city where 200 trees were recently chopped down. A report by The

It is heartening to learn about a tutorial centre set up in Jhenaidah to educate underprivileged children for free. Alamgir Hossain, currently a

In a bid to stop drugs such as yaba and crystal meth—popularly known as ice—from pouring into Bangladesh from Myanmar, the former has

We second the prime minister’s call to private entrepreneurs on Tuesday to try and diversify Bangladesh’s export items. For far too long, we

The need of the hour is accountability, and that will not come out of writing endless reports

So far, hundreds have been arrested and around 85 cases have been lodged against thousands in relation to the communal attacks that took

Many have this image of a police constable as someone wielding his baton, chasing after peaceful bystanders, unnecessarily harassing the

Words are not enough to express our frustration about the way our female returnee migrant workers are being treated by their families and

The instruction to unify the two offices first came from the prime minister in 2010.

According to Dr Firdausi Qadri, winner of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, Bangladesh needs to attain self-sufficiency in vaccine supply

There is no denying the fact that, had the law enforcement officials been more alert and pro-active, most of the attacks on Hindu houses, temples, and business establishments that occurred in various parts of Bangladesh since October 13 might have been prevented.

It is reassuring to learn that our aviation sector is recovering at a quick speed after the second wave of Covid-19 in the country waned and many countries lifted their travel restrictions.

The killings of six Rohingyas in Moinarghona camp-18 madrasa in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila in the dead of Friday night has added to our concerns over the safety of the refugees within the camps.

It is really worrying how the rising prices of essential food items have continued to afflict ordinary people over the last few weeks.

The role of social media in creating communal tensions is once again under the spotlight after the recent spate of attacks on Hindus which, experts say, was set off by a hate campaign over the alleged desecration of Islamic scriptures at a Cumilla puja mandap.

The state of the road safety in Bangladesh is dismal at the moment, to say the least. And it includes the state of the roads too.

In an unexpected twist—or is it, really?—in the ongoing saga of communal violence, police have reportedly identified, from CCTV footage, the person who

One of the areas most severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is our education sector. It is one where the consequences may not be