We’re deeply saddened by the news of a deadly explosion in a building in Moghbazar, Dhaka on Sunday evening that killed at least six people, including an infant, and left about 50 others with various degrees of burns and injuries.

We join our voices with WHO in expressing our disappointment with the discriminatory distribution of vaccines around the world with rich countries

The government has at last opted for what it terms as a “complete” and “strict” lockdown of the country from July 1, having earlier announced that

We welcome the prime minister’s approval of the proposal to scrap 10 coal-fired power plants. It is definitely a step in the right direction and in

The country, on Friday, recorded its second highest numbers of both deaths (108) and infections (5,869) from Covid-19. This resulted in the

It is shocking to see how fast Covid-19 infections are rising in all divisions except Dhaka, although that can change anytime. The National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 (NTAC) has recommended a complete shutdown for 14 days to save lives and ease the burden of overwhelmed hospitals.

We commend the commerce ministry’s decision to hold the payment of local e-commerce platforms until confirmation of the delivery of their products.

It’s disturbing enough that Covid-19 infections continue to rage across the country, but now another life-threatening disease has presented

It was by a fluke that the victim of extortion for a routine public service happened to be a Deputy Attorney General (DAG), for which reason the crime was made public.

The country saw a staggering 5,727 daily Covid-19 positive cases on Wednesday, with a positivity rate of 20.27 percent. The day also recorded 85 Covid-related deaths. Though these are alarming figures, we are not wholly shocked at the severity of the current situation.

We are glad to see that ten Supreme Court lawyers have taken steps to hold the authorities to account with regard to leaked telephone conversations and the violation of the right to privacy that this entails.

The taskforce formed in October 2019 in order to reduce road accidents in the country, sat for its third meeting (since its inception) on Sunday, after a six-month hiatus—but not much progress seems to have taken place since its last meeting at all.

It is encouraging that after a gap of several weeks, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign has restarted across the country from Monday with Sinopharm vaccines. However, it is on a very limited scale, understandably, and in the four major centres in Dhaka, only the students of public and private medical colleges are being inoculated.

The government’s recent announcements on abandoning coal-based power generation and shifting towards cleaner energy was welcomed

The appalling record of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is no secret to anyone. While people continue to suffer from rights abuses and injustices in greater numbers each year,

According to a DS report published yesterday, in October 2019, a taskforce headed by the Home Minister himself was created to implement the 111-point directive that was, in turn, prepared by a 16-member team headed by a former shipping minister.

The spike in infection rates in the border districts, and the mortality rate as a consequence, are not entirely unexpected. In spite of the need to have a strict lockdown immediately from the end of May,

A discussion held by The Daily Star with health policy experts has brought to light the utter neglect and apathy of our society towards one of the most essential groups of people: the sanitation and waste workers.

As more details of the case of a 12-year-old boy from Bogura who was forced to confess to killing his younger brother in 2015 are being revealed, we are horrified to hear of the ordeal that this child and his parents have been put through for almost six years.

A report published by The Daily Star on June 17 has once again brought to light the allegations of illegal gas connections being provided in exchange for extra charges to customers by syndicates linked with former and current employees of the state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.