Poor air quality has been a perennial problem for Dhaka, with unabated pollution from many quarters. While there was significant improvement

It is heartening that the Rab has dedicated a hotline number and email account as part of its Deradicalisation and Rehabilitation Programme where

It is unfortunate that the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is allowing its officials to operate from their headquarters in the capital instead of

We strongly protest the assault on Kamal Hossain, a correspondent of Bangla daily Sangbad in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, who was beaten up for

United Nations’ fear that the recent coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of around 600,000 Rohingyas staying in the country must be taken seriously by the world.

With the administration’s apparent indifference, in many cases, to the wellbeing of the environment and natural resources, it is not surprising that

Early yesterday, the Qatar based media organisation Al Jazeera published a story titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men”, to which our foreign ministry

A study by CPD, Oxfam and the European Union on the government’s relief distribution patterns found that relief for Covid and Amphan-hit people

In a shocking turn of events, Myanmar’s military has seized power on the day the first new parliamentary session was due to be held after the

News of transgressions by public servants and elected officials are so common that one no longer feels surprised hearing of them, but this instance

As the third phase of municipality polls was held on January 30, reports of violent clashes and irregularities again made news headlines. Elections to

It is encouraging to learn from a report published in this daily that 36 districts have already received the vaccine according to a list prepared by the

We are dismayed by the news that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has given its consent to shifting the iconic Kamalapur Station Plaza further

We are disheartened to learn from a recent report published in this daily that 25 people lost their lives in 15 accidents on the highway connecting

Ranking 146th and scoring 26 out of 100 in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 is a disheartening position for

We agree with the Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) that the government should develop a common guideline for case evaluation of migrant workers whom host countries have sent back involuntarily.

A mayor has won the Chattogram City Corporation polls by an apparent landslide but the incidents of violence that have taken the life of a young man and caused injury to more than a hundred others, along with voter intimidation, capture of scores of polling centres and false voting,

According to a report published in this daily yesterday, in line with the resumption of secondary-level schools and colleges, the government is also

The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in Bangladesh began on Wednesday. It is an incredibly important task and we wish the government the

The coronavirus crisis has worsened education inequality between rich and poor in Bangladesh as a huge number of students from poor families are not able to access the distance learning adopted by the government, according to a World Bank working paper.