The permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN has presented to a Security Council Open Debate the idea of reconciliation as a critical enabler to resolve the Rohingya crisis which is noble yet rather optimistic in the otherwise dismal reality.

The latest United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report was unveiled on November 20 and we are told that mis-invoicing and tax evasion are some of the reasons responsible for illicit outflow of money equivalent to 36 percent of total tax collected in 2015.

It is surprising that a large number of projects, 62 to be exact, in this year’s annual development programme (ADP), should be given only a token allocation of Tk 1 lakh each from the government.

It’s worrying that there should have been a need to state something as obvious as the importance of a quick—and fair—investigation into the deadly clashes in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila.

Sanitation workers in Bangladesh do a job no one else wants yet one that is essential for public health. They are ostracised by society and work under extremely hazardous conditions that can end in death all too often.

It is most unfortunate that the transport workers in nine districts of the country have called a strike demanding amendments in some sections of the Road Transport Act-2018.

We commend the High Court for directing the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut 25 factories and two private hospitals on the bank

The authorities have put into effect the Road Transport Act-2018 on November 17 and already a number of problems have crept up. It seems that not all the ground realities that militate against its efficient and strict implementation have been taken into account.

It defies all common sense that a police officer of the rank of inspector should continue to serve in the force despite the fact that he was...

The prices of onions have shot through the roof, reaching Tk 250 in Dhaka and many other districts causing immense suffering for the people.

We are humbled by the honesty of a rickshaw puller in Bogura who returned 18.5 lakh taka to a passenger who had mistakenly left it in the rickshaw.

Over two years into Myanmar’s brutal military campaign against its Rohingya minority, its days of impunity seem to be coming to an end.

A recently published World Bank report has revealed that Bangladesh could significantly boost export growth, maintain its position as a leading garment and textile manufacturer, and create more jobs by improving its transport and logistics systems.

In the latest Global Bribery Risk Index, Bangladesh has been identified as the “country with the highest risk” when it comes to bribery in South Asia.

It is quite a shock to learn that while huge investments are being made in various mega infrastructure projects, when it comes to a sector as important as the country’s railway,

The investigating agencies deserve compliments for submitting the charge sheet in the cold-blooded, brutal killing of Abrar Fahad.

A public hearing was jointly organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Corruption Prevention Committee (CPA) on November 13 to hear

The unbelievably high number of deaths of our female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia begs the very basic question

We are deeply shocked at the deadly train accident that happened on November 12 in Brahmanbaria’s Kashba upazila which killed at least 16 people and injured a hundred others.

The Gambia has filed a case against Myanmar with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).