A photo published on the front page of this daily on November 10, 2019, depicting a chaotic picture of three-wheelers being haphazardly parked on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, brings to light one of the key problems of our highways: their transformation into veritable parking lots by unruly drivers. In a country that is already grappling with an increasing number of fatal crashes on the highways, such a picture is not only undesirable but also deplorable.

A pparently, there is no lack of lofty words from the relevant agencies regarding the need to preserve our rivers; but we see very little substantive action to free the rivers of encroachment and resuscitate them back to their original state.

It is unfortunate that the Road Transport Act, 2018, which was supposed to take effect from November 1, could not be implemented due to a lack of preparation from the authorities,

The Indian Supreme Court has delivered its verdict on the long-standing dispute centring around the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.

According to a recent report by Amnesty International, 466 people were killed last year in the ongoing anti-drug campaign in Bangladesh—that is more than one dead per day.

A government survey on mental disorders in the country has come up with some astounding figures: 2.25 crore people suffer from some sort of mental disorder.

It has been three years since Santals living on a sugarcane farm in Gaibandha were brutally evicted by police backed by influentials in an operation that left three Santals dead and many injured with many more missing.

According to a recent report, the country is likely to be hit by a “carbon bomb” once the projected 30-coal based power plants go into operation by 2031.

According to an analysis of Air Quality Index, which is monitored by the department of environment, under its Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) project, the overall air quality in

We condemn in the strongest terms the attacks by the BCL activists on the peaceful protesters of Jahangirnagar University who have been demanding the VC’s resignation over corruption allegations.

The death of Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Bir Protik, former BNP vice-chairman and mayor of Dhaka, is a great loss, particularly for BNP.

While the tug of war between Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and the two major mobile operators, Grameenphone (GP)

It was a historic win, the first victory against India on the Indian soil—a redemption of the situation when an imminent victory ended in defeat three years ago in Bengaluru.

Students dragging a principal by his neck and throwing him into a pond is an unthinkable act. However, in Rajshahi this is exactly what happened when some activists of

It is unfortunate that persons with disabilities in the country still have to face many problems in their day-to-day life for lack of enforcement of the relevant law and society’s

There are certain days in a nation’s history that can never be obliterated from the minds of its people. November 3, 1975 is one of the two days that shall never become

Dhaka residents are feeling the pinch since they’re having to pay Tk 150 per kilo of onions—an essential ingredient needed to cook food.

We are quite underwhelmed by the lacklustre start of the much-awaited new transport act. According to a report by The Daily Star, the Road Transport Act, 2018—which came into effect on November 1, more than a year after it was passed in parliament replacing the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983—has had little impact on its first day thanks to a lack of preparation by the authorities.

A picture published in The Daily Star on October 30, where a man is seen talking over a phone while driving a motorcycle with three members of his family, is a perfect example of how the very basic traffic rules are often violated by the bikers in the city.

We do not know what to make of the statement of the foreign minister that the number of abused female workers in Saudi Arabia is small.