Earlier this year, this paper published a report on the widespread use of meat and bone meal (MBM) in poultry feed which can cause

It has been almost 20 years since the dreadful Ramna Batamul carnage during a Chhayanaut event, which saw the death of 10 people.

The two-day convention organised by University Teachers' Network to discuss how to improve the quality of education at the universities of the country has highlighted one of the biggest reasons why standards have deteriorated: recruitment of teachers based on their political affiliation.

To us, Pahela Baishakh has come to mean more than just the beginning of another new year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rightly stressed the need for research and development in order to maintain Bangladesh's current

It is difficult to imagine a recent move by the public administration ministry to get allocation of 700 acres of protected forestland in

It is encouraging news for jute farmers in Bangladesh that NatUp Fibres, a French company, is thinking of setting up a joint venture in Bangladesh to use jute-based products to be used in car interiors.

We are filled with sorrow at the death of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan who finally succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday night.

The World Bank's latest Migration and Development brief puts Bangladesh as the third-largest earner of foreign remittance from expatriate workers in South Asia with USD 15.5 billion in 2018.

If Bangladesh's fast-growing economy is a “mystery” to the rest of the world, as we are told, perhaps no less mysterious is how the fruits of this economy have bypassed a large segment of its population

The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) stated in a press conference on April 8 that its members have discovered around 2,000 incidents in which signatures of architects were forged.

We are saddened by the premature death of Sohel Rana, the 25-year-old firefighter who saved many lives at the risk of losing his own during the Banani FR Tower fire on March 28.

The misuse and overuse of antibiotics is causing a rise to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amongst patients, particularly in intensive care

No student should have to fear death, or even injury, while at school.

Rising healthcare costs have become a major cause of pushing people deeper into poverty. According to a 2015 study by the health ministry, out-of-

We are speechless with shock at the brutality inflicted on a female madrasa student in Feni, for refus-ing to withdraw a case she filed against the madrasa's principal who had sexually harassed her.

According to a global report titled “2019 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC)”, the locals in Cox's Bazar are facing an uphill struggle due to the influx of Rohingya refugees.

A report by The Daily Star on Friday sought to unravel the mystery of why the yaba trade couldn't be contained even after a nearly yearlong, often deadly anti-narcotics drive launched last year.

A new global study has found that indoor and outdoor air pollution led to 1.23 lakh deaths in Bangladesh in 2017.

We are worried about the escalation of violence during a three-day country-wide work abstention of different state-owned jute mills that left 16 people injured when clashes ensued between workers and police.