The Myanmar government has reportedly begun harvesting 71,000 acres of rice paddy in Maungdaw, confirming an earlier report by Reuters, which said that the Myanmar government had made plans to harvest, and possibly sell, thousands of acres of crops left behind by the fleeing Rohingyas.

Targeting the motorcade of Khaleda Zia does very little to validate the government's tall talk about the flourishing state of democracy in the country.

Much to the dismay of preservationists, the century-old laboratory building in Dhaka's Khamarbari area is being demolished by the Public Works Department (PWD) as it is deemed to be a risky building. Strangely enough, despite it having historical value as it once housed the Cotton Development Board during the British-era, the building is not on the heritage list, a loophole that is being exploited for its demolition.

UNICEF has said on Friday that it found high levels of acute malnutrition among children in the Rohingya refugee camps.

We accept the premise that it is not the sole responsibility of the Election Commission to hold free and fair elections, but on its rests the primary responsibility of doing so.

Women constitute a big portion of our RMG industry workers, and it is their hard work that is bringing our country foreign earnings. Yet, the number of gaps that exist in our labour laws, policies and practices is stunning.

We have 70,000 inmates and only six doctors to look after them. Although there are 112 posts for prison doctors lying vacant, the state appears to be happy with the pool of just six doctors. Money literally talks in prisons.

If abuse of power is the worst of all forms of corruption, as some say, a section of our security forces is definitely making the most of it.

As per a report published in this daily yesterday, the Chittagong Outer Stadium, one of very few playgrounds available to children in the port city, is being used for other purposes.

Even bridges in Patuakhali and Barguna have collapsed and none has been rebuilt or repaired. And there have been casualties too. A five-year-old died falling into the canal and four others injured when the lone bridge on Sutabaria canal (in Dashmania upazila of Barguna district) collapsed on January 14.

The Indian External Affairs Minister's comments at the end of her brief visit to Bangladesh merit reaction on two major aspects of the Rohingya issue—the humanitarian and political.

In the midst of a chronic shortage of gas, the government disclosure of a huge reserve of gas in southern Bhola district is undoubtedly a welcome news.

We are quite taken aback by the remarks of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister at a seminar where he has said that the waterlogging situation was much worse in expanding cities like Kolkata and Mumbai, compared to Dhaka.

Amidst allegations of the question paper being leaked before the exams, the admission test results for Gha (D) unit of Dhaka University (DU) for 2017-2018 sessions has been published on Sunday.

No one can take issue with the statement of the Deputy Head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department that foreign interference in the internal affairs of a country is counterproductive.

Sonali Bank, which is struggling to reduce nearly 30 percent of its bad loans, has made the strange decision to waive interest of Tk 129 crore of Alltex Group, owned by a former lawmaker and Awami League leader, who reportedly happens to be one of its top five defaulters.

It is the nature of war that its biggest sufferers are women and children. The fact that children constitute about 60 percent of six lakh Rohingya refugees who have made it to Bangladesh has just reaffirmed it.

The Lancet published a report on October 20 on pollution and the havoc it causes in peoples' lives at a global level. The facts are mindboggling. It kills the poor and vulnerable and 92 percent of pollution-related deaths are in middle-income and lower-middle income countries.

A report published by this newspaper on Wednesday highlighted quite clearly our lack of a sense of history when it comes to appreciating our heritage.

We are surprised that even after three months since the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against 61 people for mismanagement and corruption in the construction of dams in the haor areas, the water and resources minister, at a recent dialogue, would remark that an onslaught of rats caused the damage.