On Wednesday, BCL leaders and activists confined the Vice Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) to his office, demanding

The lead news in this paper on May 4 highlighted the pathetic state of hygiene in the city's Infectious Disease Hospital. Dark and damp

The law minister on Wednesday assured of removing the controversial Section 57 of the amended Information Communication

These women were awarded for their courage, persistence, generosity and hard work and for their immense contributions to Bangladesh's socio-economic development.

As per 2014 data, our total international trade value stood slightly over USD 70 billion and trade misinvoicing was between 7 to 11 percent. If we take the highest estimate (USD 8.97 billion), that figure is big enough to pay for three Padma bridges!

One very essential ingredient of any functioning democracy is a free press.

We do not have words to console Halima Begum who lost both her eight-year old daughter and her husband who reportedly committed suicide by jumping before a running train near Sreepur Railway Station on April 30.

For their efforts to preserve the environment and mitigate risks of climate change, three companies, a rehabilitation centre for the

May 1 remains a day of particular significance since it was the first time in history when 200,000 workers organised a nationwide strike

The story of a Harijan community setting up its own school for its children in Gaibandha would have been cause for celebration if it didn't highlight a shameful fact.

The fate of Bangladeshi migrant workers, taken to Libya on false promises, is one of gross human rights violations.

We welcome the move by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid who has proposed to slap a ban on the private coaching racket that has allowed for many teachers to take teaching out of the classroom into the private domain.

People in different villages of the remote Sajek union under Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati have been suffering from a major food crisis for the last two to three months.

Amidst all the show of force and sabre-rattling by North Korea and the United States, has anyone bothered to ask what would happen if push comes to shove?

Reporters Without Borders (RWB), in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index report, ranked Bangladesh 146th among 180 countries in

The High Court ban on three-wheelers and slow-moving vehicles on highways is being flouted with impunity. What is the use of a government order if its enforcement is almost non-existent?

There are some 5,000 boilers at industrial level that are authorised to operate by law. We have another 20,000 boilers that are unauthorised. The last three boiler-related accidents this year cost 17 lives and that is not at all surprising.

We, along with the rest of the world, have heaved a sigh of relief after the outcome of the first round of the French presidential election.

That the flood affected regions of the haor areas would be wiping out food resources for thousands of people was a well known fact.

The last few days' rain has exposed the dire straits of the drainage system of Dhaka and Chittagong. Bangladesh is no stranger to water-