We are stunned as to how planners of the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate failed to plan for a desalinisation facility when designing the

The High Court's order to the governor of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), to submit a list of business entities and individuals whose loans were waived...

At the opening of the 10th International Poultry Show and Seminar in Dhaka, poultry entrepreneurs stated that Tk. 30,000 crore was needed to meet the increased demand for chicken meat and eggs by 2021.

In an exemplary show of timely disposal of a case, a Rangpur court on February 28 awarded death penalties to five militants who were

What has the nearly two-day long transport strike achieved except subjecting the people to unmitigated suffering? It has wreaked havoc

For almost all people who have dealings with land, the visit to the land office can be daunting, because it often entails being swamped by brokers who promise the moon in return for a 'small fee', which is of course, speed money.

The sheer number of risky, illegal chemical factories in Old Dhaka has turned the place into a ticking time bomb.

The repeated attempts of the local unit of the ruling party to influence and obstruct the recruitment process at Rajshahi University (RU) is deplorable.

Much to the public's dismay, the parliament has passed the Child Marriage Restraint Act-2017 with a very significant proviso – special circumstances -- that allows a boy or a girl to get married before reaching the minimum age limit.

Some pedestrians appear to be under the impression that they are impervious to mishaps or accidents. This behaviour is at worst foolish and at best criminal as it puts the lives of the others also in jeopardy.

A conference participated by principals of 327 public colleges has revealed the dire state of these institutions that are supposed to

A new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that in Bangladesh about 64 lakh people suffer from depressive

The indefinite strike launched by transport workers in 10 southern districts following a rare verdict by a Manikganj court sentencing

Environmentalists are not wrong when they say that the rivers that feed Dhaka are dying. With relentless dumping of industrial effluents that are going into our rivers, we are suffering from a shortage of fresh water and dwindling of fish stocks;

A report published by this paper on Saturday about Kamol Khan, who was arrested for double-murder in 2004, raises many troubling questions. Jail documents show him to be in jail for 12 years, while case documents state that he is a fugitive. The trial has been proceeding in absentia, even though according to jail authorities, the accused is still physically present in the jail.

With the help, reportedly, of some unscrupulous policemen and officials of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP), militants and criminals are still obtaining passports with fake information.

The idea to raise the price of gas in two phases from March is very unreasonable.

The families of Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier and three others killed in a fatal car crash in 2011 have finally found some measure of vindication as the driver of the bus that hit the microbus carrying them was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Manikganj court. We welcome the rare verdict and hope it will send a signal that those responsible for such reckless killing on the roads will not go unpunished.

The laudable initiative of the government to impart education to ethnic communities in their mother tongue faces a setback at its take-off stage due to delayed distribution of books. A report published in this newspaper on February 22 reveals that students of the Tripura community in Bandarban district are yet to receive a single book.

Proving our conviction right about women's role and achievements in science right, Tanzima Hashem, a computer science researcher from Buet, won the 2017 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her work in developed computational approaches to protect the privacy of people accessing location-based services.