It is baffling how, despite a longstanding demand for better service and transparency, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority continues to be defined by corruption and irregularities.

As we step into the 45th year of independence, it is a time to pay homage to the three million of known and unknown heroes of the

We welcome the High Court directive to the chief judicial magistrate in Gaibandha, to find out through inquiry whether any policemen

A bus had overturned in Ramu upazilla on the Cox's Bazaar-Chittagong highway on December 13 that killed four people and injuring another three.

The consensus to have a global treaty for the better protection of migrants, reached by 130 countries, is a welcome development.

In Patuakhali the days of having a 'watermelon season' may be numbered.

People of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh are experiencing the first cold wave of the season, which is causing untold sufferings to the poor.

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), is observed in the country with due religious solemnity.

We express our outrage and grief at the news of 16-year-old Afroza Khanom of Satkhira who took her own life because she could not bear the humiliation she had been subjected to by a village arbitration.

Today we solemnly recall the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), marking the day he was sent to us, an occasion that also coincides with his demise from the temporal world. The light of truth and the criterion between right and wrong that the Almighty had sent down to Mankind through him 1400 years ago is more relevant than ever before.

Golahat mass grave near Saidpur railway station in the district bearing the horrifying memory of the massacre of 437 Marwaris by

The country is set to celebrate the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Tuesday, December 13, marking the anniversary of the emergence of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) amid massive religious festivity and fervor.

We see a continuous display of grief and sorrow in the media--bodies lined up after car crashes, someone lying in a hospital bed with a leg chopped off for standing up to those who stalked his daughter, domestic workers abused by people who are otherwise known as decent, law abiding citizens of the society.

In the last two weeks nine youths have been reported missing. None of them was wanted by the police or had criminal record, and all of them were pursuing higher studies in public and private institutions except for one who was a madrassa student.

The Dakatia River in Raipur upazila of Laxmipur is dying as some local influential people are setting bamboo fences, large net

Freedom fighters entered Tangail town and freed the district from the occupation of Pakistan Army on this day in 1971.

The Ninth Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit taking place in Dhaka has revealed some unpalatable truths about the problems Bangladeshi expatriate workers are facing in Malaysia.

The country observed Human Rights Day yesterday amidst an environment that only reminded us of its violations.

An extensive study covering 2,700 households titled “Child labour and education: a survey of slum settlements in Dhaka” was published on December 7 by the London-based Overseas Development Institute.

It is heartening to learn that the society is increasingly becoming aware of the presence of persons with disability in our midst, and also the fact that they are quite capable of contributing to national development and nation building given the opportunity and the facility to do.