For Sabekunnesa, life is a raw struggle for survival. Even in her eighties, she has to work hard every day to scratch out a living.

 It took almost 50 years to initiate a move to have a law on forming the Election Commission, and a bill to that end was passed in parliament in only about 180 minutes yesterday, amid protests from the opposition lawmakers.

Post-Covid conditions may last for as long as a year, found a study by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR)-- raising the stakes for maintaining health and safety guidelines to avoid catching the novel virus.

EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley has said he does not see any sign that a European Parliament member’s recent letter seeking sanctions on Rab was having an impact on European business interest in Bangladesh.

Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a slew of demands, including a separate division for them at the ministry and upgrade of the IGP’s  rank to that of a four-star general.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the BNP has to explain the source of crores of dollars it has given to lobbyists as part of its anti-state conspiracy.

The Election Commission could do nothing as no aggrieved person went to the court with allegations of ballot-box stuffing the night before election day, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said.

After scrutiny, the parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry submitted its report on the “Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022” in parliament yesterday.

Names to be recommended by the search committee for appointments of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners should be made public for ensuring transparency in the process, eminent citizens told a webinar yesterday.

The air quality of 10 significant areas in the capital scored below standard throughout 2021, according to a study of the Centre for Atmospheric Pollution Studies of the Department of Environmental Science at Stamford University.

After 163 hours, 28 students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology ended their hunger strike yesterday at the request of former Sust professors Muhammed Zafar Iqbal and Yasmeen Haque.

Bangladesh scored 26 out of 100 in the latest edition of the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, which is more or less the same as in the past decade -- a development that raises questions about the 12-year-old government’s actions in snuffing out the social ill.

Seven Bangladeshi migrants, who were on a boat from Libya towards the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, have died of hypothermia, Italian Prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio said in a statement yesterday.

The High Court had directed the government 12 years ago to restore the areas of the Turag and three other rivers around the capital to their original state, but the government still lags far behind in the implementation of the directive.

The Criminal Investigation Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday detained five former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology for donating money to demonstrating students on campus demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque termed the coronavirus situation “very alarming” as the health directorate reported 16,033 new cases yesterday, the second-highest single-day detection.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take effective steps to stop overcharging of passengers on public transport.

Protesting students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology are waiting for President Abdul Hamid’s response to their open letter sent to Bangabhaban on January 18.

If you don’t have a 17-digit birth registration certificate, get ready for a complex and stressful task to obtain one.

The parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry yesterday finalised the Election Commission bill after recommending some changes, including in the criteria for appointment of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners.