One of the areas most severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is our education sector. It is one where the consequences may not be

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the most recent attack on the Hindu community in Boro Karimpur, a fishing village in Pirganj upazila, Rangpur. Since October 13, religious zealots have launched a series of attacks targeting Hindu communities in at least 10 districts.

Amid all the development that Bangladesh has been witnessing of late, it may be hard to believe that there are still villages where people are

It is extremely disheartening that, amid the increased economic struggles of people due to the pandemic, the prices of essential commodities have continued to remain high in Bangladesh’s kitchen markets.

We are concerned at the way the government is dealing with the issue of e-commerce scams. Its efforts are mostly limited to preventing possible cons in the future,

It seems there is an evil force at work to stir up trouble and sully the laudable credentials of Bangladesh as a country of communal harmony. We pride ourselves on the syncretic nature of our society, where caste, creed, or religion is secondary to our ethnic identity.

Only last week, we wrote in these columns condemning a horrific attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz that killed at least 55 people, and expressed

While our public universities have already reopened halls and libraries and have more or less fixed the dates of reopening their respective institutions, the private

Private universities should resume in-person classes as soon as possible, considering the safety and well-being of their students.

It is disturbing to learn of the reported killing of around 50 monkeys at Moheshkhali forest in Cox’s Bazar last week, after they ate poisoned bananas placed as a trap by a local farmer. According to a report by this newspaper,

We are deeply concerned by the reports of attacks on different puja mandaps, temples, and business establishments since the alleged desecration of Islamic scriptures in Cumilla on October 13.

We are worried to learn about the increasing incidents of theft of RMG products on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. According to a report by

After decades of government planning, court orders, and failed deadlines, the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Bangladesh’s only tannery estate in Savar is still not fully functional.

The Bengali mind is known for its innovativeness. The Dholai Khal initiative is well-known nearly all over the world.

The government has finally formed a trustee board to settle compensation claims over road accidents.

The authorities must rid our university campuses of this source of toxicity.

The skyrocketing food prices continue to make the headlines in Bangladesh, exposing the government’s failure to put in place an effective mechanism to check the prices of essential goods in the kitchen markets.

Why did the education authorities fail to give teachers any sort of directives in this regard over the past 1.5 years?

What are the consequences of workers’ protests in Bangladesh? In any developed society, one would expect protests to be a tool to hold higher powers to account, rather than an excuse to punish the protesters.

The signing of the agreement signals the removal of all reservations the UN might have had about the government’s decision to relocate around 100,000 refugees to the island.