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.

We are delighted to learn that the construction work of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the river Karnaphuli, the first

Ever since the takeover by the Taliban, there have been widespread concerns over the rights of women and minority communities within the country.

In the aftermath of the arrest of Jashore-based Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Akul Hossain on September 2, and the subsequent interrogation by the

We are disappointed to learn of yet another concession made by the authorities to transport associations in the form of late fine waiver for vehicles and

We are quite disappointed at the way the rapid PCR labs are functioning at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.

The recent assassination of Mohib Ullah, chairman of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, has increased

Arecent study on the prevalence of electronic gadgets among students and its impact on their health, jointly conducted by researchers of various universities in the country, has found that secondary level students became overly dependent on electronic gadgets during the past year and a half of the pandemic.

A 2019 report from the planning ministry pointed out that most ministries prepare projects without proper feasibility studies and technical designs, which is at the heart of the irregularities in project implementation.

The 543-day-long school closure in Bangladesh—one of the longest in the world—has caused worries about heavy learning losses, and raised concerns over the lack of teachers to help students with recovery.

Over the last couple of weeks, prices of almost all daily essentials have shot up in kitchen markets across Bangladesh, causing immense suffering for people with fixed income, who are already struggling due to the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the government took a strong position to stop the broadcast of foreign channels that are not providing advertisement-free content, the

Unbeknownst to us, we have made labour in Bangladesh undignified by terming it “cheap.” We have used this slogan to draw foreign investment, pronouncing the merits of investing here—that “labour comes cheap” in Bangladesh—without realising the damage it has caused to our national image. And this phenomenon, regrettably, has pervaded almost all sectors where production is labour-intensive, especially in the tea sector.

The killing of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah exposes several systemic loopholes. Firstly, the security in the Rohingya camps is

Following in the disgraced footsteps of Evaly, social network platform RingID has also recently come into the limelight after one of its directors was arrested.

As grabbing of our rivers goes on across the country without any break despite the High Court’s order to save them at all costs and despite it

Friday, October 1, marked three years since the Digital Security Act (DSA) came into force in Bangladesh. From its very inception, we have

We are concerned at the way cases filed in connection with the Ramu mayhem, one of the worst incidents of communal violence in the recent history of

The last few weeks have seen a barrage of damning reports about a number of publicly funded projects that, despite the difference in their nature, scale and even priority, found themselves facing a common foe: time and cost overruns, with the outcome being far from satisfactory.

The stories of corruption at the land offices are, unfortunately, many. Just on Wednesday, the state minister for rural development and