Major district hospitals like the Khulna and Rajshahi medical college hospitals are currently overwhelmed and struggling to give treatment to Covid-19

According to a DS report published yesterday, over 31,000 temporary and substitute jute workers are facing acute economic hardship after losing their jobs

We welcome the statement of the UN special rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression, which confirmed many of our concerns about how

It is not very uncommon to see one branch of the state exceeding its defined responsibility and stepping into the territory of the other branch. However,

Authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have finally decided to confiscate and auction off 12 airplanes that have been occupying a large part of the

The allegations of a woman charged in a murder case being sexually assaulted and subject to other forms of physical torture while in remand are extremely

We are once again suffering the deleterious outcome of concentrating the bulk of health service facilities in Dhaka. And we are learning our lessons the hard

We all know how corrupt individuals beat the system with influence and of course, money. But the news of a convicted prisoner accused of a huge scam that deceived thousands of

We, along with environmentalists and forest inhabitants, are concerned about the government's plan to build the country's third safari park in the hilly, 5,141-acre Lathitila forest of

We are shocked and saddened to hear of the deaths of at least five Covid-19 patients in Satkhira Medical College Hospital after disruptions to their oxygen supply on Wednesday

We are relieved to know that Piara Akhter, a woman who languished in jail for 24 years despite having committed no crimes, has been finally released from jail. She was in fifth grade

Five years after the gruesome Holey Artisan Café attack shook the nation, it is most unfortunate that our counter-terrorism efforts have remained less than

We warmly welcome the government's decision to reform the provision under Section 155 (4) of the Evidence Act, 1872 which allows the character of a

We are relieved to know that two and a half million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are set to arrive in the country by July 3, after the mass inoculation campaign has remained stalled for over two months.

We are confounded to learn that instead of recognising the diligence of a teacher who pointed out an anomaly in the 2019-2020 admission process in Comilla University, the university authorities have decided to take departmental action against him.

To learn that a project proposal to construct an alternative road from Sreemangal to Bhanugach that would skirt Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara reserve forest is still waiting to be placed at a pre-ECNEC meeting for approval is frustrating.

We commend the HC for granting bail to an innocent man—named Manik Hawlader—who had been wrongfully serving the jail sentence handed down to a convict.

The news published in The Daily Star yesterday of a 60-year-old union parishad (UP) chairman forcefully marrying a minor girl, aged only 14, is an example of how corrupt public officials defy the law of the land recklessly and with impunity.

We’re deeply saddened by the news of a deadly explosion in a building in Moghbazar, Dhaka on Sunday evening that killed at least six people, including an infant, and left about 50 others with various degrees of burns and injuries.

We join our voices with WHO in expressing our disappointment with the discriminatory distribution of vaccines around the world with rich countries