It is unfortunate that despite all the health hazards related to waste management, Gazipur City Corporation made no progress in relocating the

Child marriage has always been a huge obstacle to development for countries like Bangladesh that has one of the highest prevalence of it. Now with

A photo published in this paper yesterday of a steel rerolling mill in the residential area of Munshikhola in Pagla of Narayanganj emitting toxic gas, is nothing out of the ordinary, yet it highlights how the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to such flagrant degradation of the environment.

We condemn the repeated attacks on the anti-rape protesters who were on a long march from Dhaka to Noakhali by the men of ruling party MP in

Seven months since the onset of Covid-19, the RMG industry in the country appears to be reeling from the initial shock of losing out billions of

It is good news that Bangladesh has moved 13 notches up from last year’s 88th position, ranking 75th out of 107 countries in the Global Hunger

While countries around the world have been making desperate efforts to get Covid-19 vaccines, Bangladesh’s initiatives to get the vaccine,

We welcome the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun’s visit that reinforces strong ties between Bangladesh and the US and greater cooperation between the two countries.

October 15 marked the International Day of Rural Women. According to the United Nations, the Day was established to recognise “the critical role

While investigating a case filed after the recovery of 12.32 kg of amphetamine powder from the cargo village area of Hazrat Shahjalal International

A photo published in this paper yesterday of a construction worker standing precariously on the edge of the roof of an under-construction building,

The statement from the home ministry forbidding people from spreading “false, fabricated, confusing, and inciting statements” on social media

The cross-sectional epidemiological survey conducted in Dhaka jointly by the government’s IEDCR and Icddr,b have brought out some surprising

At last, the government has proposed an amendment to the current law related to rape, enhancing the level of punishment. Rape and sexual

We are disheartened by a recent report published in this daily on the state of child labour in our country during the pandemic. Eleven Manusher

According to a High Court directive, rivers are living entities and the National River Protection Commission is the legal guardian of all rivers of the

It is apt that on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child observed on October 11, we focused on the practice of child marriage, which

We are relieved that the unwarranted and unexpected ordeal of the 81 workers deported from Vietnam has ended after more than a month of

A recent report in this daily reveals the activities of a nexus of brokers harassing families of patients with mental illness seeking treatment at Pabna Mental Hospital.

While rape in reality constitutes many forms of violent actions, the definition of rape in our laws, unfortunately, is limited to only a certain form.