When we hear the law minister himself claiming ignorance of the meaning of the phrase “enforced disappearance,” it seems we are barking up the

It has been almost six months since the first known case of coronavirus was reported in Bangladesh. Despite a lockdown that the authorities

Our two Dhaka city mayors have expressed their wish to take over the responsibility of drainage management from Dhaka Wasa in a bid to end the

The global economic slowdown that resulted from the pandemic has affected multiple industries and led to mass unemployment at home and abroad.

After almost five months of postponement of classes and uncertainty regarding the schedule of school examinations, this year’s Junior School

According to a report in The Daily Star on August 27, a female college student was tortured inside Ukhiya police station by the OC and some other

Three years after the largest ever influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, crimes like murder, abduction, extortion and narcotics smuggling

That a well-known health facility like Dr Sirajul Islam Medical College Hospital in the capital’s Mouchak area would do three tests on one petri dish

On Wednesday, Bangladesh crossed the three lakh mark of known coronavirus infections in the country, bringing the total number of cases to

A recent report published in this daily sheds light on the dreadful reality regarding licence renewal—or its absence thereof—of private hospitals, clinics

We are deeply concerned by the continued assault on freedom of expression and free flow of information in the country. In its latest bid to tighten

Migrant workers have been among the first victims of the global economic fallout of Covid-19 and latest data by the expatriates’ welfare ministry

Over the last three years, Bangladesh has had to bear the greatest brunt of the worst humanitarian crisis in recent times, resulting from the execution of Myanmar military junta's long term plans of denuding the area of the Rohingya population. Rohingya repatriation remains a far cry - has the world lost interest?

It is most unfortunate that forest ministry officials of Chattogram region have been manipulating the autopsy reports of the dead wild elephants in

Money laundering continues to be one of the core issues plaguing Bangladesh. There have been several reports on money laundering in recent

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led to a global economic slowdown that has affected multiple industries and led to mass unemployment and

The murder of Major (retired) Sinha has brought to the fore the disturbingly high number of deaths due to “gunfights”, “shootouts”, and “crossfires”

That corruption has seeped into every aspect of our social and political life is no news, and yet one can’t help but be dismayed at the lengths our

Since the onset of the pandemic in the country, shortage of testing kits has been a major setback in containing the spread of the coronavirus, made

According to the agriculture minister, Tk 1,323 crore worth of crops have been damaged on 1.58 lakh hectares of land in 37 districts by floods, and