The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh has reached over 1.7 lakh. Now is the time to ramp up tests to measure the spread of

We have long stopped being surprised by news of government projects overrunning time and cost, but the Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Project has

New figures released by Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) have once again put the spotlight on the harsh toll that the Covid-19 pandemic is

Jahanara Akhter’s story (published in this paper yesterday) is nothing short of exhilarating. A young girl born in an impoverished family in Ghatail

It is unfortunate that despite all the warnings from environmentalists regarding the dangers of loss of forest cover in the context of our planet’s

Not very long ago we had warned the administration to initiate actions to thwart a dengue onslaught, starting with anti-dengue drives by the two city

The way the Indian Border Security Force has been killing Bangladeshi nationals on a regular basis makes us wonder why, despite many flag meetings

A report in this paper yesterday highlighted the grim reality faced by day labourers as they wait indefinitely for jobs to come their way. Their lives

We are shocked to learn that some private hospitals are charging patients higher than usual for oxygen support during a national health crisis.

It is heartening to learn from a recent report published in this daily that a 49-year-old poet in Mymensingh named Ali Yusuf has been selflessly

From the onset of the pandemic, citizens have been confused and frustrated about the government’s lack of vision and direction in addressing the

The brutal torture of a child domestic worker in the capital’s Uttara has once again exposed the inhuman conditions in which many of our child domestic workers are forced to live.

Dhaka University was established 99 years ago on July 1, 1921.

Over the last few days, large swathes of land in the north and north-eastern districts of Bangladesh have been inundated, creating fears of farmers incurring huge losses as croplands have become submerged under flood waters.

At a time when Bangladesh still lags behind many countries in terms of conducting aggressive testing of people, as suggested by the World Health

The world has perhaps never been hungrier. Even as lockdowns are being eased in many countries, the ravages of the coronavirus continue

Yet another launch capsize, another very large number of casualties, many left orphaned, many parents left to mourn the deaths of their children,

Shocking situation at the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) in Chattogram. There have been a growing number of

The end of the state-owned jute industry that has closed down 22 jute mills and laid off around 25,000 workers was a tragedy waiting to happen.

To say it is a mere irregularity would not really portray the scope of corruption by a group of people to pocket government money meant for the poor.