One of the most devastating fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the huge gap in education especially for students whose academic year has been completely disrupted with important board exams such as the HSC being postponed. More than one million students are expected to take the HSC exams, for example, at over 9,000 educational institutions across the country.

While many critically ill patients, including those with Covid-19, are in dire need of ICU beds, it is frustrating to learn that many of the ICU beds in

It is not shocking that the Anti-Corruption Commission sent a report to the health ministry revealing widespread irregularities in the purchase of

When statistics indicate that 3,000-plus daily cases are becoming the new normal, and our healthcare sector is in a race against time to tackle the waves of patients (Covid-19 positive and otherwise) pouring in from all walks of life, a recent report in this daily tells us of Daktarkhana, an exemplary initiative to set up general physician (GP) centres to treat patients with general ailments.

A report published in this daily on June 26 paints a bleak picture of the plight of urban slum dwellers who, having lost their regular income since the

We are concerned to learn that some of the laboratories in the country had to suspend conducting Covid-19 tests while many are not being able to

The High Court has asked the Jashore civil surgeon to submit a report on the physical condition of college student Imran Hossain, whose kidney was damaged due to alleged police torture in Jashore.

On June 22, Malaysian authorities announced that they will no longer recruit foreign workers until at least the end of the year, as they have decided to prioritise jobs for locals amid the economic slowdown caused by the global pandemic.

We are alarmed to learn from a Unicef report that Bangladesh could see additional deaths of 28,000 children in the next six months in a worst-case

The Chinese medical team, which wrapped up its short visit to Bangladesh on Monday, has made some very important observations on Bangladesh’s

The illusion is long gone—or perhaps, as media observers remind us, it was never there—the illusion created by the proponents of the Digital

Special flights of Biman have been bringing back migrant workers to Bangladesh, mainly from the Middle East. Recently, 388 expatriate workers

It is most unfortunate that at a time when our already fragile healthcare system is taking a blow from the surging number of coronavirus cases, a

While this year’s proposed national budget was not much different from the previous one—the size of the budget only slightly increased—citizens

There are four indispensable steps, which taken efficiently, can stem the tide of the pandemic onslaught. And those countries who have managed to

It is concerning to learn that out of USD 308.7 million sought from the international community for the Rohingyas for 2020, only USD 87 million or 27 percent of that has been given as of May, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of eminent cultural activist and journalist Kamal Lohani on Saturday.

A recent report published in this daily highlighted the call made by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for supporting migrants and

We are deeply alarmed by the accelerating assault on free speech in the country since the onset of the pandemic, with the authorities seeming more

In a statement released on June 17, the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) expressed deep concerns over the summoning of at least 10 journalists by the