It is a matter of grave concern that a new SARS-like coronavirus which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has already been detected in Thailand, Japan and South Korea among four people who had visited the province in China.

The Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 made public on January 20 paints an extremely grim picture, particularly about the alarming rise in the number of people affected by two of the most prevalent silent killers, hypertension and diabetes.

Recently, there has been much outcry—and rightly so—about the impunity enjoyed by rapists in the country, with conviction rates in rape cases as low as 3 percent.

We applaud the High Court for directing the government to form a commission under the law ministry to stop rape and violence against women.

In a welcome move, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has questioned the need for India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that fast-

We commend the High Court for its verdict that stressed the need for preventing financial scams in the banking sector.

China has concluded a large number of deals with Myanmar during the recent visit of President Xi Jinping to Myanmar, the first by a

A photo series published in this paper on January 18 shows pedestrians jaywalking through the busy Dhaka-Chattogram highway near Jatrabari where, only last Thursday, two people were killed in a road crash.

If this was done by a private firm, charges of fraud or collection of money under false pretences would have been brought against them and, who knows, those responsible would have already been in jail.

It is disheartening that despite our professed commitment towards women’s empowerment, we have actually fallen two notches in the World Bank’s Women,

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her government’s commitment to the fight against climate change, giving a vivid description of how the once-dreaded future is already at our doorsteps and wreaking havoc in parts of Bangladesh.

As the election day for the Dhaka North and South city corporations is nearing, the demand for the deferral of the city polls is also getting louder.

In every big city, it is not unnatural for some crimes to remain unsolved. But when it becomes a pattern, we need to worry. And when

We welcome the initiative taken by the government to utilise the surplus funds of the state enterprises to implement various

We are stunned at the demand of senior lawmakers to have rapists killed “in crossfire”. How can individuals who are supposed to make

On January 12, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a circular to the chiefs of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), medical college hospitals and specialised hospitals regarding the management of visitors in public hospitals.

One wonders why the administration should have to wait for the High Court’s directive to act on an issue that it is obligated to act upon anyway.

It is heartening that a local company in Bangladesh has been producing biodegradable packaging materials and bags from corn, a rather unlikely source material.

A report by this newspaper on Monday again pierced the myth that we have somewhat of a decently working healthcare sector, albeit from a unique angle.

A recent study has, unsurprisingly, found noise pollution in 70 neighbourhoods of Dhaka to be higher than the permissible level.