Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and at least 27 of his supporters were once again attacked by members of Bangladesh Chhatra League and the so-called Muktijuddho Moncho (mostly comprised of BCL men).

Areport published by this daily on December 22 on the mishandling of medical waste in Rajshahi is symptomatic of the overall reluctance of medical authorities in managing medical waste across the country.

Following the conclusion of AL’s 21st Council, we believe that the party would seize the opportunity to redeem its pledges and retrieve its credentials.

The recent visit by a joint delegation of Myanmar and Asean to the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar saw Myanmar follow the usual trail of deceptions,

In the passing of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed the country has lost a humanitarian of the highest order, whose mission in life was the betterment of the poor.

It is a befuddling tale that the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) has been spinning for the 11 years of its life.

We laud two of our ministers for their critical assessment of the reasons behind the poor state of roads that lead to immense public suffering.

That women entrepreneurs still have to face many hindrances in getting SME loans from banks is quite disheartening.

The mercury has taken a plunge in eight districts of Rangpur division with Rajarhat in Kurigram district recording the lowest temperature

The slow pace of Aman procurement by the government this year is worrisome.

The commemoration of International Migration Day yesterday, December 18, has brought to the fore many pressing issues related to migration which has become more and more widespread than ever before.

It is alarming to learn that none of the 88 hospitals and 182 diagnostic centres operating in Chattogram have any mechanism in place to incinerate clinical waste. Even the two main government hospitals of the city—Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and Chattogram General Hospital (CGH)—do not have incinerators.

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs couldn’t have presented the nation with anything worse than a Razakars’ list replete with mistakes on the eve of our 49th Victory Day.

As the demand for foreign workers in the Gulf countries has been in decline due to various reasons, such as malpractices

Days after a fire broke out in a plastic factory in Keraniganj which killed 19 workers, another fire in a Gazipur electric fan and light bulb factory claimed at least 10 lives.

That truth can be stranger than fiction has been nailed home by a report titled: “No strength left to seek justice” printed in this daily on December 15.

Today we celebrate 48 years of our existence as an independent nation, breathing the air of a free country and in a free environment.

After the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse, considered the world’s worst garment factory disaster, it was expected that the global scrutiny would lead to improved labour conditions in Bangladesh.

Yesterday, on Martyred Intellectuals Day, we mourned the brutal murders of many of our brightest and most enlightened men and women of this land at the hands of the Pakistani Army and their collaborators during the Liberation War of 1971.

This week, the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) celebrated its 40th anniversary. During these four decades, the CRP has worked tirelessly for the rehabilitation of the paralysed in Bangladesh and we would like to congratulate its founder Valerie Ann Taylor, as well as everyone associated with the organisation, for the terrific effort they have all put in towards the wellbeing of others.