We strongly condemn the attack on the Gonoshasthaya Kendra last Friday. Not only were some of the buildings damaged and offices looted, students were also beaten up and injured and an attempt was made to break into the female dorm.

This newspaper reported on Friday about an extraordinary case of a man who served 16 years in prison without having ever been convicted, simply because he was unable to contact his family and did not have the funds to file an appeal.

It is most unfortunate that an unrealistic hike in toll collection from a bridge should end in violent clashes between transport workers and the police resulting in the death of a truck helper and injuries to around a hundred people.

It is heartening to note that Bangladesh has been ranked seventh in the Lonely Planet's—the world's largest travel guidebook publisher—top 10 “Best value” travel destinations for 2019.

United Nations (UN) investigators submitted a 444-page report to the UN Security Council on October 24 about the ongoing genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingyas.

While the country is nearing the eradication of extreme poverty and undergoing robust economic advancement, it needs to remodel its outdated poverty measurement method in order to uncover the real picture of poverty, as suggested by eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud at a recent launch of two books on poverty and inequality.

Every year the government slaps a ban on catching of the Hilsa fish fry to help the fish spawn properly. But for the fisher folk community living along the Padma River in Munshiganj, it is a matter of subsistence and local authorities distribute free rice during this period.

Bangladesh Post Office's digital financial service platform Nagad has sent shockwaves through the mobile financial service (MFS) sector, which, till date, had been dominated by private sector players.

It's unthinkable that dozens of people are employed without any pay at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for years (ranging from at least five to 15 years).

While we are all for endeavours to clamp down on the onslaught of drugs that have had devastating consequences for our youth, imposing a death penalty for carrying...

We appreciate the candour with which a senior official of Bangladesh Bank (BB) spoke about the problems affecting our banking sector at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) on October 22.

According to news reports in various papers published yesterday, at least seven dead bodies were recovered from Narayanganj and Uttara on Sunday. Four of the bodies were found in Araihazar of Narayanganj, one in Bhulta, Narayanganj, and two in Uttara.

Thanks to the rise of the #MeToo movement, issues related to sexual harassment and sexual assault, especially at the workplace, have received much-needed attention in recent times.

According to the findings of multiple Bangladesh Bank investigations, Janata Bank has been granting undue favour to yet another big borrower breaking all sorts of banking rules. The borrower, Thermax, was granted these privileges despite paying only a fraction of its previous dues which now stand at a staggering Tk 1,230 crore.

Admittedly, filling up manpower void is more easily said than done, particularly when that workforce consists primarily of technical hands.

The government's explanation that the newly formed Oikyafront was denied permission to hold its first-ever rally in Sylhet due to security concerns, without letting the public know what exactly the concerns are, doesn't hold water. How come it is always the opposition that isn't allowed to exercise its political rights on some flimsy grounds? And whatever concerns the police might have, it is the duty of the agencies to ensure and provide security on such occasions.

Atwo-day conference is scheduled to be held next January on the government-proposed Delta Plan 2100 by two leading green NGOs with the purpose of getting diverse views of various stakeholders on the pros and cons of this mega plan. The government approved the plan last September through the Ecnec. The Delta plan stipulates that 2.5 percent of the GDP will be spent every year on projects. We are looking at an expenditure of up to USD 30 billion by 2030.

The picture of Lamia, an 11-year-old domestic worker, with a bruised face and injury marks all over her body, published in this daily yesterday, is a sad example of how little we have done to ensure that our children have a harassment and torture-free childhood.

According to the count of a leading Bangla daily, so far 5,354 lives have been lost to road crashes this year which comes to about 601 people dying every day. And this is excluding the number of people killed yesterday or today.

In a report published in this newspaper on Wednesday, we reported how toxic gas emitted from a brick kiln in Faridpur Sadar upazila is damaging ripe paddy on nearly 10 acres of land. The emissions from the kiln, which started operation in 2017, have burned paddy fields and reduced the yield of paddy according to locals. Yet, despite complaints from farmers to the DC and the environment department, little has been done, and the owner of the kiln has been able to continue with its operation.