On Saturday, September 15, JCD President Mashiur Rahman Rony went missing.

It is good that Bangladesh has climbed up three spots—from 139 to 136—in the Global Human Development Index (HDI) 2017, according to the Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme. This again illustrates the tremendous progress we have made over the past years as a nation.

We are not writing this editorial to revel in a win but to celebrate the manner in which it was achieved.

Although Bangladesh has received record multi-billion foreign investments from select countries, its efforts to make the country a foreign investment destination remain hamstrung by infrastructure and bureaucratic bottlenecks. There is no reason why the country should be lagging behind because we have what many countries do not—an abundant pool of surplus labour.

It is intriguing that Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto civilian leader, realises the Rohingya crisis was not handled in a way that it should have been.

The lack of security and extent of violence inside the Rohingya camps as evident from an investigative report in the latest issue of Star Weekend (“Murder in the Camps”, September 14) should be a major concern for the government and international community. It goes to show how precarious the situation is.

It is very disappointing to learn that many of our garment workers still do not get maternity leave with full pay and other benefits. And that working conditions in RMG factories are quite unfavourable to the female workers who are expecting.

It is extremely unfortunate that there is no uniform set of guidelines to govern the recruitment of teachers in public universities. And

Multiple newspapers have recently reported how the police have filed cases against opposition activists who were in hospital or abroad or deceased when the alleged offences took place.

The delaying tactics apparently adopted by police officers investigating the case of two Tripura girls allegedly raped by two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Lama Upazila of Bandarban on August 22 are frustrating.

The delaying tactics apparently adopted by police officers investigating the case of two Tripura girls allegedly raped by two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Lama Upazila of Bandarban on August 22 are frustrating.

Nonperforming loans (NPLs) jumped by Tk 15,037 crore in the last six months alone bringing the total amount to Tk 89,340 crore in June of this year. This shows just how little control Bangladesh Bank (BB) actually exercises over state-owned banks and their management.

The absurdity of accusing a bedridden 82-year-old, just out of the hospital, of taking part in an assembly of individuals at a playground to carry out “subversive activities” would seem fictional if it weren't actually a true happening reported by this paper.

Yesterday's front-page report in this paper about the soaring number of motorbikes hitting the country's roads revealed some very problematic findings.

On September 5, 38 students were picked up by people identifying themselves as members of the Detective Branch from different parts of the capital, according to the students' parents.

Although the election schedule has not been officially announced by the EC as yet, the ruling party campaign for the next general election has rolled out, literally on the rolling stock, with the first of its forays to the north of the country.

Seven years into the devastating Syrian war, the international community remains still divided as experts fear a possible bloodbath in Idlib, the last stronghold of the Syrian armed opposition.

The International Criminal Court has asserted its jurisdiction to take cognisance of the crimes committed under its statute by the Myanmar military against the Rohingyas.

A person rooting for public interest was arrested, ostensibly on charges of “extortion” on Thursday. The extraordinary circumstances surrounding the case against Mozammel Hoque, the road safety campaigner and general secretary of a passenger welfare organisation, raise lots of questions.

Arecent study has found that excessive pressure of studies, lack of playgrounds and a perceived insecurity of the outdoors deny our