We express our outrage and grief at the news of 16-year-old Afroza Khanom of Satkhira who took her own life because she could not bear the humiliation she had been subjected to by a village arbitration.

Today we solemnly recall the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), marking the day he was sent to us, an occasion that also coincides with his demise from the temporal world. The light of truth and the criterion between right and wrong that the Almighty had sent down to Mankind through him 1400 years ago is more relevant than ever before.

Golahat mass grave near Saidpur railway station in the district bearing the horrifying memory of the massacre of 437 Marwaris by

The country is set to celebrate the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Tuesday, December 13, marking the anniversary of the emergence of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) amid massive religious festivity and fervor.

We see a continuous display of grief and sorrow in the media--bodies lined up after car crashes, someone lying in a hospital bed with a leg chopped off for standing up to those who stalked his daughter, domestic workers abused by people who are otherwise known as decent, law abiding citizens of the society.

In the last two weeks nine youths have been reported missing. None of them was wanted by the police or had criminal record, and all of them were pursuing higher studies in public and private institutions except for one who was a madrassa student.

The Dakatia River in Raipur upazila of Laxmipur is dying as some local influential people are setting bamboo fences, large net

Freedom fighters entered Tangail town and freed the district from the occupation of Pakistan Army on this day in 1971.

The Ninth Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit taking place in Dhaka has revealed some unpalatable truths about the problems Bangladeshi expatriate workers are facing in Malaysia.

The country observed Human Rights Day yesterday amidst an environment that only reminded us of its violations.

An extensive study covering 2,700 households titled “Child labour and education: a survey of slum settlements in Dhaka” was published on December 7 by the London-based Overseas Development Institute.

It is heartening to learn that the society is increasingly becoming aware of the presence of persons with disability in our midst, and also the fact that they are quite capable of contributing to national development and nation building given the opportunity and the facility to do.

As we observe the International Anti-Corruption Day, it is a good time to reflect on the current state of corruption in our country.

According to a recent survey presented in the 16th ILO Asia and the Pacific regional meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Bangladesh scored poorly in terms of high migration costs and low earnings per month.

The freedom fighters of Mymensingh freed the district from the Pakistan Army on December 10 in 1971.

Chami village in Balodiya union of Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila has always danced to the tune of wood planes smoothing and scraping,

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that had cleared the way for the hajj pilgrims to choose any airline while going to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj.

People of eight villages in three upazilas of the district have been enjoying the benefit of ICT from eight centres for the last few years.

We welcome the news that the Hon'able President will be holding dialogues with the political parties on the formation of a new election commission on his return from Singapore.

The full judgment of the said case is now out. A Dhaka court on November 28 had found two officials of the Drug Administration guilty of negligence in the Rid Pharmaceutical case which supplied toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.