Alot has been said about the possible dangers posed to the Sundarbans by the Rampal power plant project. But what has perhaps escaped our notice is the growing industrialisation near the Rampal power plant which too has the potential to do great harm to the Sundarbans and its biodiversity.

Meeting life's biggest challenges can take tenacity, and then some. And it isn't usually a solo effort. Being surrounded by a supportive family and community can make all the difference in achieving success in the pursuit of one's dreams.

The Supreme Court stays for four weeks a portion of the High Court verdict that ordered the government to transfer Tangail’s Sakhipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and Sakhipur Police Station's officer-in-charge Mohammad Maksudul Alam.

40 million people of Bangladesh have remained food insecure although the country has achieved food sufficiency and improved access to food.

Bangladesh’s coastal ports have been advised to maintain warning signal 2 with cyclonic storm “Kyant” lurking in the distance at the Bay of Bengal.

A meeting between the two city mayors and representatives of the hospitality industry took place recently to discuss the problems of

We laud the initiative of Bangladeshi entrepreneur Khadem Mahmud Yusuf who has started to industrially recycle plastic bottles that will rid the environment of a perennial nuisance and will save millions of the government exchequer that are spent on the import of raw

Erosion by the Jamuna is about to devour Kalmu Government Primary School at Goghat village in Sadar upazila,

Authorities of Noakhali Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College announces to shut down indefinitely following a clash between two groups of students early on Monday.

All fishing boats and vessels at the coastal areas have been advised to remain close to the coast for the depression-turned storm “Kyant” in the Bay of Bengal.

We are deeply disturbed by a business group's move to set up a resort city encroaching on a part of the Meghna and filling its bank with sand in a low-lying wetland and multi-crop fertile land.

The Awami League Council that ended yesterday with much pomp and grandeur did not bring any dramatic facelift as far as the organogram of the party was concerned.

Given that a large number of people die and are incapacitated for life every year, the idea that road safety be taken up as a political agenda by the political parties, has very strong rationale. It was mooted by Ilias Kanchan recently.

The way the 6-year-old Eva of Comilla was tortured by her employers is inhumane and magnifies the injustice that defines the working conditions of domestic workers.

Around half of the 22 kilometre road from Kalapara upazila town to Kuakata has become virtually unfit for vehicular

It is unthinkable that in two upazila health complexes (Amtali and Kukua) of Barisal district, there are only two doctors appointed.

We are shocked at the implications of a comment by Suranjit Sengupta that NGOs do not have the right to freedom of speech and the precedence it sets.

The government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centres (UDC) across the country in a bid to reach information and

The excitement surrounding the AL's Council today and tomorrow underscores the anticipation of party members and the public, of a positive change in the party.

We are horrified by the direction we are headed in regards to the security of women and, indeed, their treatment in society in general.