THERE have been quite a few shocking cases of patients dying, or their condition becoming worse because the medical practitioner or the hospital staff neglected their duties. The reason is the absence of accountability, especially beyond the purview of their institutions.

Today is the fifth death anniversary of Matiur Rahman Bhuiyan, an organiser of the 1971 Liberation War, and an educationist of

THE ongoing blockade and shutdowns are crippling the economy, with the garment sector seemingly set to receive the hardest blow.

WE are shocked and horrified at the kidnap and murder of a nine-year-old boy for ransom by a member of a law enforcement agency in Sylhet.

Today is the third death anniversary of diplomat Masum Ahmed Chowdhury.

Arun Chandra Das, a noted tabla player, died of a cardiac arrest on Friday. He was 45.

Literary magazine Kaler Dhoni will host a discussion tomorrow at the capital's Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to the mark the death

Bir Pratik Shamsul Haque died in his Nayanpur residence in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni yesterday morning. He was 73.

Five separate reports, as a response to the High Court's directive, were submitted to the attorney general's office

WITHOUT being alarmist, one can quite see a risk perception growing in Bangladesh about swine flu.

Saiful Islam Talukder, joint-secretary general of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and special

Today is the seventh death anniversary of advocate Md Aminul Islam, a member of the then East Pakistan Civil Service (judicial).

Azizur Rahman Raju, a former hockey player who also served Bangladesh Hockey Federation as a vice-president, died of heart attack on

What the BNP chairperson said in her first speech to the national media since January 19, was disappointing as well as

We can understand only too well the frustration of indigenous groups whose repeated pleas for full implementation of

Abdul Malik Chowdhury, father of eminent jurist Dr Shahdeen Malik, breathed his last yesterday, aged 90.

Effluent Kills Korotoa Fish En Masse

THIS paper has highlighted the plight of our expatriate workers over the non-issuance of machine readable passports (MRPs) a number of times.

JUST how vulnerable the village women are to harassment, coercion and graft while seeking justice or claiming other entitlements has been brought to bold relief by a TIB study.

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