The point of this article is not to throw mud at ministers, most of whom do their best to serve the public. Why should a few be allowed to give a bad name to politicians in general and set a bad example for the citizens?

Every Bangla Naboborsho or Bangali New Year, I am deluged with requests for interviews by newspapers, periodicals and television...

I had the opportunity to visit Gondamara of Banskhali upazila as part of a fact finding mission organised by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources...

Each year, Bangladesh spends more than Tk. 72,000 crore on government procurement. That includes paying for anything from Padma Bridge...

NGO experience shows that many RTI applications from marginalised communities do not get recorded as those who obtain benefits by simply using the law do not care about receiving a formal response. Officials concerned also do not wish to record applications and may even avoid reporting them to concerned offices, as they often resort to irregular practices to dispose them off.

Why would microfinance institutions agree to use flexible repayment strategies? Simply because delivering a new product opens a new market, allowing the institutions to reach people who have irregular income flows, while maintaining their profit share.

I first visited Bashkhali in 1991, immediately after a deadly cyclone devastated the area. I could not walk without touching a dead body or its parts...

Mahatma Gandhi had once said, to judge how civilised a nation is, just look at how it treats its own minorities. Going by this yardstick, Bangladesh does not make a passing grade.

Eleven years ago, on a hot, stuffy day not unlike today, a building had come crashing down on the sweating workers of a sweater factory.

The Supreme Court defers till May 3 hearing on the review petition filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Just as we were about to forget the pain of the theft of Bangladesh Bank's dough, the pain returns with a stab.

The title "Where to Invade Next" is catchy. In the current political climate of the United States, where election fever has gripped the country...

How important is it to have an overall law for the education system and what can it do to solve the many problems in ensuring the management and quality of the system?

DR. Mazharul Haque, provost of Salimullah Muslim Hall during my time at the Dhaka University, around the mid sixties, shared a personal anecdote with me.

For argument's sake, let's assume this country suddenly wakes up and wants to fix things. Who is going to do it? Who will decide what is right or wrong, sinful or virtuous, wise or stupid, and useful or useless?

Initiatives for better child health can reduce healthcare burden on families and the state. Moreover, healthy and productive individuals can contribute to government's earning from tax.

Understandably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up a panel of officials from the income-tax department, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Enforcement Directorate to probe the matter and apportion responsibility. Yet, nothing concrete would come out of it because the persons connected with the dealings have political clout.

Dr N. Paranietharan, the WHO Representative to Bangladesh since July 2014, in an email interview with The Daily Star, talks about the state of healthcare in Bangladesh, the role of WHO in combating major diseases and what we should be focusing on to ensure better health for our people. Dr Paranietharan is a medical doctor from Sri Lanka with a Master of Public Health degree and post graduate training in leadership and management from the Johns Hopkins University, USA.

The Election Commission has become a metaphor for ineptitude. The gradual downslide in the performance of the main democratic institution of the country is disconcertingly palpable.

It seems all those gushing about the game ['Heroes of 71: Retaliation'], when thinking about the Liberation War, focus on the 'war' and forget the 'liberation'-liberation from the communalism, colonialism and the repression by West Pakistan. We get too easily swayed by nationalistic pride of having won in 1971 to look at the issues of endemic rape, murder, repression and corruption that still plague the country.