The oldest private university in Bangladesh is giving its oldest public university a run for its money.

Ministers, government officials, persons with disabilities, civil society and private sector allies from Asia and the Pacific will gather on October 19-21 in Jakarta to mark the birth of a new era for 700 million persons with disabilities.

EC’s action in Gaibandha-5 on Wednesday was commendable.

The youth cannot be empowered if they can’t fend for themselves and survive the economic realities of the times they operate in.

The BCL has demonstrated that their “power” lies in their licence to beat up anyone they want, anytime they want – academic decorum be damned.

When school students have access to quality mental health support, they are more likely to be successful and productive.

The 22 stories are written by popular, contemporary writers with big names such as Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Ahsan Habib, and Mehedi Haque.

Migrant workers are systematically robbed of their wages and due entitlements in host countries.

Healthcare providers cannot operate in secret, so how is it that so many unauthorised institutions have been able to run their activities?

At a minimum, we must set a goal of ecological literacy for all our students at the tertiary level.

The use of money for good and bad has a long history.

The rude disobedience shown by the field-level administrators – deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) – to the current Election Commission (EC) has once again shown us what’s wrong at the core of our election management mechanism.

The right to know doesn’t end with the existence of a law.

Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.

There is an urgent need for substantial, nationwide improvement in higher education in Bangladesh.

In most cases, parents' obsession with mobile phones affects children directly.

Have philosophers retreated to the ivory tower?

How many women or girls in our country get the opportunity to chase their dreams?

My biggest worry in this situation is for our RMG workers, who are among the most vulnerable parts in the global fashion supply chain.

High inflation and low export and remittance earnings are a major cause for concern at the moment.