The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally took place during June 12-16, 2022 after being cancelled twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The MC12 was held at a time of unprecedented global economic downturn.

Authorities must be careful as illegal sale of oil may upset the market

Victims are being let down by insufficient aid, slow pace of relief efforts

Dr S Nazrul Islam, founder of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) and Vice President of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), speaks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the causes behind the devastating floods in Sylhet and Sunamganj, and what the government must do to avoid such disasters in the future.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed a controversial suggestion in his budgetary proposal: money launderers – read financial criminals – will be allowed to legalise their laundered money without having to face any questions, if they pay a meagre 7-15 percent tax.

Now that the Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) election is over and everything there was to see and hear has been seen and heard, we need to address the elephant in the room.

Govt must strengthen social protection schemes to help those most vulnerable

Govt must ensure good governance and accountability from the very beginning

Years ago, when I was about eight-years-old, I heard a teacher say that a woman’s lungs are stronger than a man’s.

From a small village-level local government election to the larger parliamentary polls, every election is a learning opportunity – that’s the beauty of a working democracy.

Well-known civic rights activist Mizanur Rahman’s narration of his harrowing experience of being picked up by police and tortured under custody, published in this newspaper’s online version on June 15, gives us some disturbing snapshots of the unlawful actions of our law enforcement agencies.

Proposed hefty fines for journalists are unrealistic

International community must put pressure on Myanmar to expedite the process

A record 100 million people are currently displaced around the world. Almost one million of these refugees live in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.

The 2022 JRP has five strategic objectives to support the affected Bangladeshi and Rohingya populations.

There’s a whole calculus about good refugees and bad refugees, and how many of which must be welcomed where.

“We have been victims of genocide for decades and acknowledged as the most persecuted minority, yet the world has cared little about our legitimate rights and claims. It is time we took charge of our own destiny.”

We have not seen such devastating floods in the country since 1988. Every year during monsoon, the haor areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts experience flooding – but it has never been this catastrophic.

It was pitch-dark when I entered Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The ground floor was submerged in knee-high floodwater. I climbed up the stairs to the first floor to find an elderly patient named Ana Miah lying on the floor.

Why not let all legitimate recruiting agencies send workers there?