As if a million Rohingya refugees are not enough, we have to now face the prospect of Rohingyas sneaking in through the borders from India into Bangladesh.

The pitfall of measuring development based on macrodata is that it shows the big picture, but fails to account for development achieved, if at all, on a micro/personal level.

Miscalculation of rates, a common phenomenon, gives birth to a gamut of complex emotions in our everyday life and in life in general.

Filling up a water body is in violation of the conservation law

Justice for the victims of enforced disappearance must be ensured

UN peacekeeping is not alone in this endeavour. Many partners work alongside us in the cause of peace.  

Nato’s spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance.

You have perhaps heard the tale of these two neighbours.

Amid the ongoing global inflation and financial instability, the upcoming national budget has to be demand-driven and needs-based.

It seems the country’s health directorate has finally been jolted out of its stupor. At a meeting last Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) came up with the decision of shutting down all unregistered health institutions within 72 hours. The countdown has thus begun.

Make sanitary napkins affordable and available to all women and girls

We must create an enabling environment for all women and girls

On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.

While the better private universities have realigned their focuses on creating a "whole" education with a 360-degree perspective, the public system has reached the nadir from which students have a tunnel vision of becoming government cadres.

Menstruation or period is a natural phenomenon for women of reproductive age and indicates a healthy life. Yet, many people—both men and women—consider the monthly period cycle as an illness.

For that, the list of beneficiaries needs to be updated and accurate.

DGHS needs a realistic plan to bring unauthorised hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres under regulation.

How feministic is the female revenge fantasy in films?

India’s Neighbourhood First Policy once again faces a challenge in view of the economic meltdown and consequent political turmoil in Sri Lanka. India’s approach in dealing with the crisis in the island nation has been calibrated and cautious.

There is a peculiar trend in Bangladesh. When someone starts something innovative, then hundreds of copycats spoil it.