We are alarmed at the overnight surge of the prices of soybean and palm oil, following Indonesia’s export ban on crude and refined palm oil on Wednesday.

I was watching the BBC during the US’ 2003 Iraq invasion when one statement especially caught my attention.

In Dhaka’s urban transport system, buses, including minibuses, employ over five million people and account for almost half of the passenger trips.

A small “puti” fish leaps out of the water and plops back in. Yes, even fish can contort muscles and use their fins in ingenious ways to glide, squiggle or somersault.

Ownership ambiguity must be clarified

It is unfortunate that the government has not been able to make any progress in building a vaccine plant and research institute in Bangladesh

The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), last conducted in 2016, is a comprehensive national survey in Bangladesh.

In the last couple of months, we have been listening to discussions on how to build on the outcomes of the COP26—the 26th Conference of the Parties for climate change held in Glasgow, UK last year.

The idea of a justice system hinges on people’s faith in its ability to offer fair solutions. So justice, as the saying goes, should not only be done, but be seen to be done as well, so that people’s faith in it is kept intact.

Govt shouldn’t seek a backdoor exit out of the crisis

The word is one of the most pejorative terms in the English dictionary; it is the most reviled term, too, as well as an oft-used mechanism handy to the West to twist the tails of those it dislikes.

Today marks the National Legal Aid Day, which was introduced by the government in January 2013, in an effort to increase public awareness of national legal aid services.

In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Report on Drowning said the most recent figure on annual global drowning toll stood at 235,000, with more than 90 percent of deaths by drowning occurring in low- and middle-income countries, and with Asia carrying the highest burden.

Elon Musk, a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist and the world’s richest man, is the new king of Twitterdom.

Govt must plan for future, reduce dependence on gas imports

While the need to consume fortified foods to address the issue of micronutrient deficiency is recognised worldwide, it is really unfortunate that

During the negotiations that led to the historic Paris Agreement at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, the climate

South Asia has been one of the fastest growing regions in the modern world, driven mostly by India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.

I often think about all the times our kids took to the streets to ask for something—justice for their friends who were killed in road crashes or raped and brutally murdered.

Save Tentultala playground, pay heed to public demand