The sight of a bus taking sharp turns on a busy road to get ahead of another bus to pick up passengers is common in Dhaka. It matters little to the first bus driver if a pedestrian comes under the wheels of his vehicle and gets killed in their mad rush.

Bangladesh has once again found itself as a target for Western ire, following its abstention from voting on a resolution condemning Russian military aggression in Ukraine, during a rare emergency session of the UN General Assembly that took place on March 2, 2021.

Fifty-six-year-old Babul Sardar of Debhata upazila in Satkhira was arrested with 50 bottles of phensedyl on December 11, 2021 by the Detective Branch (DB) of police.

The Information Commission of Bangladesh delivered a much-awaited decision on March 8, 2022, and a much-needed shot in the arm of the right to information (RTI) regime in Bangladesh.

A day that only highlights our inaction

The struggle of the poor and low-income group that began with the outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020 is now worsened by the unabated rise in the prices of essentials.

The news of extrajudicial killings, or reports that expose the percentage of “kills” by the various elements of law enforcement agencies is

New developments in technology, robotics, automation and digitisation are something all garment manufacturers need to be mindful of. Knowledge, as they say, is power.

Today—March 14—marks the 46th death anniversary of Jasim Uddin (1903-1976). Popularly called “palli kabi” (folk poet), Jasim Uddin is also considered a major Bangla poet.

Literature in Bangladesh about the war is in the nature of memorials to 1971, a thread between the dead and the living, a reminder of the absent as having once been, a mark of the present, of rupture and continuity.

We need concrete mechanisms in place to ensure compliance

Russia’s attack on Ukraine is wholly unacceptable. But what cannot be ignored is America’s role in the crisis. The US has been moving and supplying arms to the region which has done nothing but intensify the tension.

It is good to see that many farmers in the northern region are now happy as they can see profit coming from cultivation of tea.

We need to seriously think about the effective integration of “arts” into our education system.

The eyes of the world are on Ukraine as its citizens fight to uphold their democracy in the face of Russian aggression. But how many people are aware that American democracy is similarly under grave threat?

The new Election Commission, led by Kazi Habibul Awal, is the first in the country’s history to have been formed through the enactment of a specific law, as prescribed in the constitution 50 years ago.

Officials must be held accountable for wastage of public money

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all its affiliates to implement the semester system by July 1.

That is a biblical truth which no man can sunder from reality. The havoc being wreaked in Ukraine is the consequence of the wind that the West has sown since the end of the Cold War.

Holi, the festival of colour, has come a week early for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Even before the full results of the assembly elections in Uttar