The piece “No ‘crossfire’ deaths since US sanctions” published in this newspaper on January 11 will definitely engage all thinking minds, especially those entrusted with the maintenance of law and public order.

In a first-of-its-kind study, the Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the finance ministry found that around 1.6 million young people lost their jobs and about 20 million youths faced income loss due to the pandemic.

Govt should invite scrutiny from all stakeholders before passing it

It is hardly believable from the current state of affairs on our roads that we’re going through a still-raging pandemic. As the country witnesses

We are living in the era of impacts by human-induced climate change, which requires actions by everyone on the planet every single day if we are going to reach the goals set to tackle the climate crisis by 2030.

On January 12, 2022, the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University should have been swaying to the soulful melodies of Qawwali.

In 2022, the Covid-19 pandemic and the myriad crises it spawned may finally start to recede.

It is a matter of common sense that a university is supposed to create space and opportunities to generate knowledge, open up scopes for creative ideas and thinking, invite questions against the existing knowledge and system, and raise voices against injustice, discrimination and oppression.

The EC should address concerns about the past of some NCC candidates

Race is staring us in the face. Confronting and dealing with it is highly emotional and disturbing, so much so that in polite company, it’s unspeakable. But we can’t avoid it, because racism has become global.

Gender-based violence (GBV) has always been a major cause for concern in Bangladesh, but it reached an alarming level in the last two years.

We are concerned at the way police on January 16, 2022 responded to the agitating students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) who had confined the vice-chancellor to press home their demands.

The members of camp-dwelling Urdu-speaking community (CDUSC) are both baffled and dismayed over a series of recent decisions by the Bangladesh government.

Ivy does it for the third time

It is quite alarming, if not as surprising, that Dhaka city has ranked fourth in the latest list of world cities with the worst air quality, as per the Air Quality Index

Although Covid-19 has been hard on everyone, it has not been an “equal opportunity” disease.

Recently, I woke up one night to gunshot-like sounds and realised that it was due to festivities for the New Year, 2022, in Dhaka city. Fireworks and flying lanterns lit up the sky all throughout the night. I tried to get some sleep, given my poor health at the time, but failed.

History is filled with the tales of struggles against oppressors, and to a neutral observer, Bangladesh’s momentous victory against Pakistan in 1971 may be viewed with no particular proclivity.

After a downturn due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh’s economy has been trying to get back on track and has succeeded in some cases.

Authorities should consider using tidal river management (TRM) approach