A photo published on the back page of this daily yesterday, showing two workers on an eight-storey under-construction building in Dhaka’s

That Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a penchant for springing off surprise when it comes to India’s engagement with the world has once again been proven at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.

Currently, the world is going through a major energy crisis. In the last couple of months, natural gas, coal, crude oil, and electricity prices increased manyfold, jeopardising the post-Covid economic recovery across the continents.

One of the new and very politically sensitive topics being discussed at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, as the summit enters its second and final week of negotiations, is the matter of loss and damage from human-induced climate change.

Human trafficking continues to plague Bangladesh. As recently as October this year, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 11 traffickers belonging to two rackets—one of them being “Dance Club.”

We are troubled to find that our concerns of increased bus fares only adding to the sufferings of ordinary Bangladeshis, who are already struggling to cope with the aftershocks of the pandemic, have turned out to be all too true.

A study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has confirmed what we have repeatedly written in this column—that government policies

What is Hong Kong’s pathway to 2047? Since HKSAR’s return to China in 1997 under the 50-year One Country, Two Systems principle, which is due to end in 2047, Hongkongers have emphasised Two Systems, neglecting the timeline to One Country.

The remnants of the spate of communal attacks that shook the country nearly four weeks ago is still prevalent.

The character of Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep, from the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada”—albeit exaggerated for dramatic effect—was the boss of all our nightmares.

The elections held in the US in the first week of November this year had state and local representatives, including two governors, mayors and school board members, up for selection.

What is the Election Commission doing when the pre-election violence is escalating with every passing day, and the electoral code of conduct is being violated by the candidates and their supporters?

The announcement of fuel price hike, made on November 3 by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, could not have come at a worse time.

We are shocked at how, according to locals, a portion of the 384-metre roller-compacted concrete road in Kurgaon area of Ashulia in Savar

Bangladesh, the second highest recipient of China’s investment in South Asia after Pakistan, imports the highest volume of goods from China, making the country Bangladesh’s largest trading partner.

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realise we cannot eat money.”

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) started last week in Glasgow, Scotland. Bangladesh, appropriately, is being represented at the global climate event by a delegation from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), led by President Faruque Hassan.

The hike in fuel prices, which led to a strike of public transport and goods-carrying vehicles since Friday morning, left the general public struggling to go about their daily lives and had a number of other knock-on effects.

On November 7, 1975, a turbulent and dark chapter opened up in the history of Bangladesh.

The global education sector continues to endure a tumultuous period of diminishing funding and resource allocation, as competing priorities such as health, humanitarian aid and other social services require urgent financial responses from the international community.