New authority to fight drug trafficking needs safeguards against abuse

'If the government, DNC or law enforcement agencies allocate research funds to academic institutions, we can conduct area-specific studies to map drug addiction patterns and design effective preventive frameworks.'

Recent findings highlight persistent failure of drug control measures

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh has offered a commendable solution to address the challenges faced by the adolescent population.

Media has a responsibility to stop sensationalising stories about women and focus on the wider inequalities that affect them.

Star Lifestyle in collaboration with Moner Bondhu, exclusively discusses Addiction Issues namely, the red flags behind the condition, how to effectively overcome them, and much more. We sat down with Mehadi Mobarak, Psychosocial Counselor from Moner Bondhu to discuss ADDICTION and the probable solutions to tackle the condition at first notice.

Police yesterday arrested a man for allegedly killing his mother in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Sunday night. Abdus Salek, 32, was arrested from a restaurant in Kurigram Sadar upazila around 7:00pm, said Jahangir Alam, OC of Godagari Police Station said.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-2) claims to have arrested a top drug peddler of Cox’s Bazar and five others along with 2.07 lakh yaba tablets from Elephant Road in Dhaka.