Rashna Imam

Not a day passes by in Bangladesh without news of death due to a horrible road crash.

Government funding cannot alone contain the fallout, economic and otherwise, from the pandemic. Private sector contribution is imperative towards

We need our health-care workers more than ever before, but that does not give us the right to make inhumane demands of them that may be tantamount to human rights violations.

The year 2017 saw a sharp rise in road fatalities in Bangladesh. At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the first half of the year, according to the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways, an organisation campaigning for safety in the transportation sector.

The judiciary must keep pace with changing times and reflect popular will if it is to become an effective and viable instrument of change.

Therefore, while the summary power of the courts in cases of contempt constitutes a real public necessity, it is a weapon to be used sparingly and with reference to the interests of the administration of justice. It should not be resorted to wherever a less arbitrary remedy is available.