Authorities must be proactive

Create jobs and skills opportunities for them urgently

Make all the existing ICU facilities operational

High casualties during Eid holidays reflect systemic failure

Media outlets must ensure safe working environment

Strong political will needed to reduce transport-sector vulnerabilities

Changing narratives about the glory of the Liberation War must end

Drives must continue against non-compliant private medical facilities

Gazipur road collapse probe must set a precedent

How long will human negligence be tolerated?

Let festivities and harmony take centre stage

Public universities need merit-based leadership

Scrapping lottery system could bring back old problems

The systemic licence fraud by several senior pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is condemnable.

Govt must expedite the process of clearing innocent people’s names

The formal inauguration of a nationwide canal excavation and re-excavation programme by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is a necessary intervention.

Govt must protect them from further losses

Exploitative practices by suppliers must be checked

Poor waste management a major source of Dhaka’s air pollution

Every year, as Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, millions of people leave the congested capital of Dhaka for their ancestral homes. Even in normal times, the annual exodus is a logistical nightmare. This year, however, the journey faces an additional obstacle: a severe fuel shortage that has left buses hesitant to leave the terminals.