The effects of the government’s sudden decision to increase the price of diesel and kerosene by 23 percent have been immediate and reverberating. With transport workers on strike, buses were nowhere to be seen starting Friday and commuters had to resort to more expensive modes of transport.

It seems that tensions in Rohingya refugee camps are only increasing as this daily recently reported the death of an alleged Arakan Rohingya Salvation

Since the Covid pandemic started, a number of studies conducted by different organisations have indicated that poverty in Bangladesh has risen due to the pandemic-induced lockdowns, as well as other factors.

A study recently conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police has revealed some eye-opening findings related to militancy, including the fact that economic hardships are pushing people down the path of radicalism.

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pointed out that effective action plans to address climate change are not possible without adequate, sustained, and flexible climate finance, and we fully agree with her.

It is encouraging to note that a South Korean consortium has started its study to assess whether it would invest in the development of a

The pledge by world leaders at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030 has been met with scepticism by environmental groups across the world, with Greenpeace describing it as a green light for “another decade of deforestation.

We are deeply concerned by the influx of illegal firearms and ammunition through our borders, as it poses a serious threat to our national

Yesterday, as we marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the International Press Institute, in a statement, drew attention to the fact that the global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists is abysmally low—in at least nine out of 10 cases, the killers go unpunished.

At a webinar on Sunday, experts said that Bangladesh needed to have a vibrant bond market to meet the country’s requirement for long-term

While it is good to know that maize production in Bangladesh has become profitable for our farmers, particularly in the country’s northern region, it is disconcerting to note that proper storage and processing facilities for maize still remains a major concern.

Over the past few days, 23 women have been rescued from the hands of traffickers, of whom 22 were in three “safe houses” in Dhaka’s

In a discussion organised by the Editors’ Council on Saturday, newspaper editors and academics expressed concern that the freedoms of the press and speech in Bangladesh were under serious threat.

At the just-ended Bangladesh-India line of credit (LoC) review meeting, officials of both Bangladesh and India expressed their hope that the

That rape and sexual assault is an endemic issue in the country can be seen by just how regularly one reads about such cases in our daily pages.

Only two days ago, we wrote in these columns about how time and cost overruns have become the norm in our development projects, wasting crucial time

Worrying developments have been reported in the Shahjalal Upashahar area of Sylhet city where 200 trees were recently chopped down. A report by The

It is heartening to learn about a tutorial centre set up in Jhenaidah to educate underprivileged children for free. Alamgir Hossain, currently a

In a bid to stop drugs such as yaba and crystal meth—popularly known as ice—from pouring into Bangladesh from Myanmar, the former has

We second the prime minister’s call to private entrepreneurs on Tuesday to try and diversify Bangladesh’s export items. For far too long, we