The need of the hour is accountability, and that will not come out of writing endless reports

So far, hundreds have been arrested and around 85 cases have been lodged against thousands in relation to the communal attacks that took

Many have this image of a police constable as someone wielding his baton, chasing after peaceful bystanders, unnecessarily harassing the

Words are not enough to express our frustration about the way our female returnee migrant workers are being treated by their families and

The instruction to unify the two offices first came from the prime minister in 2010.

According to Dr Firdausi Qadri, winner of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, Bangladesh needs to attain self-sufficiency in vaccine supply

There is no denying the fact that, had the law enforcement officials been more alert and pro-active, most of the attacks on Hindu houses, temples, and business establishments that occurred in various parts of Bangladesh since October 13 might have been prevented.

It is reassuring to learn that our aviation sector is recovering at a quick speed after the second wave of Covid-19 in the country waned and many countries lifted their travel restrictions.

The killings of six Rohingyas in Moinarghona camp-18 madrasa in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila in the dead of Friday night has added to our concerns over the safety of the refugees within the camps.

It is really worrying how the rising prices of essential food items have continued to afflict ordinary people over the last few weeks.

The role of social media in creating communal tensions is once again under the spotlight after the recent spate of attacks on Hindus which, experts say, was set off by a hate campaign over the alleged desecration of Islamic scriptures at a Cumilla puja mandap.

The state of the road safety in Bangladesh is dismal at the moment, to say the least. And it includes the state of the roads too.

In an unexpected twist—or is it, really?—in the ongoing saga of communal violence, police have reportedly identified, from CCTV footage, the person who

One of the areas most severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is our education sector. It is one where the consequences may not be

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the most recent attack on the Hindu community in Boro Karimpur, a fishing village in Pirganj upazila, Rangpur. Since October 13, religious zealots have launched a series of attacks targeting Hindu communities in at least 10 districts.

Amid all the development that Bangladesh has been witnessing of late, it may be hard to believe that there are still villages where people are

It is extremely disheartening that, amid the increased economic struggles of people due to the pandemic, the prices of essential commodities have continued to remain high in Bangladesh’s kitchen markets.

We are concerned at the way the government is dealing with the issue of e-commerce scams. Its efforts are mostly limited to preventing possible cons in the future,

It seems there is an evil force at work to stir up trouble and sully the laudable credentials of Bangladesh as a country of communal harmony. We pride ourselves on the syncretic nature of our society, where caste, creed, or religion is secondary to our ethnic identity.

Only last week, we wrote in these columns condemning a horrific attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz that killed at least 55 people, and expressed