A 2019 report from the planning ministry pointed out that most ministries prepare projects without proper feasibility studies and technical designs, which is at the heart of the irregularities in project implementation.

The 543-day-long school closure in Bangladesh—one of the longest in the world—has caused worries about heavy learning losses, and raised concerns over the lack of teachers to help students with recovery.

Over the last couple of weeks, prices of almost all daily essentials have shot up in kitchen markets across Bangladesh, causing immense suffering for people with fixed income, who are already struggling due to the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the government took a strong position to stop the broadcast of foreign channels that are not providing advertisement-free content, the

Unbeknownst to us, we have made labour in Bangladesh undignified by terming it “cheap.” We have used this slogan to draw foreign investment, pronouncing the merits of investing here—that “labour comes cheap” in Bangladesh—without realising the damage it has caused to our national image. And this phenomenon, regrettably, has pervaded almost all sectors where production is labour-intensive, especially in the tea sector.

The killing of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah exposes several systemic loopholes. Firstly, the security in the Rohingya camps is

Following in the disgraced footsteps of Evaly, social network platform RingID has also recently come into the limelight after one of its directors was arrested.

As grabbing of our rivers goes on across the country without any break despite the High Court’s order to save them at all costs and despite it

Friday, October 1, marked three years since the Digital Security Act (DSA) came into force in Bangladesh. From its very inception, we have

We are concerned at the way cases filed in connection with the Ramu mayhem, one of the worst incidents of communal violence in the recent history of

The last few weeks have seen a barrage of damning reports about a number of publicly funded projects that, despite the difference in their nature, scale and even priority, found themselves facing a common foe: time and cost overruns, with the outcome being far from satisfactory.

The stories of corruption at the land offices are, unfortunately, many. Just on Wednesday, the state minister for rural development and

It has long been alleged that corruption and irregularities have become commonplace in our education sector. The media and other watchdog bodies have regularly covered specific instances of such depravity.

We are concerned about the prospect of an acute accommodation crisis facing admission seekers at the Rajshahi University (RU). Every year, during RU’s admission tests, students from different parts of the country find refuge in the university’s halls.

The long and deep drain was clogged with waste, and it took the fire service divers around five hours to recover her body, about 100 feet from where she fell in.

Every so often, we are bombarded with reports by rights watchdogs about the victims of the much-reviled Digital Security Act (DSA), a law

There are still more than 2.43 million students who have not registered for the vaccine, most of them from colleges under the National University. What will happen to them now? Will the authorities stick to their previous stance of only resuming in-person classes once all students have completed their vaccine registration?

As the Dhaka University authorities are preparing to reopen its 18 dormitories on a limited scale on October 5, ahead of resuming in-person

According to experts, the construction of these illegal structures violates a High Court directive, as one of the landing stations has been constructed around 150 feet inside the river’s boundary demarcation pillars, and the BIWTA has kept filling up the riverbank near the landing station. Moreover, large jetties are being constructed near the landing station’s south portion, around 100 feet inside the river’s boundary demarcation pillar nos. 210, 211 and 212.

In a city already devoid of enough playgrounds, the decision by the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to build a market inside the Dhupkhola field is disconcerting, to say the least.