The government on Sunday unveiled the details of its strategy to reopen schools, and we are happy that the decision to resume in-class

It is disappointing to know of yet another government project undergoing frequent deadline extensions, leading to cost escalations as a result.

It is unfortunate that the families of 21 victims of illegal trafficking, as reported in The Daily Star on Sunday, have not yet found redress of their complaints even after a year and a half since cases were filed in 2019. And that is because the investigating agencies have not been able to collect enough evidence to proceed with the cases.

Seven persons from different parts of the city were arrested for selling spurious drugs, some of which are used in ICU and CCU units of hospitals.

After around 18 months of closure, the fact that schools and colleges are finally on the path to opening up is a positive development.

It is disappointing to know that regular services at Patuakhali Medical College Hospital (PKMC) are being disrupted by a variety of factors and outside

Masks help save lives. There can’t be a clearer or more powerful message than this to stem Covid-19 infections, especially at a time when the supply of

According to a report published by this newspaper on Thursday, multiple smuggling syndicates are allegedly hunting the endangered Asian elephants in Chattogram region and the hill tracts.

Last month, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their landmark report on climate change that was termed a “code red for humanity” by the UN chief.

After two decades of foreign occupation—by the US and NATO forces—Afghanistan is finally and unequivocally a “free” nation,

It’s worth re-posing the question that town planners raised at a recent virtual press conference organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners on “Contemporary Planning and Development Management”.

We are deeply concerned about the increasing cases of girls and women from urban slums being targeted by transnational human trafficking syndicates, as reported by this newspaper yesterday.

In a recent discussion titled “Rights of the Incarcerated in South Asia” organised by the South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN), rights activists from across the region lamented the terrible conditions of prisons in South Asia. Among the many problems,

On June 30, 2015, a fish trader named Mosharraf was allegedly beaten up by members of the police, placed inside an empty septic tank, and left there for nearly 36 hours. Later, he was shown arrested for carrying 200 pieces of yaba.

Bangladesh is set to embark on a new era of commuting with a new mode of transport hitherto unseen on our land—the elevated metro rail of Dhaka.

It is disappointing to know the dismal rate of progress of a Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence project that, if implemented properly,

It is a pity that when the government is working under tremendous economic strain caused by the pandemic, with an economic downturn

We are deeply saddened by the deaths of four people—three of whom belonged to the same family—and for the three injured in a gas

It is now confirmed that about 170 people, including 13 US military personnel, were killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. The aim

It is disheartening to know, as a recent study cited by The Daily Star found out, that citizens in Cox’s Bazar district are being put through unnecessary hassles in relation to acquiring birth certificates for their babies.