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.

After over 500 days of closure of all education institutions in Bangladesh—one of the longest pandemic-induced shutdowns of education in the world—we are pleased to hear that the authorities have decided to resume certain education-related activities from mid-October.

A transport service that depends on decrepit and outdated machines in need of frequent repairs is anything but up to scratch.

It is imperative for a country to have a strong and effective civil service, without which the process of efficient governance is almost impossible.

A group of teachers from different universities announced on Tuesday that they will start holding symbolic classes in open spaces if the authorities do not reopen universities from the first week of September.

Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the deadly Myanmar military operations against the Rohingya community in Rakhine State,

On June 3, this newspaper highlighted the horrific experiences of three trafficked victims who were lured to India under false promises of getting well-paying decent jobs. In reality, they were tricked by members of a sex trafficking gang, sexually abused, and forced into prostitution.

It is sad but true that the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE) in Hemayetpur has defeated the very purpose for which it was established.

It is heartening to know that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recently identified 19 Aedes hotspots in Dhaka—areas

Statements made by the foreign minister and Biman on August 17 and 22, respectively, have led to another bout of confusion for air

At a time when we are bombarded with reports about how strained our health system is due to the Covid-19 pandemic—and how exhausted

After a period of soaring infections, the past few weeks have seen a slow but steady decline in numbers related to Covid-19 in the country.

It appears that the peddling of Covid-19 vaccines on the black market—something we have feared to be an inevitability since February—is

On August 21, 2004, our government became a terrorist organisation. In what followed, the state itself became accessory to that terrorist act.

As if migrant workers are not already suffering enough due to unemployment and underpayment/non-payment of salaries during the pandemic, those in

The protection of personal data in the modern world is a complicated and contentious issue, especially when there is increasing evidence not just of spyware

The ongoing row between Biman Bangladesh Airlines and its online ticket sales partner is causing untold sufferings for hundreds of intended passengers.

As the situation continues to evolve from day to day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to assess the current climate of Afghanistan. However, despite the

Seldom does a healthcare system, beset by its already fragile state, have to cope with a prolonged pandemic, as ours has done for the last 16 months, while having to cope with another serious illness simultaneously.

We are astonished by the bravery of a mother of a teenage girl who, according to a report published yesterday, willingly got herself trafficked to India by the same trafficking gang that had tricked her 17-year-old daughter into travelling to that country, only to sell her off to a brothel in Bihar.