As the month of Ramadan approaches its end, we will once again be celebrating a different type of Eid.

We have been surprised by a statement made by the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh on Monday.

To protect the consumption of low-income groups and boost overall domestic demand, which has been hit hard by Covid-19, the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs has called on the government to provide cash support to the poor and low-income groups.

Since Friday, it has been dismaying to see thousands of people having to resort to any means possible to get to their hometowns before Eid, just as the second wave of Covid-19 has slowly started to see a dip in the country.

It is disappointing to know that 25 percent of garment factories which received stimulus packages during the pandemic on the condition that they would not lay off workers have not complied with this condition.

It is not possible to talk about Covid-19 without appearing to be an alarmist. It was not a question of if but when we will be attacked by the new variant that has mutated in India.

People are protesting against the felling of trees at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan for the implementation of a mega project.

As far back as 2009, the High Court made a landmark judgement on saving the four rivers surrounding Dhaka by setting boundary pillars, evicting

At a time when the planet is being choked by pollution and experts and leaders across the world are coming together to deal with what is being called the “climate emergency” before it turns into a full-blown crisis,

That the country yesterday saw the lowest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day since March 28 is indeed good news. It is not difficult to come to the conclusion that the drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths can be attributed to the lockdown that has been enforced from April 14.

A recent CPD-Oxfam survey on 2,600 households from 16 districts has painted a grim picture of the pandemic’s effect on people’s incomes and livelihoods.

According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Nepal is now being overwhelmed by a surge in Covid-19 infections as India’s outbreak spreads across South Asia.

Amidst the ongoing countrywide strain on the supply of medical oxygen, researchers at Buet’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a

That the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have been difficult for the poor, especially the urban poor, should not come as a surprise to

As part of its strategy to contain the spread of Covid-19, the government has extended the ongoing lockdown till May 16. During this time, all inter-district bus, launch and train services will remain suspended.

Twenty-six people tragically died in the Padma river in Madaripur on May 3 when a speedboat capsized after crashing into a sand-laden bulk carrier. According to one of the survivors of the crash, the driver was not skilled at manoeuvring the speedboat and was driving haphazardly from the beginning.

One essential element of any democracy, universally acknowledged throughout the ages, is a free press. But sadly, in Bangladesh, press freedom is becoming increasingly more restrictive and is diminishing.

It’s reassuring to know that despite a lower Covid-19 positivity rate in recent days, the authorities are not lowering their guard yet.

One of the sectors hit hardest by the pandemic is the migrant workers’ sector. Every country has been affected by the pandemic fallout, in greater

It is common knowledge that the cost of Covid-19 treatment is much higher in private hospitals than in public ones, like all treatments basically.