We are appalled at the tragic and untimely death of a worker in one of Chattogram’s shipbreaking yards. The foreman, Ripon Mia (37), died on the spot after iron sheets fell on him at Tasin Steel Shipbreaking Yard, a yard owned by a Chattogram-4 lawmaker.

While as per the National Vaccine Deployment Plan, 70 lakh people should have been inoculated in the first month of the mass vaccination campaign that began on February 7, the government has achieved only 51.15 percent of the target,

The two-lane Dhaka-Tangail-Rangpur highway that is being turned into a four-lane one has been selected for charging toll from those plying it.

The recent finding by a probe body of the University Grants Commission (UGC) about the mishandling of projects at Begum Rokeya University of Rangpur (BRUR) is a classic example of how government schemes experience delays in implementation due to anomalies and rules violations by the concerned authorities.

Although there is no established market for crystal methamphetamine or meth in Bangladesh yet and so far meth-related arrests and seizures have remained minimal, recent developments suggest a growing trend with the powerful stimulant, popularly known as “ice”,

The National Board of Revenue yesterday honoured Kaus Mia as the best taxpayer of Mujib Borsho for his exemplary commitment to depositing the right amount of tax to the public coffers.

Yahya Khan’s speech was broadcast on Radio Pakistan on March 6, 1971. It was provocative and offensive.

According to a report by the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) submitted to the High Court recently, a total of 26,695 rape cases have been filed across the country in the past five years.

According to a report published by this newspaper on Thursday, a CID probe has found that former Faridpur Awami League leader Sajjad Hossain (alias Barkat) and his brother Imtiaz Hasan (alias Rubel) amassed Tk 2,535.11 crore beyond their known sources of income.

General Yaqub, who had taken charge of East Pakistan from Governor Ahsan on March 1, 1971, sent his resignation by telegram on the morning of March 5, 1971.

The High Court on Tuesday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to take necessary action against 30 washing plants in Keraniganj that have been polluting the Buriganga river.

It is sad that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has personally attacked Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar for his criticism of the Election Commission’s performance in the recently held local government elections.

At a meeting organised at Paltan Maidan, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman urged the authorities to withdraw forces from the city and hand over power to the elected representatives of the people. He also called for launching a no-tax campaign.

We are deeply dismayed to learn of the sorry state that the artworks of two of Bangladesh’s most notable artists are currently in.

In politics, especially in Bangladesh, some excuses never seem to be out of fashion. They remain in circulation regardless of how ludicrous they sound, and how consequential their effects may be.

It is disturbing to know that during the Covid-19 pandemic, many children have experienced various forms of online harassment.

According to the UN Human Rights Office, at least 18 people have been killed and 30 others injured after the Myanmar police opened fire on protesters in several places in Myanmar on February 28.

Theatre activist Lily Chowdhury, wife of martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury, passed away today at her Banani residence.

Like with many other aspects of our life, the pandemic has dealt a serious blow on the education sector as well. The government has been mulling over

When Bangladesh was included in the Least Developed Country (LDC) group in 1975—at a time when the country and its economy was still recovering