A study by CPD, Oxfam and the European Union on the government’s relief distribution patterns found that relief for Covid and Amphan-hit people

In a shocking turn of events, Myanmar’s military has seized power on the day the first new parliamentary session was due to be held after the

News of transgressions by public servants and elected officials are so common that one no longer feels surprised hearing of them, but this instance

As the third phase of municipality polls was held on January 30, reports of violent clashes and irregularities again made news headlines. Elections to

It is encouraging to learn from a report published in this daily that 36 districts have already received the vaccine according to a list prepared by the

We are dismayed by the news that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has given its consent to shifting the iconic Kamalapur Station Plaza further

Ranking 146th and scoring 26 out of 100 in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 is a disheartening position for

We are disheartened to learn from a recent report published in this daily that 25 people lost their lives in 15 accidents on the highway connecting

We agree with the Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) that the government should develop a common guideline for case evaluation of migrant workers whom host countries have sent back involuntarily.

A mayor has won the Chattogram City Corporation polls by an apparent landslide but the incidents of violence that have taken the life of a young man and caused injury to more than a hundred others, along with voter intimidation, capture of scores of polling centres and false voting,

According to a report published in this daily yesterday, in line with the resumption of secondary-level schools and colleges, the government is also

The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in Bangladesh began on Wednesday. It is an incredibly important task and we wish the government the

The coronavirus crisis has worsened education inequality between rich and poor in Bangladesh as a huge number of students from poor families are not able to access the distance learning adopted by the government, according to a World Bank working paper.

Chattogram happens to be the second largest city in the country and not everything is going well in terms of the peaceful, fair and transparent

So it begins finally. If everything goes as planned, the prime minister will today inaugurate a pilot run for the rollout of Covishield—the Oxford-

We are disheartened to learn from a recent report in this newspaper that a portion of the Kohelia in Moheshkhali’s Matarbari union is in dire straits

In a world already riddled by extreme economic and racial inequality, the coronavirus has exacerbated entrenched systems of inequity and

We laud the government’s plan to undertake a Tk 428 crore project to develop the skills of 256,000 unemployed and disadvantaged women and hone

We had predicted at the very outset of the pandemic that one of the long lasting inevitable negative impacts of Covid-19 would be on the economy

Having received the first consignment of 20 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine as a gift from India—along with the purchase of three crore doses from