Six months of lockdown has left hundreds of thousands of children stuck at home, harming their education and leading to various psychological

We welcome the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) for starting the disbursement of due wages and other benefits of the laid-off and retired

India’s decision to suspend the export of onions, which was announced on Monday evening, has triggered a steep rise in onion prices in

A report published in this daily brings to our attention the High Court’s observation that the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and

Can you solve a problem using the same method and style of thinking that created the problem in the first place? The administration seems to think

Despite the government’s enthusiastic approach towards a digital Bangladesh, it appears we still have a long way to go. It is concerning that nearly

The International Day of Democracy has been observed around the world on this day since 2007 to promote and uphold democratic principles,

At the 27th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which was recently held online, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen expressed his worries over the

As the prices of essentials continue to go up in the city’s kitchen markets, lower- and middle-income people, already grappling with the fallout of the

We welcome the Malaysian government’s decision to lift the entry ban that was imposed on citizens of Bangladesh and 22 other countries.

The dastardly attack on Wahida Khanam, UNO of Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur, has brought to the fore the dangerous working environment that

Six critical months into the pandemic, yet it remains far from over. A report recently published warns that while the number of under-five deaths

We are deeply saddened and outraged at the death of yet another Bangladeshi national near the Beurjhari border in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon

We appreciate the High Court’s directive to Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial costs in seven days to each family of the Narayanganj mosque blast

In what is now a landmark case, a Dhaka court on Wednesday gave the first ever verdict in a lawsuit filed under the Torture and Custodial Death

We stand with the civil society members who have condemned an attack on a photography exhibition on extrajudicial killings organised by Drik Gallery

The ministry of primary and mass education has finalised a plan for reopening primary schools across the country—which have remained closed

It is disheartening to know that the government’s literacy campaign targeting people aged 15 and above has been consistently failing to deliver results, despite several deadline extensions.

It has been six months since Bangladesh was struck by the worst disaster of the century by any definition, and it is time to assess if we are heading in the right direction and how we have fared during this rather traumatic period.

We are delighted by the news that Bangladesh has ranked number one so far among 174 participating countries over the last five weeks at FIRST