At the height of controversy surrounding the health sector, when allegations of scams, mismanagement and corruption regarding the government’s

The National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) has sent a rejoinder against an editorial of The Daily Star titled “Patients continue to be

In a display of amazing courage and great composure, police constable Atikur Rahman saved three young boys from drowning in the Hoja river of

The revelation that at least four government-approved laboratories in the country have been using one kit for testing two Covid-19 samples is

We are worried to learn that this year’s flood is likely to continue till mid-August which may eventually worsen the sufferings of more than 25 lakh

Over the past two weeks, the rift between the health ministry and the health directorate over Regent Hospital, which has been at the centre of the

It may sound facetious, even tendentious, but it will be very close to the truth to suggest that while the rainy season and waterlogging come as a curse

Reforms desired in Bangladesh’s energy sector have long been trapped in a policy dragnet that encouraged expansion of coal-based power

We are dismayed and worried about reports of counterfeit N95 masks—evident by the syntax and spelling errors in the labelling—being given to

One of the biggest challenges faced by governments all over the world during this pandemic has been guaranteeing food security, which essentially means supporting the agriculture sector and also ensuring a steady supply of food through imports.

It is unfortunate that nearly two months after cyclone Amphan hit the country’s coastal regions, many families in Khulna’s Koyra upazila still could

Covid-19 has compelled countries to test, try and come up with new treatments to cure the afflicted. We have been clutching at every straw,

An investigative report in this paper has revealed a dismal scenario of the state of health research in the country. At a time when scientific research

As a number of national and international reports have revealed, the impacts of Covid-19 on primary and secondary level students in Bangladesh

A recent report in this paper sheds light on the sanguine story of Habibur Rahman, a book vendor who came to Dhaka from Narsingdi in 1988.

We are concerned that four months since the onset of Covid-19 in the country, the government is yet to prepare a reliable database of the poor and

We express our shock and sorrow at the untimely death and gruesome murder of Fahim Saleh—who co-founded the ride-sharing venture Pathao in

As the pandemic continues to rage across the country and its economic fallout is already starkly manifested, young people are facing

Amidst increasing uncertainty about future job prospects of Bangladeshi workers overseas, Kuwait, which currently employs around 3.5 lakh

In the middle of the uncertainties caused by the unchecked spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh and the global economic downturn, the situation is