The National River Conservation Commission’s recommendation to hand jail terms to river-polluters should come as no surprise given the rampant encroachment of our rivers.

There are no words to express our sorrow and sympathies for the bereaved of the victims of the terrible road crash between a lorry

Slums are increasingly a dangerous place to live in, going by the incidents of fire in recent years, not that life is any easier for the residents when there is not a fire to devour all they have.

We are happy to note the small beginning that Sheikh Hasina has initiated in this regard by removing from the party planning mechanism most of the ministers in the new set-up of the party committees.

The Turag river is being contaminated with the untreated liquid industrial waste that is being dumped into the canals, streams and waterbodies around the garments washing plants and textile units located in Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) area. Local inhabitants tell of a time when the Turag canal water was so fresh that people could drink from it.

We find it abhorrible that a school built in 1960 and declared unsafe by the Education Engineering Department (EED) in Jhenaidah in 2015 is still in operation.

At a time when experts are struggling to find an answer to the environmental degradation in Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf caused by vast

While the leading opposition parties, particularly the BNP, have expressed their reservations on the conduct of the DCC elections, that

It is quite disappointing that a project that would make tanneries treat their toxic effluents, so that a river is protected, has still not materialised even after 16 years of its being initiated.

The fact that seven officers of the rank of secretary have been promoted to the higher rank of senior secretary would not be headline

Regrettably, bad air quality is one index where Dhaka is consistently topping the chart.

While the Christians all over the world celebrate the day, let this day be a reminder of the teachings of love for humanity.

The government’s decision to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Chandpur tea estate in Chunarughat, Habiganj, will have negative repercussions on several counts.

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and at least 27 of his supporters were once again attacked by members of Bangladesh Chhatra League and the so-called Muktijuddho Moncho (mostly comprised of BCL men).

Areport published by this daily on December 22 on the mishandling of medical waste in Rajshahi is symptomatic of the overall reluctance of medical authorities in managing medical waste across the country.

Following the conclusion of AL’s 21st Council, we believe that the party would seize the opportunity to redeem its pledges and retrieve its credentials.

The recent visit by a joint delegation of Myanmar and Asean to the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar saw Myanmar follow the usual trail of deceptions,

In the passing of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed the country has lost a humanitarian of the highest order, whose mission in life was the betterment of the poor.

It is a befuddling tale that the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) has been spinning for the 11 years of its life.

We laud two of our ministers for their critical assessment of the reasons behind the poor state of roads that lead to immense public suffering.