The response to the news of coronavirus cases being reported in Bangladesh has been one of widespread panic. According to a report by The Daily Star, the news has been greeted with panic-buying and hoarding of face masks, hand sanitisers and antiseptic liquids as protection against a potential spread of the virus, which has globally infected over 100,000 people and killed at least 4,028 so far.

The ongoing tussle between mobile carriers and regulators has led to a significant decline in investment in the mobile industry.

While we are heartened by the Prime Minister’s assurance that the government is taking all measures to make sure Bangladesh can

That one can in one’s own way, small or big, be helpful to fellow beings, has been very eloquently demonstrated by Mohammad Forkan Ali.

While women should make up a third of any political party, as stipulated by the Representation of the People Order, except for five parties, no other political party in the country has the required percentage of women’s participation.

A recent report by this daily has drawn our attention to a pathetic display of dereliction and inefficiency by the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) officials responsible for keeping the streets clean.

We are shocked to learn that at least 23 people were killed and nine others injured in separate road crashes across the country on March 6.

There is no denying the fact that in order for our small and medium enterprise (SME) sector to fully flourish, more research needs to be done on demand, production, and marketing of SME products.

For Bangladesh, several days are embossed in gold in its history. March 7 of 1971 is one of them, for it turned the course of history for the nation and the subcontinent as a whole.

We are dismayed by a recent report published in this daily which refers to a government study according to which, 98 percent of the healthcare centres in the districts lack water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities.

We are more than pleased to learn about the brave and determined stance of officials of the BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) who stood up to a lawmaker who has encroached upon a large and crucial area of the Buriganga River in Charwashpur.

it is shocking to note the apathy of our policymakers in addressing the issue of air pollution which has been taking its toll on public

While we should perhaps consider ourselves lucky that we have not been as severely affected by the coronavirus as many other countries of the world, there is no reason for us to be complacent regarding our preparedness should an outbreak of the virus take place.

We are deeply troubled by the news that seven suspected Rohingya robbers were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf on March 2, in what was the highest number of casualties in an encounter in the country in recent times.

We commend Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her prudent directives to her cabinet colleagues, saying that they should build houses for the homeless instead of indiscriminately setting up Bangabandhu’s murals to commemorate “Mujib Borsho”—the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.

We are concerned at the fact that the libraries in the capital, including the central library of the University of Dhaka (DU), are increasingly being used by students for reading BCS guides rather than for academic purposes.

Mohammadpur Geneva Camp’s drug lord Ishtiaq Ahmed is reportedly back in the drug game at the highest level.

A recent report published by this daily revealed that Sonadanga Bypass Road, the main way leading in and out of Khulna, is in a dilapidated state because the concerned authorities have paid no attention to the dire condition it faces.

Is the administration concerned about road accidents? It would seem not. Road accidents, unfortunately, have become quite a norm in Bangladesh given that hardly a day passes without some grim stories and pictures in the media of road accidents and the death and destruction that they wreak.

The recent fire in the capital’s Eskaton, which killed three people, two of them children, and left six others injured, two of them in critical condition, brings to the fore the complete apathy of the building owners and the government agencies concerned about the fire safety issues in the city.