The statistics are shocking. A report by Bangladesh Children's Rights Forum presents a very grim picture of the safety of children in our society, where more than 2000 children fell victim to different kinds of hazards last year.

Less than a week ago, we wrote an editorial on how a syndicate of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in collusion with importers, and possibly port officials, were able to clear some 4,000 consignments using forged documents over a two-year period.

It is quite ludicrous that a physically challenged man whose right arm has been deformed since birth has been made one of the 52 people accused of violently attacking the police using sharp

The road transport and bridges minister's remark that he is well aware of what is going on in the trouble-ridden Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) comes across as more of an

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has introduced a telephone hotline recently and has been getting calls about absentee doctors in district hospitals and health complexes.

We are surprised to learn that a secretary of the railway division under the former communication ministry (now ministry of road transport and bridges), who was made OSD (Officer on Special Duty) in 2011, has gone on post-retirement leave with the same status.

State-owned banks have assessed that influential defaulters are to blame for the epidemic of loan defaulting and the continuously

The government's ban on import and sale of meat and bone meal (MBM), a kind of poultry feed, is quite alarming for a number of reasons, including the fact that MBM poses a major public health risk.

It is unthinkable that illegal sand sifters have the gall to physically attack an assistant commissioner (land) and other officials.

It is very unfortunate that the initiative taken by the two city corporations of Dhaka to install tactile tiles on footpaths to facilitate the movement of physically challenged people has failed to bring any positive results.

One needs hardly restate the importance of proper medical waste management (MWM). Yet apparently, this matter of public health has not gotten the attention it deserves from the related quarters.

In the first 18 days of this year alone, 23 incidents of rape and attempted rape were reported in a leading Bangla daily.

While more and more women have been entering the job market every year—both formal and informal—they are still facing serious wage discrimination.

The rationale being used by a number of privately-owned banks to bring back an archaic management practice, i.e. centralising all decisions and stripping branches of that crucial role that made banking easy for customers is that it will stop the flood of nonperforming loans (NPLs) that has engulfed the banking sector.

The fact that a gang comprising clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents and importers have been able to clear some 4,000 consignments

Since the beginning of the year, no less than 1,300 Rohingya Muslims crossed the border into Bangladesh from India, where many of

In the aftermath of the violent protests that engulfed the garments factories in Ashulia and Savar industrial zones, the police have filed cases against 215 individuals and a further 1,000 unnamed garment workers on charges of vandalism and looting and reportedly more than 800 workers have been laid off.

In an alarming development reported by The Daily Star on Wednesday, the suicide rate at public universities has shown a dramatic upward trend, with a reported case of 19 deaths in five universities last year.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is planning to include school and college students as volunteers in the fortnightly traffic programme that started on January 15.

It is good to learn that the DU authorities are hoping to hold the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election by March 31 this year.