We are quite disappointed by the fact that the EC is considering either completely or partly blocking mobile internet services or reducing internet speed on Election Day on December 30.

The guidelines issued by the EC to journalists with several “do's and don'ts” will only create impediments for journalists in carrying out their duty.

In Patuakhali-2 constituency, at least seven upazila- and union-level leaders and activists of AL have been allegedly appointed as election officials. This is in direct violation of the Election Commission's guidelines, which states that individuals whose neutrality is doubtful cannot be appointed as election officials.

A video clip showing the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kolaroa Police Station in Satkhira has taken social media by storm. In it the OC is seen

With just a week left before the national election, it is worrying that there should be a need to reiterate the call for something as

This is the second time we have heard an election commissioner come out with an outlandish comment on ensuring level playing field in the election, suggesting that it is not possible to guarantee cent percent of equal opportunity for all candidates.

It is barely surprising that commercial banks are undergoing a credit crunch and have turned to the central bank to manage the withdrawal pressure. Everyone in the banking sector saw it coming, but those responsible for taking actions didn't take any corrective measures.

Acombination of worker-friendly deals and their effective implementation is a must to protect the rights of the Bangladeshi migrant

Seven candidates belonging to the opposition camp have come under attack in different districts, allegedly by Awami League men.

Both the major political parties have come out with their manifestos containing a plethora of promises. Some are restatements of commitments of the past unfulfilled, some new ones.

This daily had reported yesterday that some influential people have been destroying the small and medium sized hills in three upazilas of Tangail to fill up some low-lying areas and wetlands, without any consideration for the environment or the ecosystem of the area.

It is heartening to learn that the country's largest solar park that started operating in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf last September, has been benefitting over 8 lakh people and thousands of small to medium businesses in Teknaf and Ukhia upazila.

The finance minister has a track record of revealing the truth from time to time, no matter how unpalatable the truth may be. We commend his remarks about a certain Chattogram-based business conglomerate having grown all too powerful in the financial sector.

Either one has to be stone deaf and hopelessly blind or be living in another world to utter what the CEC said regarding the playing field being absolutely level and that, to quote him, the candidates are being able to conduct campaigns and are not facing any obstacles.

Just last month, we wrote an editorial praising the Malaysian government for taking steps to bring foreign workers under its Social Security Organisation (Sosco) beginning next year.

Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar and Rakhine State are increasingly at risk of becoming victims of trafficking following the Myanmar Army's brutal crackdown last year,

The Daily Star reported on December 15 how a 13-year-old domestic helper, Ruby, was frequently brutally tortured by her employers.

Today is a day that comes with a mixed feeling. The taste of victory and joy of independence was marred, for victory came at the cost of three million lives and the dignity of thousands of our mothers and sisters.

It is regrettable that the opposition candidates across the country continue to be targeted and their campaigns attacked by their political opponents—something that makes the EC's claim of a level playing field a laughing matter.

As this daily has reported on December 12, the families of 600 martyrs in Lalmonirhat town are yet to get recognition from the government. That we are getting to know this fact 47 years after independence is tragic. On April 5, 1971, around 600 Bangalees, including 84 railway officials and employees, school and college teachers, businessmen and cultural activists were brutally killed by the Pakistan army and their collaborators at the rickshaw stand beside Lalmonirhat Railway Station.