The tragedy of a ninth grade student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College taking her own life after being rebuked by her school teachers is a wakeup call for us regarding the responsibility of school authorities to ensure that a child is treated with dignity and sensitivity no matter what the offence he or she has committed.

When as much as 80 percent of total donations for the Rohingyas is spent on operations by international NGOs (INGOs), one wonders what is left for those that the bulk of the money is meant for.

After the rape of two university students at a hotel in Banani in March last year, the outcry for justice was tremendous. The prime accused was arrested soon after.

Bangladesh's banking system has been put on “negative watch” by the global ratings agency, Moody's Investors Service, despite the country's impressive economic performance and strong economy.

To have more than a hundred thousand people added every year to the list of patients afflicted by a disease is a burden for any healthcare system.

A human rights group contracted by the US State Department reportedly found that there is “reasonable basis to conclude” that genocide did take place in Myanmar's Rakhine State against the Rohingya people.

The report presented in the UK House of Commons recently had a lot to say about the “level playing field” that our Election Commission (EC) keeps touting.

The horrific road crash demonstrated through a picture in this daily on Friday is a rude reminder that nothing has changed as far as road safety is concerned.

The Dalits and Harijans are two groups of people who have traditionally been treated with disdain by the rest of society. Naturally, they have lagged behind other groups, be it in terms of opportunities in education, health or employment.

After assuming office in July 2015, the late mayor Annisul Huq only wanted a few years to change Dhaka city and we, the city dwellers, were keenly observing his ambitious plans and wondering if those plans were at all achievable.

That Khaleda Zia cannot contest in the election due to a Supreme Court ruling is surely a crushing blow to BNP, as it is set to participate in the election without its leader for the first time in its history.

It is disappointing that our major political parties have not really done much in terms of enhancing the participation of young people from indigenous communities in politic

What many of us do not know is that after drowning, road accident is the second biggest killer of children in our country.

Although incidents of gender-based violence have increased over the years, there is hardly any improvement in terms of getting justice in the cases filed over these incidents.

The Daily Star has found that of the 310 listed companies that have floated shares in the country's stock market, only 131 firms are disclosing all the information they are required to do so as per rules of the corporate governance code.

Ironic is the word that comes to mind when we look at the report published recently by Bangladesh Bank (BB) titled “Role of Bangladesh Bank in the govt success for the last 10 years.”

With the plans for the immediate repatriation of Rohingya refugees deferred till 2019, Bangladesh and all the organisations working in Cox's Bazar need to come to some key decisions and a well-planned strategy.

Political and security experts on Saturday expressed their discontent with the Election Commission, saying that its performance so far was not satisfactory. The EC has been granted immense power by the constitution and the credibility of the upcoming parliamentary election, no doubt, depends considerably on the actions of the commission.

The government and non-state actors like NGOs have been trying to combat the scourge of violence against women in Bangladesh for decades but such crimes continue to cast a shadow on our development.

It is a mystery how a brand new fire station in Maheshpur, Jhenidah, inaugurated in December last year, should be fully equipped in terms of infrastructure and machinery but devoid of the staff required for it to operate.