We commend the work done by both the city corporations in cleaning up the wastes of sacrificial animals in the capital within the shortest possible time.

We don't know exactly how to respond to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's claim to international media that it is Bangladesh that is holding up Rohingya repatriation.

It is indeed a sad commentary on our legal system that women and children still cry out for justice in Bangladesh.

The accused in a rape case who is a member of Dhunat upazila unit of Awami League has been let off by the Officer-in-charge (OC) of

As Muslims in the country celebrates Eid-ul-Azha, the second most important festival in the Islamic calendar, we hope it will be an

Traders of traditional handloom saris in Tangail district are concerned by the lack of demand for their product.

Kofi Annan, who served as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside the UN in 2001, passed away on August 18, 2018 in Switzerland, at the age of 80.

A research team from Brac University's Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER) has perfected the design of a floating house that is flood-resistant and made of bamboo, wood and plastic barrels.

Ttravelling home on Eid holidays has been an excruciating experience in Bangladesh.

We are shocked at the latest incident of road crash that occurred last Wednesday in Rajshahi. A bus ran over three people including a schoolgirl killing them all on the spot and also injuring several others.

We are concerned by the arrest of at least 22 students of various universities who have been accused of different offences under some laws including the controversial Section 57 of the ICT Act. The accused university students (including female students) have been repeatedly denied bail.

That Myanmar takes offence at the usage of the term, “forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals,” by Bangladesh is unacceptable. Myanmar's claims that neither do Rohingyas have a legitimate citizenship claim in the country nor were they forcibly displaced are simply blatant lies.

We are perplexed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman's comment made at a discussion recently that the anti-graft body is keeping a close watch on the corrupt practices that are rampant amongst officials of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

We appreciate the government's plans to provide 20,000 urban ultra-poor families with housing and loans.

According to The Economist Intelligence Unit's annual “Global Liveability Index 2018”, Dhaka has slipped two places from last year to become the second worst city to live in the world, only topping war-ravaged Damascus in Syria.

August 15 marks a black chapter in the history of this country—a day when the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along with almost his entire family, was killed by a despicable group of people.

It has been one year since the controversial Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 has been enacted. At a recent discussion among rights groups it was revealed that as rules under the Act have not been formulated, there has been a rise in misuse of the law.

We are baffled and disappointed to know that the much-hyped Bus Rapid Transit route that was supposed to cover 22 km of road and relieve much of the traffic congestion of Dhaka city will actually cover only a 10 km stretch. What's more, even this much curtailed goal will not be accomplished before 2024. And the reason why we are getting only half our dreams come true (if they do at all) is that a number of arbitrarily built flyovers are blocking the BRT proposed routes.

We are deeply disturbed by the insensitive behavoiur of two nurses of a government health complex who, reportedly, refused to admit an expectant mother, who was in labour, for reasons unknown. Having been driven away from the hospital, the unfortunate woman had to give birth in the hospital compound under a tree without any medical assistance.

We appreciate the initiatives taken by Bojromushthi, a voluntary organisation, which has been working to set up emergency sanitary pad