The High Court (HC) has opined that the ACC is following a “pick and choose” policy in arresting people in corruption cases.

The announcement by the Election Commission about mayoral polls in three city corporations on July 30 is hardly exciting. If the

According to two leading NGOs, at least 4,000 women workers returned home last year having endured physical and sexual abuse by their employers in KSA.

Officials from the ministry of finance have indicated that the government intends to raise the tax-free income from the current Tk 250,000 annually to Tk 270,000.

With Eid approaching and hundreds of thousands of Dhaka city-dwellers preparing to leave for the holidays, the possibility of severe traffic gridlocks at many key junctions remains a major concern.

The finance minister has stated at a roundtable discussion recently that the rate of budget implementation has come down which sends an ominous signal for the country's development.

The rising rate of C-sections in the country, particularly in private hospitals, is extremely concerning.

In response to a writ petition filed by rights organisations over the rape of a Garo woman in 2015 and the police's delay in recording her complaint, the High Court has come up with a set of 18 guidelines for ensuring protection and justice for victims of sexual assault and rape, which include some issues in need of critical attention.

A survey carried out by Jatri Kalyan Samity on 310 buses in different parts of the city in the first week of Ramadan has found that 8 out of 10 passengers are unhappy with the random manner in which fares are being charged in the name of “seating service”. Despite so-called seating service offered by buses, nearly a third of bus passengers stand on their trips despite paying extra for seating.

A group of students from Barisal University and Govt BM College took the initiative to establish a school that is providing underprivileged children education for free.

One of the facilitators of effective fight against terrorism and extremism is quick disposal of cases related to these.

We wonder why Bangladesh is still undecided whether to respond to a request by the International Criminal Court for its input as the court was considering an application by a prosecutor for jurisdiction over the expulsion of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Sexual harassment at workplace has emerged as a growing problem for women in Bangladesh as more women are now joining the workforce. Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday talked about the problems of harassment, violence and discrimination facing female professionals in general, and stressed on bringing in appropriate legislation to prevent them. Law, if enforced properly, can greatly help to curb such practices, but it is only part of the solution.

The Election Commission has approved 11 changes to its City Corporation Election Code of Conduct Rules 2016, one of which will permit parliament members to participate in electioneering in local elections. What is surprising is that not only have they been delisted from the list of people barred from campaigning in local elections, but also that the decision was taken hastily without discussing the issue with other political parties, to accommodate the demands of the Awami League.

A survey conducted by Bangladesh Marma Student Council on the effects of relentless stone mining in over 200 streambeds has been

We remain deeply skeptical and concerned about the strategies employed by the security forces to curb the drug trade. So far, 42 alleged drug traders have been killed in so-called shootouts across the country.

It is outrageous that a private hospital in Chittagong would dispose the body of a newborn in the Chittagong City Corporation's garbage dumping ground last Tuesday.

What are we to make of the fact that a freedom fighter was buried in Pabna's Bera upazila last Saturday with full state honours, but instead of the national flag his body was draped using a chatai (bamboo mat)?

We are extremely concerned at the rising death toll in shootouts by law enforcers in countrywide anti-narcotic drives. In the last nine days alone, at least 33 alleged drug peddlers have been killed in “gunfights” according to our reports. The details around these gunfights are hazy at best, and there are contradictory accounts by police and family members and neighbours of the deceased, who have made claims of plainclothes men picking up the accused.

TK 48,192 crore has been written off as irrecoverable loans by state-owned and private banks as of December last year. This state of affairs has come in the backdrop of a failure of banks to effectively pursue legal battles in the effort to recover bad loans. According to central bank regulations, banks are required to file lawsuits in the loan default court, Artha Rin Adalat.