We are pleased to know that the High Court has ordered a halt to the demolition of historic buildings in Old Dhaka. The colonial era buildings located on Hrishikesh Das road began being demolished this month to make way for an eight-storied building for which permission was obtained from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSSC) has come up with a bizarre solution to tackle the runaway problem of combating mosquito infestation in its jurisdictional area. Authorities have stated that they will conduct house-to-house inspections and fine or jail residents who are found to have unclean environments that help breed the deadly Aedes mosquitoes.

Every year, thousands of women come to Dhaka from different areas of the country to pursue their studies or to earn a living.

Yesterday we reported that a businessman who was picked up from his residence in Dhaka by people identifying as law enforcers was freed after eight days of captivity.

It was indeed a heartbreak of a loss. After displaying a magnificent performance against the host to reach the final of the Nidahas Trophy, the much-hoped-for first win in a T20 final has once again evaded our men in green and red.

If picture speaks a thousand words then the one carried in the back page of this paper on Sunday speaks more than that. It shows several women garment workers walking on a footpath unshod, to grab a quick lunch since they don't carry lunch to work. They had come out without footgear to give a slip to their work supervisors because if they were detected leaving the factory premises during lunch break, they would have to pay for their absence from their wages.

The dreadful ordeal of a family, terrorised over an 8.5 katha land by a gang of miscreants that included ruling party men, is alarming. We are aghast by such criminal behaviour which again brings to light how affiliation with powerful quarters and influence are being abused to intimidate, terrorise and blatantly rob people at gunpoint in our country—in this case, literally.

We congratulate Bangladesh national cricket team on its first-ever ascension to the final of any tournament abroad.

The government deserves credit for taking steps to better the country's prospects to graduate from the least developed countries' (LDC) category within the foreseeable future.

The news that a schoolgirl was stabbed on Wednesday by an assailant to avenge the filing of a case against him by her brother shows

Despite efforts by the central bank to restore some modicum of financial discipline in the state-owned banks with regard to

It is saddening to learn that the friends and families of the victims of US-Bangla Airlines plane crash are still waiting to receive the bodies of their departed loved ones. Needless to say, the relatives have gone through excruciating moments after the accident. Now, they are stuck at TU Teaching University Hospital, and at the time of writing, still waiting to see a glimpse of their loved ones who have passed away.

A kidnapping ring allegedly headed by a leader of ruling Awami League's Harirampur upazila unit in Manikganj has been busted by RAB. Two individuals were abducted by the group from the city's Tejgaon area last Friday, put into sacks and beaten for three days.

Given that no bank in the country is allowed to give out any loan if the CIB report is not generated, we would have thought that the BB management would have placed more priority on the IT server and those who operate the IT system.

It goes without saying that we are in agreement with Adama Dieng, UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide, who did not mince his words when he said that the international community, including the UN, has failed to protect the Rohingya people.

The tragic US-Bangla plane crash at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Monday has left us shocked, saddened and at a loss for words. This is the deadliest civil aviation disaster in Bangladesh's history.

The fire that engulfed Mirpur slum on March 12 is said to have gutted 1,000 shanties leaving thousands with nothing but the clothes on their backs. These are people from the lowest income groups who lost all their meaningful possessions and literally have no place to go.

The news report by our Thakurgaon correspondent is both tragic and infuriating.

Following a deadly landslide that claimed the lives of 127 people in Chittagong in 2007, port city authorities took Tk 10,000 each from 33 families of a landslide-prone slum five years ago, promising to relocate them to an apartment building.

As we observed Disaster Preparedness Day, it would be well to remind ourselves that disaster is a part of our lives and preparing for it must be a constant and dynamic feature of our lives too.