A picture of Sylhet's Surma River published in this daily on Tuesday is proof that despite all the hue and cry over encroachment of our rivers by activists and the media, nothing has changed.

As per a report published in this paper on January 9, four convicted killers, one of them given death sentence, for a murder committed in 2012, never served their sentences and are said to be roaming freely in Malaysia.

According to a report published by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), an average of 28 children are murdered and 49 raped in the country every month.

We take note of two comments made by the president and the prime minister in their address marking the inauguration of Police Week-2018.

We have, once again, been assured by the education minister, of the government's all-out measures to prevent question leaks.

Here can be no question that we need a boost in our mass transport system considering the growing population of this city.

The news of the introduction of a specialised police unit, complete with software that can detect remarks and postings on social media that may be considered cybercrime, brings about mixed feelings.

The report by a news agency that the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is turning into a 'sanctuary for poachers' is indeed terrifying. The forest is supposed to be a sanctuary for its vast flora and fauna.

The ruling party repeatedly gets permission to congregate and not the opposition. The state of democracy is quite clear.

The question that has to be asked is, what compels the central bank to remain silent on the issue?

A picture in the back page of this paper yesterday embarrassingly contrasts a story on the front page.

Two separate reports have been published recently about deaths at workplace. Indeed, the year 2017 has been a particularly deadly year for workers in Bangladesh.

The fiasco over the ongoing fast-unto-death of teachers demanding inclusion in the government's Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme and how it came about despite there being a policy to execute the scheme, bespeaks a noble effort that's gone haywire thanks to neglect and systemic failure.

On January 3, we reported that four workers were killed in a landslide in Jaflong while they were extracting stones from a quarry illegally. But, further developments on the story, reported on January 4, reveal far worse.

Three pictures in this paper yesterday depict the utter callousness with which we have degraded our natural resources because of greed and indifference.

Last year, the cost of living in Dhaka hit a four-year high. It rose by an alarming 8.44 percentage points from that of 2016.

We are alarmed to know that diphtheria, a highly contagious disease, has made a sudden comeback in Bangladesh.

Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, the government has started the free distribution of 35.42 crore copies of textbooks to more than 4.37 crore students nationwide.

We are dismayed to see the lack of efficient teachers leading to poor results for board examinations published on Saturday.

Much progress has been made towards economic development in the last year but sadly the same cannot be said about the state of human rights in the country.