Threats do not work with Pyongyang and Washington knows it. It is time to step back from this continuous brinkmanship that could easily be misinterpreted by either of the two sides and begin a conflict that will end in horrendous loss of life.

Amidst the chaos surrounding hajj this year, the government has decided to spend a whopping Tk 10.15 crore, not to ease the plight of pilgrims who are in limbo due to visa complications, but to send 318 “pious Muslims” that include government officials and lawmakers who are financially solvent!

Today, as we celebrate International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Adivasi Dibosh), the indigenous communities of Bangladesh living in Chittagong Hill Tracts and plain lands are still being deprived of basic necessities.

We hope that the HC directive and DMP probe findings would serve as a wakeup call for the police administration to put its house in order that would put a stop to this sort of unprofessional and immoral behaviour that not only maligns the name of the force but, more dangerously, does great harm to the cause of justice.

Absolving the security forces of the alleged crimes is not surprising since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi has all along been denying the allegations. Her government has not allowed a UN fact-finding team to conduct its own probe into the charges.

Wasa, the central authority for water and sewerage, spent Tk 618 crore, while Bangladesh Water Development Board spent Tk 108 crore. The two city corporations spent Tk 1,270 crore between them.

The torrent of Yaba inflow into our country and rapid increase in its use, particularly amongst the youth is, perhaps, the biggest danger faced by the society after the threat of extremism. History is replete with examples of devastation of societies due to unbridled use of addictive substances.

We are very good at innovating and modifying things. Only if that were for the benefit of the people and authorised by law, but it is not. The crude, illegal and dangerous improvisations are done to serve the narrow economic interest of a handful of people.

We have been covering the issue of safety on waterways for some time now and now that Eid-ul-Azha is barely a month away, the need for better managing our waterways has become all the more important.

Othaimeen's comments are particularly important, given that his organisation reflects a unified voice of 57 Muslim states. He also pragmatically called on the South East Asian nations to join hands in tackling the problem, because these countries collectively wield significant leverage over Myanmar.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has promised to give Siddiqur Rahman a job in his ministry. This is the latest in a series of ministerial pronouncements made since Siddiqur, a third-year student at the Government Titumir College, was injured during a demonstration last month.

The record rainfall of 121mm in Dhaka on Thursday effectively put all major and minor roads and by lanes in Dhaka city under water. The residents of Dhaka city, rich and poor alike, bore the brunt of water logging that ensued and traffic crawled to a snail's pace.

While many countries do not have the benefit of even one seaport, we have two.

The Inspector General of Police has issued an order on all police units to seek advice from the legal wing of the Police Headquarters before recording any case under section 57 of the ICT Act.

The full text of the ruling on the scrapping of the 16th Amendment by the Supreme Court (SC) has been made public.

Hassles for hajj pilgrims are a regular phenomenon. Previously, it was botched flight schedules. And now it has come to light that additional fees on repeat pilgrims have been imposed! This has left around 40,000 pilgrims in the lurch.

Looking at the picture one can see that the bus has no brake lights or tail lights and doesn't even display a registration number. How could the hajj agency deploy such a dilapidated bus to transport the hajj pilgrims to the airport?

Not only will new providers have to pay this charge, but the existing 590 operators too will have to make a one-time deposit. The zonal fees for ISPs (urban area clusters) are proposed to go up 30 times from Tk 50,000 to Tk 15 lakh!

Continued executive control over the judiciary is bound to give scope for miscarriage of justice, which is why separation of power is so imperative, and such were our hopes when we heard the law minister say that progress had been made to that end.

Two things strike us as we think of the development: first, how could such a large number of potentially dangerous people secure bail even though there are legal safeguards in place to prevent the likelihood of an absconsion or repetition of a crime.