Finance Minister AMA Muhith last week disclosed that the government intends to utilise about USD 7.55 billion of foreign aid in fiscal 2017-18.

When the Vested Property Return (Amendment) Act was passed in 2011 it came as a relief for the minority community of the county.

We are utterly dumbfounded to know from a report in this daily, that as many as 63 jails across the country have no doctors at all to treat

The security forces deserve credit for detecting and neutralising militants, particularly over the last one year after the Holey Artisan encounter.

How does medicine and medical equipment meant to be supplied to patients according to their needs end up in a pond?

Alaudable provision of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000 makes it mandatory for lower courts which are dealing with cases under the law to dispose with them within 180 days of framing charges.

Intimidation through violence to grab the land of the helpless is an age-old practice in our country where those with influence and power

Toxic gas from brick kilns in Badalgachhi and Manda upazilas of Naogaon has damaged Irri-Boro paddy on 200 acres of land along with

The PM's announcement of along-term and sustainable 'Employment Injury Scheme' to ensure better benefits and support for workers is

All the smoke and stench diffused from burning garbage on the side of the road is not only undesirable, but is harmful to public health. Why then is garbage being disposed like this? Aren't the authorities at all concerned about the consequences of this on public health?

We are dumbfounded by the Mirpur police bringing a case to the court where an 11-month old baby Rubel, and Arifur Rahman who had been dead for 3 years at the time of occurrence, have been charge-sheeted for vandalism!

Within just a week, prices of staples, including rice, sugar, onions, egg plant and other vegetables have increased by Tk. 5 to 15 per kg.

Allegations have arisen against the chairmen and their relatives in Sunamganj district's Rajanagor and Rofinagar union that they are depriving the affected farmers of rice allocated to them under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.

We are relieved at the result of the French elections with pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron winning the battle with the far right leader Marine Le Pen who sent chills across Europe and the rest of the world with her anti-immigration, racist rhetoric.

We have another coalition, the country's biggest-ever, titled United National Alliance (UNA) led by Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad. Coalition is not new to Bangladesh. But the newest one has generated a few questions.

First it was toxic materialsin the ships, hauled to the breaking yard for scrapping, which posed hazard to the environment as well as to the workers and people living in the surrounding areas.

In the midst of so much chaos in so many places of the world mostly responsible for driving the European refugee crisis, Bangladesh is now the single largest origin of migrants arriving in Europe.

The sufferings of people caused by the lack of availability of safe drinking water have gotten more acute due to the unbearable scorching heat.

Activists and transport leaders in discussions on the proposed “Road Transport Act-2017” on May 4 took policymakers to task for the loopholes and vagueness of the proposed Act.

The flip side to the disappointing fall in the overall pass rate in this year's SSC examinations is that it reflects the result of a more standardised evaluation system introduced by the Education ministry. It seems that this new grading system reduces the possibility of bias or negligence while checking exam scripts.