Readymade garment (RMG) sector, the financial barometer of the country, has witnessed a slew of violent unrest at regular intervals in the last couple of years.

The second spell of cold wave has begun to sweep across the country, including divisions of Rangpur, Rajshahi and Sylhet, since

The situation prevailing at the Chittagong University of Science and Technology (CUST), where MBBS students are facing uncertainty as Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) has refused to register them, is unacceptable. The reason for BMDC not registering 1200 students is that the university administration had inducted more than the approved number of students.

It seems a measure of how badly things have gone out of hand when it comes to road safety that 14 people were killed and 61 injured in

The plight of Halim, whose son's life was taken away by a bullet of ruling party goons while they were trying to occupy a polling station in

A photo published in this newspaper yesterday showed an improvised motorised three-wheeler, known as Nasimon, in a major

How many more wake-up calls do authorities need to realise that carrying coal, or other ecologically harmful substances, particularly on

The Dhaka South City Corporation's (DSCC) decision to remove hawkers from the roads and footpaths of Gulistan and its adjacent areas

We are at a loss as to why the University Grants Commission (UGC) is granting permission for the establishment of an additional 16

A photo published in this newspaper yesterday showed an improvised motorised three-wheeler, known as Nasimon, in a major

The number of trucks carrying jute and jute goods to India through the Benapole land port has declined sharply after New Delhi imposed

The Myanmar special envoy was in the Capital recently to discuss the Rohingya refugee issue which is the direct consequence of the

Our concern is raised by a photo published in this paper on January 10 showing an under-construction flyover in Chittagong without

As part of the Clean Dhaka campaign, both DNCC and DSCC mayors set up hundreds of bins in their respective areas for better garbage management in the city.

The revealing pictures of using bamboo instead of iron rod in various government buildings expose the poor oversight of the public construction sector as well the grave danger we are living in.

Two very disconcerting issues have come to light in a report by the newly found Centre for Development and Employment Research.

We are worried by a Health Directorate survey reported in this paper yesterday, according to which the presence of Aedes mosquitoes in

The brutal torture of a seven-year-old domestic worker by her employer that has left her severely injured and in hospital will sicken most

The quick response of Ansar members present at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Saturday has prevented a major disaster, saving hundreds of lives in the process.

It is not clear why the BNP was denied permission by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on January 7 to mark what it calls “the democracy killing day” on January 5, the third anniversary of the parliamentary polls in 2014 which major opposition parties including the BNP had boycotted.