For the children of villagers who call the Sundarbans home, electricity is but a dream. Hence, schooling was a luxury for children of day labourers because these people are so poor that they can ill afford even the basics like healthcare.

Hardly had we finished complimenting the authorities for a job well-done in distributing timely new textbooks to the students when

A recently released UN global report on climate change resilience has brought to the fore again the critical state that countries like Bangladesh are in, as far as environmental and socio- economic impacts are concerned.

A group of women formed a volunteer group named “For a Bit of Smile” back in 2014 to help communicate with cancer-ridden children receiving treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Medical University (BSMMU).

It is heartening to note that Bangladesh is one of the top performers in ensuring nutrition and basic medical care, and health and wellness, according to the Social Progress Index 2016.

Medical education in the country has virtually broken down due to shortage of teachers and lack of adequate physical infrastructure,

There are many lessons that the authorities can take from the devastating fire at DCC Market in Gulshan 1 that broke out in the early morning of January 3.

A story published in this newspaper on Wednesday reported how 50 percent of the wooden sleepers of a railway bridge in Kulaura upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet railway line are damaged.

Gas supply in the city, fitful in other seasons, gets more erratic in the winter, causing untold sufferings to the end users.

A high school headmaster was allegedly beaten up by a local Awami League (AL) leader and his gang in Gangni upazila of Meherpur on the first day of the New Year.

Water supply in the city has remained despicably erratic as it is, punctuated with occasional flows of putrid liquid that is not fit for human consumption.

The government has yet again extended the date of shifting the Hazaribagh tanneries by three months.

We have said goodbye to a year with positive notes in many aspects, particularly the economy. However, we hope and aspire for a better 2017 and there are several areas that we think changes can make a big difference.

In a praiseworthy feat, the government is distributing more than 36 crore textbooks to more than 4 crore students of primary and secondary schools, ebtedayee and dakhil madrasas and technical institutions across the country.

Aphotograph published by this newspaper on Saturday, showing a man sprinkling petals on the ground near Salimullah Muslim Hall of

Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE) revealed in a study conducted recently that at least 1,240

Environmentalists allege that several parts of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate, on the outskirts of Dhaka, are not completed yet.

We appreciate the Water Resources minister for calling for a more efficient water management system in order to ensure a sustainable water ...

Thirteen Nobel laureates including Professor Yunus, and 10 global leaders in a joint statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have urged world leaders to stand united and send a strong message to the Myanmarese government that enough is enough.

Amid widespread protests from writers, cultural activists and eminent personalities, Bangla Academy withdraws its ban on Shrabon Prokashani to set up stall in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair for two years.