Graft involving land acquisition must be investigated

All we can now hope for is that Shireen Abu Akleh’s death does not get lost in the crowd of the thousands of Palestinian killings before hers.

It is unfortunate that Bangladesh Railway (BR) has not been able to make much progress when it comes to getting the customer trains

A decade ago, developed countries pledged to provide developing countries with USD 100 billion each year, from 2020 onwards.

It is not unknown in history that a single ruler was the cause of a nation’s downfall, the obvious case in modern times being Adolf Hitler—an elected leader—one of the best known among a collection of reviled names scattered throughout history as examples of the evil that power can degenerate into.

When was the last time we heard of any positive news about Bangladesh Railway (BR)? I don’t remember coming across any in recent years.

Almost all other signs point to increasing suffering as a result of high inflation and extremely high income inequality.

War games bring financial benefits to arms-makers and peddlers.

A new batch of 340 female migrant workers has returned home in the month of April to impart the usual depressing tales of exploitation,

Nepal and Bangladesh celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations on April 8, 2022. Nepal was the seventh country to recognise Bangladesh as an independent country in 1972.

Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about are all the things that could’ve saved me.

In an unprecedented move, the parliamentary standing committee on housing and public works ministry has directly recommended a major development project—to build an offshore smart city claiming land from the Bay of Bengal—directly to the prime minister.

A blatant miscarriage of justice

The condition which the residents of East Jurain, under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), have been living in for years is unbelievable.

The conflict between political correctness and incorrectness is as old as the history of political discourse itself.

Everywhere I go I hear the same maxim: sustainability is the only word forward for the fashion industry.

French sociologist Emile Durkheim described social cohesion as organic solidarity arising from peoples’ dependence on each other in a modern society.

When it comes to human development related expenses, the government should spend more.

Debt servicing has become a rising concern for developing countries in recent times.

The emergence of the Metaverse is perhaps a complete game changer for our world. Metaverse blurs the line between reality and virtual reality.