On April 21, we held a human chain programme at Khulna Shivbari intersection demanding payment of arrears of jute mill workers and reopening of closed jute mills.

Bangladesh’s continued slide in Press Freedom Index is alarming

Essentially, if someone expresses a critical view of the achievement of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, or the country’s relationship with another nation in a Facebook status, or even in a private message between friends on WhatsApp, that individual could be subjected to criminal punishment under the DSA, intrusive surveillance under the data protection law, or censorship under the digital, social media and OTT platform regulations. 

I first heard about Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the 60s when I was a young unemployed man eager for a job.

It is disturbing that despite much criticism of the practice of picking up alleged criminals by police officers in plainclothes, or arresting them without showing any proof of identity or supporting legal documents, it is still going on in the country.

In 1886, three years after the death of Karl Marx, the May Day movement took place. Earlier, in his book Das Kapital, Marx analysed the simultaneous rise of capitalism and the development of the working class.

This year’s May Day, now in its 136th year, follows the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence. Since our independence, the success of Bangladesh’s garments sector has featured repeatedly and prominently in national and international forums.

At a time when the demand for jute products in the world is increasing, and new private jute mills are being established, government workers are being handed over to the private mills.

Muhith was a freedom fighter and among the earlier diplomats who pledged their allegiance in support of an independent Bangladesh.

We are alarmed at the overnight surge of the prices of soybean and palm oil, following Indonesia’s export ban on crude and refined palm oil on Wednesday.

I was watching the BBC during the US’ 2003 Iraq invasion when one statement especially caught my attention.

In Dhaka’s urban transport system, buses, including minibuses, employ over five million people and account for almost half of the passenger trips.

A small “puti” fish leaps out of the water and plops back in. Yes, even fish can contort muscles and use their fins in ingenious ways to glide, squiggle or somersault.

Ownership ambiguity must be clarified

It is unfortunate that the government has not been able to make any progress in building a vaccine plant and research institute in Bangladesh

The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), last conducted in 2016, is a comprehensive national survey in Bangladesh.

In the last couple of months, we have been listening to discussions on how to build on the outcomes of the COP26—the 26th Conference of the Parties for climate change held in Glasgow, UK last year.

The idea of a justice system hinges on people’s faith in its ability to offer fair solutions. So justice, as the saying goes, should not only be done, but be seen to be done as well, so that people’s faith in it is kept intact.

Govt shouldn’t seek a backdoor exit out of the crisis

The word is one of the most pejorative terms in the English dictionary; it is the most reviled term, too, as well as an oft-used mechanism handy to the West to twist the tails of those it dislikes.