Three pedestrians were critically injured in the violence. Nahid Mia and Morsalin were among them.

Despite the prime minister’s concern regarding delay in the implementation of important projects in the country, and her suggestion for timely execution, it has almost become a certainty that no project in Bangladesh will be completed within the given time.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions against Russia have already created a global energy insecurity.

The US economy has begun to display a bizarre combination of conflicting signals, making global recovery largely unpredictable.

Some of us may breathe a sigh of relief that Hriday Mondal, imprisoned for 19 days and denied bail twice, for trying to explain the difference between science and religion to his students, has been granted bail.

Dear Reehan Rahman, My father, photojournalist and editor Shafiqul Islam Kajol, was added to the list of hundreds of Bangladeshi victims of enforced disappearance on March 10, 2020.

Why didn’t they take action before the situation turned violent in New Market area?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations (UN) body set up to commission major assessments of the state of science on climate change and issue their assessment report every five or so years.

Over the years, I have offered in these columns my ideas on solving some of Dhaka’s problems: overcrowding, traffic, and open garbage on the streets.

In the US, being Black or just a person of colour is enough to get one killed or arrested by a cop, merely for being at the wrong place at the wrong time—or even the right place at the right time.

It’s disconcerting to know that the government has been able to utilise only around 15 percent of funds allocated for two Covid emergency

Administrators appointed in 61 zila parishads

Leading up to the national budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year (which amounted to Tk 603,681 crore—17.5 percent of the GDP), all eyes were

People from various parts of the country will soon set out for their home from their places of work to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their families.

Price hikes of essential goods during Ramadan has become a regular occurrence in Bangladesh. It is justified, from an economic point of

Tall high-rise buildings dot the sea front of Galle Face. Most are international hotel chains, and one is a swanky upmarket shopping mall—a

The recent publication of the drafts of two long-awaited legislations on regulating the usage of internet in Bangladesh have stoked some debate on their likely impact on both the citizens and businesses.

We hope this is not the beginning of renormalising such encounters

With Covid-19 cases receding worldwide, our lives are entering a new phase, where the “normal” perhaps means a strategic co-existence with an ever-present, maleficent viral disease.

Like all other developing towns and cities in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar has been growing at a tremendously rapid rate. And, not surprisingly,