I often feel a visceral pain just thinking about raising our children without having them read the treasure of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam,

As Russian tanks battle through Ukraine on the orders of an authoritarian president, it is worth noting that Ukrainians are not the only ones who crave democracy.

The surge of Omicron has finally declined and children are back in schools. In most countries, when Covid cases are on the rise, schools are

The government’s decision to introduce health insurance for people with disabilities (PWDs) is, no doubt, a praiseworthy one. The insurance

The institution must be allowed to grow sustainably

What should one make of the report published in this daily that, in the last five months, at least 18 students of Dhaka University (DU) have been either

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global body under the United Nations (UN), has been conducting periodic reviews (every six or seven years) of the state of scientific knowledge on climate change for the last 30 years.

“We’re not talking here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin; we’re talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives,” said Philippe Corbe of BFM TV, a French cable news channel.

Do the official inflation figures in Bangladesh reflect the actual inflation faced by the economically marginalised households in the country?

DSA cases disproportionately filed against politicians, journalists

It’s alarming to know that syndicates both inside and outside the country are active in smuggling fake currency and drugs including phensedyl

The other day, a technician came over to fix my internet connection. He was a computer science graduate. But this is a job that any vocationally-trained person could do well—it doesn’t require a four-year university degree.

Before Ukraine was invaded, it received strong assurances from the US and the UK that they would stand beside the country if it’s attacked. Europe in its entirety, too, had vowed to stand with Ukraine.

In 2014, UK-based surveillance watchdog Privacy International published a procurement tender document issued by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) showing they were looking to buy mobile phone surveillance equipment known as “IMSI Catchers.”

Latest debacle may strip it of the right to fly to KSA

The recent announcement by the government to introduce a universal pension scheme (UPS) in Bangladesh from the 2022-23 fiscal year is a welcome and timely move.

Our RMG industry has been characterised by the phrase “feast or famine” these last two years. After Covid-19 broke out in early 2020, clothing orders were extremely hard to come by for a period of time.

As road crashes and deaths continue to surge in Bangladesh, despite all efforts by the authorities, one particular party that seems to be

When Deng Xiaoping launched China’s strategy of “reform and opening up” in 1978, economists in the West had their doubts.

An article in this daily, titled “Women don’t want to be superhumans” (published on February 2, 2022), has inspired me to write this column.