We are deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 27 people in violence that has erupted in Delhi over the last three days over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The HC has issued a rule on the government asking why two of the sections of the Digital Security Act, 2018 (DSA) should not be declared illegal.

A report published in this daily on Monday reveals that despite the government taking various steps and investing crores to improve the services provided by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), private transport owners and workers have systematically managed to obstruct many of its initiatives.

Questions raised after the crackdown by Rab against Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions have been asked after similar crackdowns in the recent past: what enabled these leaders—who abused their connections to run criminal enterprises—to dodge scrutiny for so long, and why is no action being taken against their enablers?

The World Bank (WB) report on the state of road safety in Bangladesh only reinforces what the media has been continually projecting for a long time.

We are deeply concerned by a report in The Daily Star on February 23 that a rape victim and her family members in Gazipur city are passing days in fear being threatened by the rapist and his associates.

We are shocked to learn about the fate of a student hostel which was built at Chelachara village in Kawkhali upazila of Rangamati to provide accommodation to the indigenous children of remote areas. According to a report by The Daily Star on February 21, the hostel, which was constructed some nine years ago, has been lying useless because of fund crisis.

The poor outcome of a government initiative to ensure that children from minority ethnic communities are given early childhood education in their mother tongue is symptomatic of how well-intentioned projects are doomed to fail if they are not well thought out. Lack of planning and properly structuring of this initiative seem to be at the bottom of such failure.

We are alarmed to learn that a syndicate is openly stealing natural gas worth crores of taka from the gas supply lines each month and providing illegal gas connections in three upazilas of Brahmanbaria. According to a report by The Daily Star, the syndicate is even issuing fake “demand notes” and “bill books” to clients and collecting bills through accounts in different banks.

We are shocked to learn that one year after the devastating fire in Chawkbazar killed 71 people, none of the victims’ families have yet received any compensation from the government. The only money they received so far was Tk 20,000 to meet the burial expenses of their loved ones.

As we commemorate Ekushey with honour, respect and genuine love for our mother tongue, this is also the perfect time to reflect on our responsibility to promote and preserve the Bangla language.

We demand immediate and impartial investigation into the death of a woman in police custody, only a few hours after she was picked up by the Detective Branch of police in Gazipur on February 18.

It is bad enough that we have only 11.2 percent forest area left in the country (according to a 2016 report by ADB), which is much less than what is required for a proper ecological balance.

According to data from the Police Headquarters, 6,321 rape cases were filed with police stations in 2019, a 19 percent increase from the 5,123 cases that were lodged in 2018.

We are alarmed by the report of a businessman being picked up from his home in Dhaka allegedly by two police officers in the

As the monthlong Ekushey Boi Mela on the hallowed grounds of Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan enters its third week, we are left with a mixed feeling.

Banned three-wheelers with two-stroke engines continue to ply the streets of Dhaka, as seen in a photograph published by this newspaper yesterday.

It is a blatant display of utter neglect. When many hospitals in the country lack rudimentary lifesaving devices, that a hospital in the country would allow costly equipment in its inventory to fall into disrepair and eventually become obsolete before being put to use, is shocking.

Plastic pollution in our rivers has reached such an alarming level that it has now become difficult for the authorities to even dredge the rivers because of these non-biodegradable wastes.

At a day-long discussion in the city on Saturday, political analysts, former bureaucrats and good governance campaigners were all in agreement that the country’s democratic system would collapse without a free and fair polls system.