It is a demonstration of political farsightedness on the part of the Prime Minister to have accepted the proposal of the Oikyafront for a dialogue.

In what can only be described as a complete lack of coordination between different departments, 150 metres of a 2.5km concrete road have sunk into the Kumar River in Kazi Kandia area of Nagarkanda Upazila.

We are outraged by the way the transport workers' 48-hour countrywide strike was enforced.

To see that some people with licences to bear firearms are putting them to illegal use, such as those employed by private security agencies, as guards in banks, as a report in this newspaper has exposed, is alarming.

It certainly seems so from the actions of the Bangladesh Bank, as it has given AnonTex the green-light to take more loans from other state-owned banks, after it had borrowed Tk 5,500 crore from Janata Bank through serious irregularities, and defaulted on Tk 557 crore loans with the bank.

We strongly condemn the attack on the Gonoshasthaya Kendra last Friday. Not only were some of the buildings damaged and offices looted, students were also beaten up and injured and an attempt was made to break into the female dorm.

This newspaper reported on Friday about an extraordinary case of a man who served 16 years in prison without having ever been convicted, simply because he was unable to contact his family and did not have the funds to file an appeal.

It is most unfortunate that an unrealistic hike in toll collection from a bridge should end in violent clashes between transport workers and the police resulting in the death of a truck helper and injuries to around a hundred people.

It is heartening to note that Bangladesh has been ranked seventh in the Lonely Planet's—the world's largest travel guidebook publisher—top 10 “Best value” travel destinations for 2019.

United Nations (UN) investigators submitted a 444-page report to the UN Security Council on October 24 about the ongoing genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingyas.

Every year the government slaps a ban on catching of the Hilsa fish fry to help the fish spawn properly. But for the fisher folk community living along the Padma River in Munshiganj, it is a matter of subsistence and local authorities distribute free rice during this period.

While the country is nearing the eradication of extreme poverty and undergoing robust economic advancement, it needs to remodel its outdated poverty measurement method in order to uncover the real picture of poverty, as suggested by eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud at a recent launch of two books on poverty and inequality.

Bangladesh Post Office's digital financial service platform Nagad has sent shockwaves through the mobile financial service (MFS) sector, which, till date, had been dominated by private sector players.

It's unthinkable that dozens of people are employed without any pay at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for years (ranging from at least five to 15 years).

While we are all for endeavours to clamp down on the onslaught of drugs that have had devastating consequences for our youth, imposing a death penalty for carrying...

We appreciate the candour with which a senior official of Bangladesh Bank (BB) spoke about the problems affecting our banking sector at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) on October 22.

According to news reports in various papers published yesterday, at least seven dead bodies were recovered from Narayanganj and Uttara on Sunday. Four of the bodies were found in Araihazar of Narayanganj, one in Bhulta, Narayanganj, and two in Uttara.

Thanks to the rise of the #MeToo movement, issues related to sexual harassment and sexual assault, especially at the workplace, have received much-needed attention in recent times.

Admittedly, filling up manpower void is more easily said than done, particularly when that workforce consists primarily of technical hands.

According to the findings of multiple Bangladesh Bank investigations, Janata Bank has been granting undue favour to yet another big borrower breaking all sorts of banking rules. The borrower, Thermax, was granted these privileges despite paying only a fraction of its previous dues which now stand at a staggering Tk 1,230 crore.