In separate raids across Dhaka and its surrounding areas, 12 suspected militants were killed on October 8, 2016.

More than three thousand lower-tier employees of the Wasa are having a ball at work, drawing twice or even thrice the amount of their basic salaries as overtime while the residents of Dhaka put up with acute water-logging...

Because of uninterrupted water supply and cost advantage over diesel-based pumps, irrigation using solar power is becoming more and more popular among farmers. Since 2012, 358 solar-based irrigation pumps, for example, have been installed to water crops.

We are constrained to say that in legislating the Foreign Donations Regulation Bill – 2016 the government has used its legislative power to enact laws to prevent public scrutiny of its performance as well as of other constitutional bodies. This will severely curtail the basic right of the citizens, who have elected their representatives to the parliament, to ventilate their views and opinions on these bodies.

A report by Child Rights Advocacy Coalition, a platform of 10 NGOs has revealed some chilling data – around 1,095 children were killed over the last four years.

Hilsa occupies a unique position in the culinary of Bangladesh, a delicacy that families eagerly await.

Five upazilas in Paira union falling under Jessore district remain in various stages of submersion as the 21 sluice gates in Bhabodaha have remained inoperable for many years. Hence, a serious downpour recently closed over 200 schools and students suffer the consequences.

In a classic example of how mismanagement can hijack the benefits of a well-intentioned government programme, subsidised rice meant for the ultra poor is ending up in the market in four districts due to corruption by officials, dealers and local influential people.

We have in the past few weeks editorialised what seems to be becoming a trend in many public and private medical institutions, the

As we write this editorial, a young and promising woman is desperately fighting for her life with doctors seeing minimal chances of her

Disorder rules on the waterways of the country because according to the department of shipping 10,000 registered marine vessels

It is indeed heartening to note that the number of poor in the country has reduced to 12.9 percent. There is no denying that the social

Around 80 percent of married women/girls have been abused by their husbands at least once in their lifetime.

We laud the efforts of CrticaLink which has developed a mobile application that sends alert to volunteers so that they can respond when a disaster strikes.

We hail the prime minister for winning the UN “Planet 50-50 Champion” and the “Agent of Change” awards for her resolute and visionary statesmanship.

The 19th Saarc Summit has been postponed, and we have not heard of a new date as yet.

The mosquito borne Zika virus is a serious issue that requires state-community measures to effectively combat. The virus is known to be

After four days of nonstop strike at the port city by Bangladesh Road Transport Owners' and Workers' Federation, a compromise was

Though the country is self sufficient in feeding its 160 million strong population, we cannot remain complacent to the fact that

We welcome the health ministry's appointment of an independent expert to administer this year's medical admission test and its