Airfare to different Middle Eastern countries has increased manifold in the last few months, putting an additional burden on migrant workers returning to their workplaces. The Daily Star had published a story in this regard titled ‘‘Flights to Middle East: Sky-high airfare adds to migrant workers’ woes’’.

Bangladesh's position in the World Press Freedom Index is declining every year. In 2021, Bangladesh ranked 152 out of 180 countries. Bangladesh ranks lower than India, Pakistan, and even Afghanistan, in the index.

The Mamata Bannerjee-led Trinamool Congress is on its way to form the state government for the third time. Hindu-Muslim vote sharing, Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, and Amit Shah’s controversial statements – with all these issues combined, how much does the West Bengal election result matter for Bangladesh?

The economic shock induced by the pandemic has pushed 2.45 crore people into poverty in one year. The Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) run this survey and found that the number of new poor people is higher in urban areas than in rural areas.

In Rajshahi division, low-lying agricultural land -- including vast stretches of beel -- is being converted into ponds for fish cultivation.

Covid-19 tsunami is raging in India. Patients are seen waiting for a bed outside hospitals. More than two lakh people have already lost their lives.

India has stopped exporting oxygen to Bangladesh due to the severe Covid-19 crisis. Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that there is no oxygen crisis at hospitals in Bangladesh right now. However, he also said that if the number of Covid-19 patients suddenly increases, it will be difficult to handle.

After the recovery of the young woman's body from a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan, social media has witnessed an uproar against media coverage. In order to sensationalise news, personal information about the deceased is being published. Along with not disclosing the accused’s name, many issues regarding news coverage have also been pointed out.

The government has suspended administering the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Why did the vaccination campaign suddenly stumble? What is responsible for the failure to import vaccines from India? Is it possible to give the second dose to all who have taken the first dose with the current stock?

Nimtoli, Chawkbazaar, and now Armanitola. Every now and then, people are losing their lives to fire incidents, originating from chemical storage in residential areas. Every time, we are told that the chemical factories and storage will be relocated.

With only around 4.62 lakh tonnes of grains in the public food stocks, one of the lowest in years, the government has moved to procure paddy, rice and wheat from local farmers and millers at prices higher than last year's.

Md Tarek Islam, a rickshaw-puller pedaled his vehicle at least 110km to take his ailing baby girl to Rangpur from Thakurgaon for treatment, as ambulance drivers were charging high during this countrywide lockdown.

Eight years have passed since the biggest industrial accident in the country – Rana Plaza collapse – took 1,138 lives and left over 2,500 injured. The survivors are still carrying immense trauma.

During this pandemic, food delivery and e-commerce platforms and their partner logistic aggregators hired more than 1 lakh delivery men.

Metro train coaches have reached Dhaka. Work is going on day and night.

At the moment, people have various misconceptions and confusion regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. How safe are those who have been vaccinated?

As Covid-19 cases are on the rise, patients and their families are desperately trying to get ICU beds.

April 17. Five workers were shot dead by police in Chattogram's Banshkhali.

New strains of coronavirus are emerging every few months. In various reports, we have seen that these new variants are more powerful than the previous ones.

Prices of daily essentials are rising every day. How is this price hike affecting the daily lives of the middle class and low-income people? What kind of initiatives has the government taken to save the middle class and low-income people?