Air pollution must be dealt with on an emergency basis

Despite the law prohibiting the employment of children, many brick kiln owners across Cumilla's Chauddagram upazila employ minors to do hazardous work.

The one-stop crisis centres (OCC), formed in 2001 to facilitate medical treatment, police assistance, social services, legal assistance and counselling for women and children who were victims of repression, have reportedly been reduced to providing medical services only.

The surge in sadistic crimes before and after the Eid has given us some bone-chilling realisations about where our society is headed.