Editorial

THOUGH the ruling party in its 2008 election manifesto had promised to eradicate illiteracy from the country by 2014, but still around 26 percent of...

N.S.M. Muzzammed Huq :Safety and security of the people, particularly of the children and women is an integral part of the fundamental rights and democratic...

Gazi Md. Abdur Rashid :Human birth is neither in vain nor miracle but also meaningful, important and dedicated to the Creator. The importance of values...

MEMBERS of a syndicate were using a house in Chattograms’s Hamzarbagh to make forged national identity cards for Rohingyas. Officials of Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism...

SEALING of two illegal casinos by the Rapid Action Battalion in the sports hub of Motijheel in the capital, popularly known as Club Para (club...

Bengal Famine : The Bengal Famine, that claimed millions of lives, was orchestrated by the colonial government’s egregious acts of omission and commission. On a...

THE Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning showed that Dhaka’s air quality was the second-worst in the world. Dhaka had a score of 190...

AS per a draft law recently approved by the cabinet, the government now can use “idle funds” of state-owned organisations for development works. Cabinet Secretary...

Road to Port City needs immediate repairThe road connecting Capital Dhaka with the Port City Chattogram is in poor shape. Hundreds of cargo vehicles take...

Saleh Akram :The sheer scale of investment in Bangladesh does not indicate any predominance of the private sector in any way. On the contrary, the...