Journalists today must be both defenders of truth and advocates for change within the profession and in the wider society.
The ruling regime should focus less on talking and more on actions, to create a conducive environment that truly eliminates corruption.
It is high time Bangladesh revised its national security strategy and worked in close collaboration with the other key regional players.
That Biman is a highly corrupt institution that thrives on shameless plundering of public money is no secret.
These measures are a slap in the face of honest taxpayers who diligently pay taxes on their legitimate income every year.
We have become a society in which children have become a tool to satiate the filthy desires of the stronger
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has recently sued the owners of seven companies for selling five popular brands of electrolyte drink without necessary approvals.
Dhaka's air did not become unbreathable overnight, nor is there any instant solution to it.
The rough way in which even stalwarts like Tamim and Shakib are handled speaks volumes about the overall mistreatment of players by the BCB.
Drug lords are finding innovative ways – including manipulating the desperate Rohingya refugees – and new routes to bring drugs into the country.
Despite the Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041 turning into a central theme of the nation’s futuristic progress narrative, the digital divide remains a major issue.
What kind of a country do we live in where 60-year-olds are forced to pull rickshaws to earn livelihood?
Are we becoming complacent regarding our love-hate living arrangement with mosquitoes?
The decreasing number of poultry farms raise fears that there might be a shortfall in the supply of poultry in the market, pushing the prices up further.
Turkey is heading for a run-off election that many international media outlets are terming “knife-edge,” and rightfully so, as vote banks are witnessing an almost 50-50 divide between both Erdogan’s ruling party (AK Party) and CHP’s Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu-led opposition coalition, called the Table of Six.
It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
Cox’s Bazar is already ecologically vulnerable, especially in the aftermath of the clearing of more than 8,000 acers of reserved forest land to accommodate and provide for the Rohingya refugees.
The authorities have, over the years, failed to ensure dignified rehabilitation of the victims in the aftermath of evictions.
