Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 08:51 pm
Editorial

EC should, rather, not use dubious voting machines

THE use of electronic voting machines in the next national elections, scheduled for late 2023 or early 2024, has been in discussion for some time, with the ruling Awami League

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Lama fire must be probed, the affected compensated

THE fire in the cropland of the Mro community at Lama, Bandarban allegedly set by a local rubber company on April 27 calls for an impartial investigation and punitive action

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Rana Plaza collapse survivors must not be left ignored

THE findings of a survey that the physical health of survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse has deteriorated in the nine years since the disaster, especially during the Covid outbreak,

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Flash floods, farmers’ precarity and unresolved issues

THE flash flood that hit parts of Sylhet and Sunamganj on Monday and Tuesday has come as a disaster for hundreds of farmers as it has submerged hundreds of hectares

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Govt has a number of issues to shore up on all fronts

THE death of a minor boy who died after his fellow worker in a factory in Gazipur is reported to have pumped air into his rectum with a compressor on

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Govt must help people in economic hardship

PRICES keep increasing or continue to remain high after marking up for weeks, further burdening people, especially the poor and low- and fixed-income groups. The situation appears to be constraining

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Govt must sort out Dhaka’s supply water shortage early

SUPPLY water shortage, a summer-time phenomenon in Dhaka, has started taking place in different parts of the capital city. Residents have also complained dirty and stinking water supply in areas

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Govt must expedite vaccination for students

THE ministry of education on Thursday announced that in-person classes in all educational institutions from secondary to tertiary levels would resume from February 22 with vaccinated students while unvaccinated students

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Unequal recovery between large and small businesses

ABOUT a half of small industries have failed to economically recover from Covid shocks. A business confidence survey of the South Asian Network of Economic Modelling says that 46 per

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BCL control of university hall seat distribution must end

IT IS shocking that activists of the Chhatra League, the student of wing of the ruling Awami league, have tortured another first-year student in the University of Dhaka. The victim,

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