Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 02:37 pm
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Worrying inadequacy in hospital fire safety measures
THE finding of the Fire Service and Civil Defence and the National Security Intelligence that Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the premier hospital of the country, grossly lacks fire safety measuresread more
Civic space erosion hints at dangerous democratic decline
A GROWING erosion of civil liberties and the repression of civic space are what define today’s Bangladesh. Global rights group Civicus has classified civic space in Bangladesh as ‘repressed’. Civilread more
No govt efforts yet to establish building explosion causes
AT LEAST 14 blasts in commercial and residential buildings in the past decade have left 90 people dead and hundred others maimed for life, but the authorities are yet toread more
Govt must end abuse of Digital Security Act
THE concern that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed over the growing political violence, arbitrary arrest and the harassment of rights activists in Bangladesh and anread more
Chronic indifference towards fire safety must be addressed
THE government’s continued failure in maintaining fire safety standards in workplaces has resulted in another fire in Chattogram. At least six people died and 30 others became injured in anread more
Loss of academic months unacceptable
A LARGE number of primary students across the country have lost two academic months as the government has failed to print and distribute textbooks in a timely manner. In 2023,read more
Delay in chemical industry relocation concerning
This is unacceptable that the government has yet to compensate families of the victims of the Chawkbazar fire that left 71 people dead in Old Town of Dhaka on Februaryread more
Independent commission on police crimes a must
TWO cases against law enforcers on allegations of custodial torture and extortion raise serious questions about holding errant personnel accountable for procedural violations and corrupt and violent conduct. A traderread more
Journalist persecution under DSA must end
THE acquittal of a journalist in a case under the Digital Security Act bolsters the concern that the act is abused to restrict investigative journalism and muzzle the freedom ofread more
Hero Alam remark exposes ruling elite class prejudice
THE defeat of independent candidate Ashraful Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam, in recent by-elections by a small margin to a candidate of the ruling alliance and subsequent debates have exposedread more
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