RIGHTS groups have, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day observed on December 10, expressed serious concern about the indiscriminate human rights violation in Bangladesh and termed the government’s
THE government has made little progress in the implementation of the National Social Security Strategy since its adoption in 2015. A report of the International Labour Organisation and the Research
FAMILIES of victims of the Panchagarh boat capsize are in deep economic despair as the government support for them was momentary and the legal scope for compensation in the case
ABOUT 40 per cent of registered companies do not have taxpayer’s identification numbers in violation of the Companies Act. This suggests a slack monitoring of authorities. There are, as the
PLANNING alone will not resolve the crisis-ridden urban development of the capital Dhaka. The government needs to address the governance failure in the city development, say urban planners, architects, engineers
THE proposal for the construction of two luxurious three-storey buildings for the cabinet secretary and the principal secretary to the prime minister in Dhaka at a cost of about Tk
THE death and torture of Bangladeshis at the hands of India’s Border Security Force continues in the frontiers despite repeated BSF assurances to end such happenings. In the latest such
THE government move to set fees for services offered for health services in the private sector, where charges are often said to be high, is welcome. The health minister at
THE culture of public representatives being elected uncontested in national or local government elections is a worrying development in any democratic state, but that seems to be the growing trend
THE infighting of the Chattogram College unit of the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, that left five wounded on September 20 and the blockade of