WORKERS in formal and informal sectors, generally underpaid, always struggle and their sufferings have exacerbated with the recent price instability, as Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad leaders say. Labour leaders on
STUDENTS of different colleges in Dhaka took to streets again protesting the death of a fellow student in an accident in the capital. Ali Hossain, a class ten student of
THE government has for some years been saying that three-fourths of the people aged 15 years and above are literate in the country, but different studies show that less than
THE government’s failure to reach benefits of the decline in food prices on the international market for the fifth consecutive months to consumers is unacceptable. Food prices have, keeping to
ANOTHER custodial death has been reported at a time when the role of the law enforcement agencies is questioned for their abuse of power and involvement in custodial torture, enforced
TEA garden workers went on strike on August 9 for an indefinite period demanding a wage increase. The minimum wage for tea workers is an insignificant Tk 120 a day,
IRRESPONSIBLE remarks of people in position do not pass even as bad jokes. Such comments, rather, reflect the cancel culture that the authorities appear to entertain themselves with. The foreign
The High Court in a welcome order on Sunday asked the Department of Environment and the Chattogram Metropolitan Police to remove illegal structures on the hills of Chattogram and other
This is worrying that the intended beneficiary of social safety net programmes cannot enjoy the benefits because of widespread corruption in implementation. The government in March decided to sell a
A FACTION of the Chittagong University unit of Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, coming to block the university on Monday, forcing the administration to postpone