Govt must stop farmland loss to ensure food security
THE land minister’s directive for divisional commissioners to prevent any unauthorised use of arable land for housing, industrial or other commercial purposes is welcome. The minister at a divisional commissioners’ ReadMore
Govt must prioritise relocation of chemical warehouses
This has been five years since the fire at a chemical warehouse in Old Town of Dhaka that left at least 70 people dead in 2019, but the project to ReadMore
Act to erase our corruption stigma
This is at best embarrassing and at worst worrying that Bangladesh has become the 10th most corrupt country in the world with fears whether the newly elected governments pledges for ReadMore
Govt must abandon capitualistic policy towards India
IT HAS been 13 years since India’s Border Security Force killed Felani Khatun in the Anantapur border at Phulbari in Kurigram on January 7, 2011. It is generally not easy ReadMore
Partisan role of law enforcers threatens democracy, rights
A POLICE team coming to have threatened to shoot an opposition leader once again shows the partisan role and high-handed character of the law enforcement agencies. A law enforcers’ team, ReadMore
Missing Bogura BNP leaders return home
Shawdesh Desk: Two leaders of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who went missing after they were picked up by some people claiming to be from the Detective Branch of police ReadMore
Children of convicted mothers must not suffer in prisons
INFANTS incarcerated along with their convicted mother with little to no access to child development services, says aplenty about the jail system in Bangladesh. The issue came to light following ReadMore
Israel resumes Gaza attacks with double vengeance
Disregarding strong international opposition, Israel has resumed massive air and ground attacks with a vengeance on the Palestinian territories of Gaza, West Bank, Khan Yunis and other cities since last ReadMore
