Govt’s shocking failure as keeper of personal data
THE leak of sensitive personal information of millions of citizens on the internet from the web site of a government organisation, as identified and reported by a foreign cyber-security firm, ReadMore
Violence against women continues unabated
SUCCESSIVE governments’ commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality has not been translated into meaningful action as violence against women continues unabated. At least 265 women and children, according to ReadMore
Worker safety in construction sector still ignored
THE death of three workers at an under-construction site in Dhaka has yet again exposed the unsafe working condition in the informal sector. The workers died on June 24 when ReadMore
Rohingya resolution lies only in Myanmar repatriation
THE Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh camps look forward to their repatriation to Myanmar but hardly see any prospect for this because almost all the processes taken up bilaterally and multilaterally ReadMore
Goods vehicles must not carry passengers
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have failed to stop goods vehicles from carrying passengers, which adds to increased fatalities in road accidents. Although the Road Transport Act 2018 has ReadMore
Matter it does
PRIME minister Sheikh Hasina publicly claimed on Friday that ‘it doesn’t matter at all’ if Bangladeshis ‘do not go’ to America and they would, rather, go to other continents for ReadMore
Govt’s denial of disappearances weighs heavily on society
FAMILIES of the victims of involuntary disappearances, supposedly at the hands of state or, in some cases, even non-state actors, have made it a good observance of the International Week ReadMore
Two passengers arrested in Dhaka Airport with 1 kg gold
Shawdesh Desk: Airport Armed Police (AAP) Battalion arrested two passengers along with gold weighing around 1.111 kg while they were trying to come out from the customs hall of Hazrat ReadMore
