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
Govt must investigate WASA corruption allegations
CORRUPTION and irregularities in the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority have taken a new height with the allegation that the agency runs without following its organisational mandate and related ReadMore
Public suffering at passport office unacceptable
IN THE recent past, the government has taken significant steps and invested hefty sums from the public exchequer to improve the quality of passport services, but public suffering at passport ReadMore
