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Government mustn’t leave ethnic minorities behind
| Updated at 12:00am on January 10, 2021
TWO Khasi villages at Kamalganj, an upazila in Moulvibazar that is declared to have fully under electricity coverage almost a year ago, still remains off-grid....
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Government mustn’t leave ethnic minorities behind
| Updated at 12:00am on January 10, 2021
TWO Khasi villages at Kamalganj, an upazila in Moulvibazar that is declared to have fully under electricity coverage almost a year ago, still remains off-grid....
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An unending sorry tale of river reclamation failures
| Updated at 12:00am on January 10, 2021
THE reclamation of river land grabbed by people having political and moneyed clout appears to have been a sorry tale of efforts in that the...
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Inordinate delay in intelligent transport system unacceptable
| Updated at 12:00am on January 09, 2021
THE latest traffic management project of an intelligent transport system in Dhaka, launched about six years ago, appears to be meeting the fate that earlier...
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A decade of justice crying out in BSF’s Felani murder
| Updated at 12:00am on January 09, 2021
IT HAS been a decade since India’s Border Security Force shot dead Felani Khatun when she was climbing over the barbed-wire fence between Choudhuryhat in...
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Investigation of allegations against BB officials must
| Updated at 12:00am on January 08, 2021
THE High Court has asked the Bangladesh Bank governor to look into allegations against some central bank officials of harbouring and assisting financial thugs and...
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Stalled Rohingya return process speaks of Dhaka’s failures
| Updated at 12:00am on January 08, 2021
THE statement of the home minister that bilateral efforts with the Myanmar authorities have failed to bring about any results for the repatriation of the...
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Govt must ensure durability of roads, highways
| Updated at 12:00am on January 07, 2021
ALL the authorities appear to be more interested in the construction of road than its maintenance. The delay in the installation of axle load control...
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Frequent Digital Security Act use speaks of ample rights abuse
| Updated at 12:00am on January 07, 2021
A STEEP increase in rights abuse related to the freedom of expression by way of an increased application of the Digital Security Act 2018 has...
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Dhaka WASA’s supply water failure worrying
| Updated at 12:00am on January 06, 2021
THE Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority chief has said that the agency supplies 10–13 per cent of its consumers with contaminated water. Such an...