Editorial

Govt must consider demand for worker rations

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

Govt’s deplorable failure in ensuring road safety

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

Sustainable literacy needs to be emphasised

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

Benefits of global food price decline must reach consumers

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

Independent body to probe custodial death must

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

Legal harassment not the way to end tea workers’ strike

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,

Ministers’ irresponsible remarks are not even bad jokes

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

Better governance of hill land a must

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