A journalist of The Daily Star was named the winner of "Media Award 2021" arranged by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) today.

Seven people died of Covid-19 and nine others died with coronavirus-like symptoms at three hospital in Bogura district in 24 hours till this morning.

Cabinet Division has asked all government offices to conduct their official activities virtually.

The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to publish a list of the victims who were injured in last Thursday’s deadly fire at a Narayanganj food processing factory and to ensure their proper treatment.

Fourteen patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Teen inmates have demonstrated against the authorities at Jashore Child Development Centre (boys) demanding better quality of food more portions.

A female migrant worker today filed a case with police in Dhaka against eight people -- for trafficking her to Mauritius where she says she was raped by her employer and a co-worker last year.

Additional police forces have been deployed at key points in Chattogram city to tackle any untoward situation over Copa America final between Argentina and Brazil.

BNP yesterday alleged that there has been “massive corruption” in the construction of houses meant for landless people as the Prime Minister’s gift under the Ashrayan Project, as many of those have collapsed partially or developed cracks in many places.

At least 16 children are missing -- and possibly dead -- in the fire at Hashem Foods Ltd. All of them were working at the factory.  

Expressing deep concern over the ban on providing information of patient and health services in government hospitals to media during Covid-19, Transparency International (TIB) yesterday demanded immediate revocation of the order signed by Dhaka District Civil Surgeon on Thursday.

A tragedy unfolded last Thursday at the five-storey Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj. The fire that has thus far claimed 52 innocent victims, most of them (pending the difficult postmortem) aged between 12-15 years, is a chronic tale of corporate greed.

Bangladesh reported 48 more dengue cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning.

The air was heavy with the stench of death. The smell of burnt plastic, packaging papers, and other factory materials was still lingering.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has contacted Tiktok and Facebook authorities to remove obnoxious content from these platforms, and the authorities concerned also assured to take appropriate action regarding this, said BTRC vice-chairman Subrata Roy Maitra yesterday.

Trailing behind Khulna for nearly a week, Dhaka yesterday reported the highest number of daily Covid deaths among all divisions as this wave of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the country. 

The tenth day of the ongoing “strict lockdown” witnessed less traffic and gathering on the capital’s streets, as it was a weekly holiday yesterday.

At 26, Bina Roy, a tea garden worker at Khejuri Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is already a mother of four after getting married at 16.

To live off the streets of Dhaka is not merely living in hunger, it also comes with an immense lack of security. For the “tokai” -- a child waste picker -- living in the capital, hunger and malnutrition is almost the least of their concern, with much bigger dangers lurking around all the time.

The government has decided to take over a 300-year-old building located on Nazu Miah Lane at port city’s Patharghata for preservation due to its archaeological importance.