Eighty-one migrant workers who returned to the country after being exploited in Vietnam for months were thrown into jail yesterday, whereas the perpetrators either remain scot-free or face little action.

Three accused, who confessed to raping and killing a class-V female student later found alive, yesterday appealed for withdrawing the confessional statements.

Ignoring the risks of further spread of Covid-19, the government has lifted the restrictions on public movement and activities from today even though the coronavirus pandemic is showing no sign of abating.

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, a dear friend of Bangladesh, is no more.

Kuwait’s Criminal Investigation Department summoned Kazi Mohammad Badrul Alam alias Liton Chowdhury, younger brother of Lakshmipur-2 lawmaker Kazi Shahid Islam Papul.

The government is dilly-dallying over a UGC proposal to introduce free internet packages for university students at a time when many pupils are suffering due to the increasing cost of mobile data packages.

The government is yet to make any decision about the application seeking extension of its order that released BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, Law Minister Anisul Huq told The Daily Star yesterday.

From now on, a newspaper will need registration to run its online version if contents in the portal and the print edition are different.

Russia is keen to provide Bangladesh the Covid-19 vaccine under the government-to-government arrangement, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.

A legal remedy is yet to come forth from either the court or law enforcement about incidents of enforced disappearance due to a lack of persistent protests and legal fights.

Every night Jahanara Khatun went to sleep in the hope that her husband would come home the next morning.

Family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sought a six months’ extension on the government order that released her for six months.

The authorities have taken an initiative to connect two major projects -- MRT-6 and BRT -- through a “link service” between Diabari and House Building areas of the capital’s Uttara.

Lawmaker of Rajshahi-3 constituency Md Ayeen Uddin has said “nothing is more effective than beating” while describing how the “so-called” journalists involved in various crimes should be treated.

Shafiqul Islam Kajol was missing for 53 days, discovered by law enforcers roaming the India-Bangladesh border in Benapole in the middle of the night, subsequently thrown in jail and denied bail for 3 months -- and yet the only investigation being done by the state is about a Facebook post by Kajol.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading drugmakers of the country, announced yesterday it will invest with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to ensure Bangladesh receives Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis, once approved by the regulator.

Though the number of tests has increased in the last three weeks, the weekly total number of cases has dropped in the country, data shows.

There is no chance the coronavirus outbreak will come to an end without proper measures to curb its transmission, leading experts said.

The desire expressed by the two Dhaka city mayors to take over the responsibility of drainage management from Dhaka Wasa in a bid to end the capital’s perennial waterlogging problem has widely been regarded as a popular idea.

Veteran journalist and litterateur Rahat Khan passed away at his Eskaton residence in the city last night. He was 79.