Nearly 4,000 cleaners under the employment of the Chattogram City Council are working with the risk of contracting coronavirus looming over their hands. The Chattogram City Council informed The Daily Star that almost 10 tonnes of waste from the clinics and hospitals in the city are sifted through by these workers without any protection.

The only thing we know for sure about COVID-19 is that we don’t know enough about it yet.

One more person has died of coronavirus, taking the total death toll in the country to five, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today.

The government has repeatedly been asking people to stay home in a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. It also announced closure of all public and private offices to make people stay indoors.

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As the nation observes the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the people of Pabna feel nostalgic because of his association with Nagarbari ferry terminal and ‘Mujib Bandh’, a flood control embankment along Padma and Jamuna rivers.

Authorities of seven top public universities have suspended all academic activities aiming to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The newly appointed Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal requests everybody to keep their patience on him. The let-hander also promises to focus on the ‘team culture’ as he believes that this is the area where he can improve and bring success on the field.

At least 30 Italy-returnees, out of 142 who were quarantined at Ashkona Hajj Camp, have been protesting outside the camp claiming “mismanagement by the authorities”.

Three Bangladeshis have been infected with the coronavirus inside the country so far. Health experts, however, say it is still far from an outbreak in the country.

Kohinoor Begum's foodbank initiative is an inspiring lesson in community leadership. She is one of the nine "Unsung Women" awarded by The Daily Star this year.

Around 200 shanties have been damaged as a blaze swept through a slum in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area, police have said.

Despite growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, health screening of incoming travellers remains lax at the country’s five busiest land ports.

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A lot of speculations have been going around regarding Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s captaincy and his place in the team, especially since he led Bangladesh to an eighth place finish in the World Cup last year. However, while Mashrafe is open to criticism regarding his poor performance, he did not want any questions to be raised regarding his self-respect.

'In Loving Memory of My Husband', wrote British citizen JCG on one of the five nameless gravestones at the Dunstone Cemetery, located 16 kilometers from Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.

The first female National Professor and Ekushey Padak awardee Dr Sufia Ahmed has had a long, illustrious career in academia and beyond.

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In 1948, when Dhirendranath Dutta’s proposal to recognise Bangla as one of the state languages of the then Pakistan was rejected in the parliament, protest raged like fire all over the erstwhile East Pakistan.

A mass signature programme is held in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area demanding compensation for the families of the 71 victims of the devastating Chawkbazar fire.