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.

Vast areas in the country’s northern and north-western region have been submerged by floodwater, causing immense suffering to thousands of people.

With the extended lockdown causing enormous financial hardship to daily wage earners and lower income population, the government and affiliated bodies escalated food drive for them all across the country.

A doctor died with coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Tangail General Hospital on Friday night.

The Daily Star had published this article based on official statements. It is no longer available since the accused have been exempted of the charges.

Police today foiled a human chain formed by Ganasamhati Andolon in Narayanganj city, demanding justice for the 51 victims, who died in the fire at a food factory building in Narayanganj's Rupganj.

Manikganj district administration today provided food assistance to 13 members of a circus party, who lost jobs due to the ongoing strict lockdown enforced to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

Workers injured in the fire at Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj have been given financial assistance for treatment by the Bangladesh Workers ‘Welfare Foundation Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Mobile courts of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today fined East West Property Development (Pvt) Ltd, a concern of Bashundhara Group, Tk two lakh as they found Aedes mosquito larvae at an under construction building in Gulshan-2 in Dhaka on the first day of an eight-day combing operation.

Police have arrested 791 people for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines in Dhaka today.

Two siblings drowned in a pond at a remote area in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari upazila today.

Expressing deep concern over the restriction imposed on providing information of patients and health services at government hospitals to the media during the Covid-19 pandemic, Transparency International (TIB) today demanded immediate revocation of the order signed by the Dhaka District Civil Surgeon yesterday.

Bangladesh should launch an intense negotiation with the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to secure benefits of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) even after the country’s economic graduation in 2026, noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said today.

On the 10th day of ongoing “strict lockdown” people, rickshaws and private cars were seen in numbers on the street.

A Narayanganj court today granted four-day remand for the eight accused, including owner of Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj, in a case filed following 51 deaths in a fire at the factory.