New and different strategies are needed in the fight against increasing incidents of violence against women (VAW) amid the pandemic, in absence of proper legal support from the law enforcement agencies and NGOs working for preventing VAW, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

On Wednesday, Debobroto Pal brought the body of his sister to the cremation ground in Boluardhighir Par area of Chattogram to perform her funeral.

Regional migrant rights groups Migrant Forum in Asia and Lawyers Beyond Borders yesterday called upon Bangladesh government to release the 255 returnee migrant workers who have been in jail and accused of “suspicious activities”.

The authority of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project has asked all of its officials and staffers not to share any information, photos and videos of construction activities of the long-cherished bridge on social media.

Renowned sculptor Mrinal Haque breathed his last at his Gulshan residence at around 2am yesterday. His coworker, Md Rubel, confirmed the news to The Daily Star.

Expressing grave concern over the incident of deaths of three boys and injuries of many due to torture at the Juvenile Development Centre in Jashore, civil society network for child rights has urged the formation of a judicial inquiry committee into the matter.

Money flies in the air of Dhaka -- it’s an age old saying in Bangladesh.

Bazar Bandhu, a micro-merchant project run by ekShop and Synesis IT, has raised fund and relief for distribution among flood victims, says a press release.

Eighty percent of male youth in rural and urban areas have their own mobile phones, whereas only 40 percent of the female youth do so. On the other hand, only six percent of households have access to computers and less than four percent of women have ever used a computer.

After five months of closure, tourist spots of the port city were finally reopened yesterday.

An epoch-making change in the development of Rajshahi city’s road network is likely to happen within the next couple of months as the city corporation has been elevating its four major roads into four lanes simultaneously.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested a municipality councilor with 1.3kg of heroin in Rajshahi.

Five hundred Indian nationals who were stranded for nearly five months due to coronavirus outbreak left Bangladesh through Benapole land port between Thursday morning and yesterday noon. Twelve Bangladeshi citizens also returned home through the land port during this period.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram has suspended environmental clearance certificates of 26 hospitals and 12 diagnostic centres for not having updated license from the Directorate General of Health Services.

The High Court Division of the Supreme Court issued a rule last week, asking why certain provisions of the penal code relating to abortion should not be declared discriminatory and contradictory to the constitution.

Apart from being one of the most prominent modern painters of Bangladesh, it is common knowledge that Murtaja Baseer wore a hat with many feathers. He was not only an accomplished painter, noted novelist, and all in all, a socially conscious individual, but also a keen collector of coins, stamps, bank notes, and matchboxes.

In 1975, an opportunity for studying abroad came along. My Uncle and Aunt - Rafi Chacha and Nora Chachi - living in London were visiting us in Dhaka. Seeing my grades they offered to sponsor me for my science A-Levels, which were not offered in Dhaka then. I was only sixteen, but with my parents’ blessings I said yes.

Renowned singer Ferdous Wahid has been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka yesterday evening, his assistant Mosharraf told The Daily Star.

A legal notice has been served on the authorities concerned asking them to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the three teenage boys who were killed at Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre on August 13.

Five Covid-19 positive patients died in Bogura in the last 24 hours.