The government should take steps for proper management of groundwater to save the Barind region from scarcity of water, demanded speakers at a virtual meeting yesterday.

A study by researchers of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) found that mostly the UK variant and partly the South African variant of coronavirus are behind the second wave of Covid-19 in port city, which started in late March.

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, journalists in Barishal yesterday sought a safer work environment and demanded assurance of their livelihoods.

Global healthcare consortium Evercare Group has started operating its second chain hospital Evercare Hospital Chattogram, providing both outdoor and indoor health services since early April.

During every dry season, indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts face acute water shortage.

Bangladeshi students studying at various German universities, stuck in the country ever since the second wave of Covid-19 broke out, have appealed to the German Embassy in Dhaka and the foreign ministry to facilitate student visa processing amid the “lockdown”, considering it as an emergency and special service.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-4) detained two people from Savar’s Aminbazar area on Sunday night for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl.

For the second consecutive day, a road accident occurred in the same area of Sylhet’s Jaintapur, killing three people and injuring two others this time.

Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) expressed grave concern over the prevailing culture of character assassination of women and their family members in media, especially in connection with the recent death of a college girl at a Gulshan apartment.

Noted rights activists yesterday demanded the release of 51 people who were arrested between March 25 and April 28 in connection with the movement against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.

With the introduction of a provision for mandatory rainwater harvesting for buildings across the country, the government on February 11 published a gazette notification, making the revised Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) a law.

The cabinet yesterday gave the final approval to the draft of Private Medical College and Dental College Act, 2021 to ensure discipline in private medical and dental colleges by bringing those under a law from two separate guidelines.

Despite no buses plying the roads, the capital is still witnessing heavy traffic amid the “lockdown”. If that is the scenario right now, when buses start running from Thursday, Dhaka may once again turn into a city of traffic jams, city dwellers fear.

ABM Aminul Islam Liton, Jamalpur corres-pondent of The Daily Star, died of stroke at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. He was 52.

A dispute over land has heated up between son of a former minister and a former Chhatra League activist, in the port city.

The High Court yesterday cleared way for holding election to the posts of directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on May 5.

Detective Branch (DB) of police claimed to have arrested three persons yesterday in connection with note forgery from Kamrangichar area of Dhaka.

The government in its next budget must ensure a special economic incentive for indigenous people severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, demanded leaders of indigenous rights organisations yesterday at a webinar organised by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

A High Court bench yesterday said more panic might be created if it interfered with the government’s decisions and actions regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

A total of 631 incidences of attacks on journalists and human rights defenders took place in 2020, Article 19 in its annual report yesterday.