The average rate of Covid-19 infection in the last 30 days was 22.47 percent in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the killers of the Father of the Nation were awarded by the then governments through lucrative postings.

Finally, the seven people, including four policemen, accused in the Maj (retd) Sinha murder case were taken into Rab custody from jail for interrogation.

Not in a clash, the three boys died in a Jashore juvenile correction centre on Thursday were allegedly tortured to death by several staffers and senior inmates.

The government has moved another step forward in ensuring justice for the August 15 bloodbath by executing a convicted killer this year while it expects to bring back at least one of the five fugitives from abroad within the Mujib Borsho.

It is quite astounding that he lived for only 55 years (1920-1975) and achieved so much. He may not have written treaties in philosophy, literature and science but he brought to life a social and political epic that transformed the life of millions of his people and channelled history in a direction that Bangalees only dreamt of but hardly believed that it would happen.

Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) has expressed concerns over a vested quarter’s “ill-efforts” to bring two professional forces of the state face to face over the recent killing of Major (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh is now on the eighth position of the countries’ list with most active Covid-19 cases as the health directorate reported 2,617 new cases yesterday.

The planning ministry yesterday expressed disappointment over frequent amendments in projects, one after another missed deadlines, and the directors’ absence at project sites.

While he was the managing director of Reliance Finance Ltd, a non-bank financial institution, Proshanta Kumar Halder made his relatives directors of three other leasing companies to swindle money.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case filed over misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from the erstwhile Farmers Bank in 2016.

“Seven policemen sent to jail”, “‘Drama by cops’ gone wrong”, “Bamna OC withdrawn for slapping ASI”, “Kotwali OC, 4 cops sued for extortion”, and “Durgapur OC withdrawn over torturing Jubo League leader”, were some of the headlines over the last few days.

Various types of imported hazardous cargo, including chemical and other inflammable goods, have been lying around at the designated shed and yards of Chattogram Port for years -- posing the threat of fires and other accidents.

The decision on running a trial of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in the country may come next week, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Belayet Hossain, superintendent of police of Rajshahi range, was sued yesterday for extortion in a case filed in Dhaka.

The block allocation of hundreds of crores of taka made to lawmakers for implementing Important Rural Infrastructure Development Project (IRIDP) failed to yield the desired benefit due to political influence, nepotism, extortion and the lack of a specific legal framework and monitoring, says a TIB report published yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday questioned former director general of Directorate General of Health Services Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad for about four and a half hours over corruption allegations.

About 70 percent of the migrant workers who returned from abroad between February and June this year are unemployed, according to a study of International Organisation for Migration.

Amnesty International has urged the Bangladesh government to immediately stop all attacks on those peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and urgently investigate a series of recent attacks.

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess.