The two-day piloting of inoculation against Covid-19 ended at five public hospitals in the capital yesterday.

Once again, founder and former chairman of Transcom Group late Latifur Rahman has been named as one of the top taxpayers for exemplary compliance in tax payment.

Three The Daily Star correspondents visited six centres of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls, housed in two schools in the port city.

It was a fulfilling experience for those who got the first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country yesterday.

Runu Veronica Costa, a senior nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, yesterday received the first vaccine shot as Bangladesh joined the world in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

From the very beginning of the campaigns for Chattogram City Corporation polls, the rebel candidates have been a big headache for the Awami League high-ups as a number of party men went against the central decision to run for councillor in the high-voltage local body election.

The Chattogram City Corporation polls yesterday were marred by violence and the capture of scores of polling centres by Awami League men amid a low turnout of voters.

The weather office forecast that the mercury may fall further for a few days and the cold spell might last until the first week of February.

Runu Beronica Costa wanted to become a part of the country’s history.

Bangladesh joins the world today in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 pandemic with a robust stock of vaccine doses in hand.

In line with the resumption of secondary-level schools and colleges, the government is also planning to reopen primary schools and kindergartens after 10 months of shutdown.

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Awami League’s mayoral candidate for the Chattogram city polls, has said intra-party rivalry over councillor posts will not have a damaging impact on his bid as both the party-supported and “rebel” candidates are working for him.

Shahadat Hossain, BNP’s mayoral candidate for the Chattogram city polls, has vowed not to leave the electoral battle despite what he said were various obstacles and harassment by police and ruling Awami League men.

Many traders indiscriminately stockpiled rice, potato, and onion to drive up prices even when there was a supply surplus.

More than 19 lakh voters are going to decide today the outcome of a high-voltage contest between the ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP in the Chattogram City Corporation election amid tight security.

Superintendent of Kushtia police SM Tanvir Arafat yesterday apologised to the High Court for misbehaving with a senior judicial magistrate during Bheramara municipality elections on January 16.

As Chattogram City Corporation holds election tomorrow, both the Awami League and BNP camps ended their 18-day campaign early today.

Almost half the complaints filed by mayor and councillor candidates in the Chattogram City Corporation elections, to be held tomorrow, are yet to be addressed.

The government has almost completed the groundwork for rolling out Covid-19 vaccine in the country early next month.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the first time in 10 months attended a weekly cabinet meeting in person yesterday.