Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained seven Bangladeshis, including women and children, at Kurigram’s Phulbari border, while entering Bangladesh illegally from India.

Fifteen people – nine male and six female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Garment workers blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for two hours this morning due to the hassles they were facing on the road amid the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

Pallabi police have submitted a seven-day remand prayer for interrogating Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a case filed with the police station under the Telecommunications Act.

Seven Covid-19 patients and two others with symptoms died in Kushtia in 24 hours (till 8am today).

India and Bangladesh yesterday began regular operation of freight trains through the Haldibari-Chilahati rail route 56 years after it had been suspended following the India-Pakistan war in 1965.

A ninth-grader, who was stabbed by a stalker on her wedding day four days ago, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Watermelons of all shapes and sizes are currently available in the market but other than satisfying a customer’s craving for the refreshing fruit, its cultivation provides a spectacular view.

As export-oriented factories reopened yesterday with less than a 48-hour notice, workers had to traversed miles on foot to reach Dhaka for a second consecutive day.

With the health directorate reporting 14,844 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the infections will spread even more as garment factory workers rush to the capital from across the country.

Asaduzzaman Mollah is a member of a highway robbery gang, and as part of their plan, he engineered to get a job as a driver at Noman Group, the country’s largest textile exporter.

Pakistan President Yahya Khan today admitted the growing strength of the freedom fighters of Bangladesh and said “their challenge should be met”.

The sudden decision to open all export-oriented factories in the middle of lockdown has resulted in complete chaos and violation of health safety regulations as workers are rushing to the capital. Did the government have any well-planned strategy to reopen factories and allow public transports before August 5? How can citizens overcome this critical Covid-19 situation? In Straight from Star Newsroom, Debjani Shyama discusses the effect of abruptly reopening export-oriented factories with The Daily Star Senior Reporter Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary.

Vehicles increased on the road after an announcement came allowing public transport for the benefit of the garment’s workers, in different districts of the country including Dhaka, Manikganj and Chattogram. But this has led to crowding and disregard for health safety rules in almost all public transport.

A Dhaka court today sent film actor Semon Hasan Eka to jail after rejecting both remand and bail petitions in two cases filed against her over torturing a domestic staff and possessing narcotics.

A teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) has allegedly received death threats for mentioning Natore-2 lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul's father as a razakar in his book on Liberation war.

The number of tenders invited through electronic government procurement (e-GP) portal crossed 5 lakh today with the total value hitting Tk 510,499 crore.

Two hundred and thirty-one people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

For almost a week Chattogram's Maa-O-Shishu Hospital has been flooded with rainwater. Every year monsoon floods Chattogram, the trade capital of Bangladesh, and the port city dwellers have to calculate the time of tide to get around.

A dead river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) washed ashore Karnaphuli river bank along Hamidchor area of the port city today.