The number of coronavirus cases is going up with the rising trend of the infection rate.

The ongoing flood in the northwest has so far claimed at least 22 lives in Sylhet and Netrakona, with the death toll expected to go up as information from remote areas is coming to the authorities belatedly.

The Election Commission’s initiative to earn political parties’ trust over Electronic Voting Machines sustained a blow as five parties, including the BNP, skipped its views-exchange meeting yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed police to grow as the last resort of the people who seek protection for their lives and dignity.

A 12-year-old boy was found dead at a hostel in Suparibagan area of Tangail town on Monday evening.

A special court in Kolkata yesterday extended the judicial custody of Prashanta Kumar Halder by 14 more days in connection with a case of money laundering in India.

A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said -- a 300-kilogram stingray.

La Nina is moderately active in the Pacific Ocean this year. This would cause more rains across the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins ultimately leading to more floods, said Dr Rashed Chowdhury in an interview with The Daily Star.

Consumers Association of Bangladesh has said the process of fixing fuel prices without holding any public hearings is “illegal”.

Bangladesh registered one Covid-related death with 873 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Police yesterday arrested three transport workers for gang-raping a woman inside a parked bus in the port city’s Oxygen intersection area on Sunday noon.

Sick of swiping and tired of Tinder? Old-fashioned love letters may be the answer, says one Japanese city whose unusual matchmaking scheme has been a surprising success.

A girl was hacked to death allegedly by her father while her grandmother, mother and sister were critically in jured in the incident over a land dispute in Rangpur’s Pirgachha on Sunday evening.   

A 12-year-old boy was killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Chattogram city’s Sholoshahar early yesterday.

At least 20 people, including 12 police personnel, were injured in a clash yesterday when police tried to stop a blockade of Chitalmari Police Station by protesters.

His only fault was that he failed to give motorcyclists room to overtake. 

The Press Council Act-1974 is being amended with a provision of fining a journalist up to Tk 10 lakh for participating in illegal activities.

Main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party yesterday said they did not want the use of electronic voting machines in the next national election.

With the health directorate reporting 7.38 percent Covid positivity rate yesterday, the highest in the last four months, a top health official said the transmission might spread faster among people living in shelter centres in the flood-hit areas for not following health safety rules properly.

The UN’s World Food Programme warned yesterday that refugees in East and West Africa faced smaller food rations due to a surge in demand and insufficient funding.