Due to an ongoing spike in Covid-19 infections, the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela -- which was set to begin on February 1 -- has been postponed for two weeks. If the cases are under control, the biggest cultural event in Bangladesh may start in the third week of February.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday told parliament that democracy needs to be made more effective by establishing transparency and accountable good governance by ensuring proper participation of people in all government activities.

Irregularities, electoral code violation and vote boycotting by independent candidates marked the municipal polls at Natore and Chattogram’s Banshkhali yesterday.

Six people were killed and three were injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days.

Covid-19 positivity rate reached 28 percent from 12.29 percent in Chattogram yesterday, doubling in only 24 hours.

Around 5,000 women, mostly from the minority communities, are finding self-sufficiency with every passing day.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the government is exploring options like rooftop and floating solar power plants as alternatives to land-based ones.

Chattogram District Administration yesterday conducted mobile courts in the port city to enforce health guidelines to curb Covid-19 transmission.

Two brothers were killed and two people were injured when a private car hit a tree beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway near BSCIC Industrial area in Feni yesterday.

Students of a female dormitory at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) in Sylhet continued their protests yesterday, demanding removal of the hall’s provost.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said a circuit bench of the High Court will soon be established in the port city this year, as the chief justice has taken the matter into consideration.

Around 120 villages in the Bhabadah region in Jashore and Khulna are still under water, even as winter marches.

The United States yesterday donated 9.6 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people.

The education ministry has urged the people of the country not to pay heed to any rumour over the closure of educational institutions due to the spike in Covid-19 cases.

If a cancer patient goes to Dhaka for treatment, they have to find a room in a hotel or relative’s house, where they will not have access to any specialised medical care.

They first make some magnetic coins by melting copper wire.

Way back in 1960, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) bought 162 decimals of land from an Indian private company in Nolgola area of Old Dhaka, on the banks of Buriganga near Mitford Hospital.

The lockdowns were grim for workers of the transport, hotel-restaurant and retail sectors, as they saw their jobs, incomes and savings disappear.

Police yesterday foiled a protest rally against the attack, allegedly by Chhatra League activists, before a Qawwali performance at Dhaka University’s TSC on Wednesday.

Police have arrested six members of an inter-district robbery gang at a hotel in Chattogram city’s City Gate area early yesterday.