Three government ponds on about three acres of land at Mohipur Bazar in Kalapara upazila are allegedly being grabbed by a section of local influential people.

Several thousand farmers, whose livelihoods depend on Boro cultivation, have plunged into abject poverty over the last couple of years due to accumulation of water hyacinth on about 500 bighas of cropland in Srimangal upazila’s Jatarpur and Shahshree areas of Hail Haor.

The government is likely to import three crore doses of coronavirus vaccines from India’s Serum Institute, a top official of the health ministry confirmed to The Daily Star tonight.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the authorities concerned to translate court verdicts into Bangla to make them accessible to common people alongside ensuring quick and hassle-free judgment.

At least 383 people were killed and 694 people were injured in 314 road accidents across the country in October this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation said today.

A case was filed against a 35-year-old man for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Gaibandha’s Fulchari upazila.

Six unnamed persons have been sued in a case filed over the recent abduction of a Chattogram-based journalist.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government has taken step to provide certificates to returning migrant workers based on the skills they acquired in host countries.

A Dhaka court today sent Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed over assaulting navy official Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan.

Fishermen started preparation for netting hilsa as the 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting of the fish will end after midnight today.

Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region fined 25 businesses including 22 brick kilns Tk 17.31 lakh for violating DoE conditions.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal hopes that the country’s foreign currency reserves will reach $50 billion by December 2021.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed loan agreements worth $160 million to establish a modern and sustainable sewerage system in Khulna.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants today expressed grave concern at the wretched condition of several hundred Bangladeshis stranded in different locations near the Croatia-Bosnia border.

Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to respect everyone’s religious and cultural sensitivity, conveying to the French government that no religion supports killings.

The High Court today admitted for hearing the appeal filed by Ayesha Siddika Minni challenging the Barguna court verdict that convicted and sentenced her to death in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will give public university students interest-free loan by January 2021, so that they can buy smartphones and attend online classes amid the pandemic.

A Dhaka court today reframed charges against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in a case filed over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.

Five people, including an officer of local Fisheries and Livestock Department, were injured in an alleged attack by fishermen at Ilisha Bongerchar in Bhola early today during a drive to protect hilsa.

Twenty one people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.