Former Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and six others have been sued on charges of embezzlement of around Tk 35 crore.

A foreign ship conducted a test at Matarbari Deep Sea Port this morning to check its capacity.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

Officials of Habiganj forest department rescued a fishing cat and a fishing eagle last night.

A total of 1,804 Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali from Chattogram this morning.

An employee of a non-government organisation (NGO) at Benapole Land Port was found dead yesterday.

A bus helper was arrested in connection with a case for attempting to rape a college student in a moving bus in Sunamganj.

The law of the land is quite strict against hurting the sentiment of any religious community or any action that threatens communal harmony.

Rashed Khan Menon, an important figure in Bangladesh’s political history who was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971 and currently the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, recently talked with The Daily Star about the present political situation in the country.

The Cabinet has approved in principle the draft of the Hajj and Umrah Management Bill 2020 that aims to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, has already produced around 50 million dosages of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine ''Covishield'' and plans to scale it up to 100 million by March next year, a top company official said today.

The Chief Executive Officer of Rajshahi Zilla Parishad Md Nuruzzaman has been released from Chapainawabganj jail today eleven days after he was detained because he was carrying banned phensidyl in a government vehicle.

Awami League candidate Kaziul Islam has been elected unofficially in the Kurigram municipality election.

Department of Environment (DoE) today fined 13 businesses including two shipbreaking yards Tk 10.12 lakh for violating the Environment Conservation Act.

The brother and nephew of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha today testified in a case against him and 10 others for allegedly embezzling Tk four crore from the then Farmers Bank and laundering the money abroad.

The Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights today demanded transparency and accountability in the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

The supporters of a councillor candidate of Dhamrai municipal elections staged demonstrations today bringing allegations of vote irregularities and rigging in a polling centre.

A photo of an under-construction hanging bridge at Nafakhum waterfall, a popular tourist attraction in Bandarban district, has gone viral on social media, with netizens protesting the “development”, claiming that it is detrimental to the natural beauty of the area.

A total of 1,776 Rohingyas, including women and children, are going to Bhasan Char in the second phase from camps in Cox’s Bazar today.

Twenty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).