A young man, Shanta Sajeeb Joy, died when he was allegedly shoved under a running lorry at Urdu Road in Old Dhaka.  The father of the deceased claims that their neighbour Riazuddin murdered his son. On the other hand, the accused Riaz filed a case saying that the deceased tried to hijack him and was killed when he was trying to flee. CCTV footage from a nearby shop has revealed many aspects of the fatal moment. On Straight from Star Newsroom, Farhana Ahmed is joined by The Daily Star’s Senior Reporter Mohammad Jamil Khan to analyse and discuss the incident that took a young man’s life.

Teesta river has overflowed and flooded chars and lowlands of Lalmonirhat -- submerging Aman and other crop fields.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- a leader who brought to fruition a centuries-long quest for freedom and an ideology now inextricable from Bangalee identity -- was assassinated along with most of his family on this day 46 years ago.

Taliban forces have finally taken Kabul and Afghanistan has once again become a stage for the conflict between global politics and extremism. The lives of crores of people are at stake, as is a culture thousands of years old. Similar changes of power were seen in 1994, when Taliban took power back then as well. The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam has been a witness to both events.

Manasa Puja is celebrated on the last day of the month of Srabon in the Bengali calendar. The Pala community of Shimuleshwar village of Jhalakathi are busy preparing ghats (water jars or clay pots) of the goddess Manasa in preparation for the occasion.

Watermelon, usually a summer fruit, is now being harvested during monsoon in Patuakhali -- thanks to regionally developed hybrid variants and a farming technique called "mulching".

In the course of merely a month, 4 incidents of ferries hitting the Padma Bridge have occurred -- with multiple cases of injuries and wrecking of vehicles, and visible damage to the pile cap of a pillar of this much-awaited mega project.

The Kali river in Kushtia is better known to locals as a dead river. The history of grabbing this river dates back to the British era, continuing through Pakistan era, and till present days.

The story of Gouranga Saha Roy is one of cruel irony -- of being among the diaspora Bangalees who raised funds for the Liberation War of 1971 only to find his name listed with embezzlers after.

Vehicles are blocked on the Barishal-Kuakata highway, and passengers are forced to pay hefty sums to mahouts riding elephants. People are intimidated with the gentle giants into paying more.

Seventy years ago, the cholera epidemic drove the population of the village of Mangolpur in Jhenaidah to dwindle to insignificant numbers.

Roads in Dhaka and other districts saw severe traffic congestion today as the withdrawal of lockdown took effect.

Toxic, reeking chemical waste floods fields, roads and even houses every monsoon in Tongi and other industrial areas. A BSCIC survey reveals that at least 48 factories all over the country do not have effluent treatment plant (ETP) installed -- disregarding environmental laws and polluting rivers and residential areas.

“Work for Money”, a government programme intended to generate income and ensure food security for the rural poor, has turned into a mess of corruption and irregularities in Natore.

With the end of the lockdown, people are diving into usual activity in all divisional towns and cities including the capital. Launches, buses and trains have started transporting passengers. But in some places the gathering was thin due to rain. Markets and roadside shops were seen opening for business.

Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers across the globe are waiting for months after applying for renewal of their passports. The entire process of issuing and renewing passports has been halted due to the delay in updating the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) server.

People stood in line for hours and still could not get vaccinated because there was a severe shortage of vaccines in Narayanganj General Hospital.

Sutalari Ramchandrapur Government Primary School in Manikganj has been reduced to half its original size because the entire school is slowly crumbling into the mighty Padma river, while the Water Development Board remains inactive.

The production of potatoes has exceeded all expectations.

When most of the restrictions are lifted tomorrow, buses, trains, launches and other modes of transportations will start operating. Preparations were underway for activities to resume in full swing. In the capital, the roads were congested with traffic jams forming in several areas.