The RMG sector, which earns over 80% of the total foreign currencies for Bangladesh and employs over 4 million people, is now battling against the ongoing pandemic.

The longing to spend Eid with near ones has not been dampened a bit by Covid-19 pandemic.

What seems to be small islands in the Karnaphuli are actually mounds of polythene dumped from all over Chattogram city stacked in the river.

Import ban, so what? There are ways to sneak those in, through the country’s main airport even.

Most cattle markets this year are being set up with severe disregard to safety regulations amid laxity of local administration. That is the picture one gets from visiting Tebaria cattle market of Natore and different cattle markets in Rajshahi. Concerns are being raised about the spread of coronavirus as well as other big health risks.

Rohingya refugees residing in Bhasan Char are now equipped to manage their own livelihood for the first time in the history of this island, thanks to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

As people started to return to their ancestral homes for Eid, traffic increased on different highways and in some places vehicles were seen standing still. Both passengers and drivers faced immense distress, while very few were seen following COvid-19 health safety guidelines.

Within just a few hours, more than 50 people became homeless, as their houses were engulfed in the riverbank erosion caused by the untamed Jamuna.

Twenty-eight pythons, artificially hatched out of 31 eggs in Chattogram Zoo on June 22, were released in the Sitakunda Eco-park after they were nurtured in the zoo for almost a month.

Around 50 per cent of the rawhides Bangladesh produces a year come during every Eid-ul-Azha, when around 1 crore animals are sacrificed at a time.

Cattle markets are gearing up to their usual, vibrant chaos during this break from strict restrictions. However, as the official Eid holidays are yet to begin, customers are sparse compared to the usual.

Recently, Bangladesh Railway signed a contract with an NGO to establish a medical college and a nursing institute in the CRB area of Chattogram in a public-private partnership. After this deal, different social, cultural, political and conservation organisations have voiced their concerns against setting up this hospital. They noted that building a hospital in this area will have an adverse effect on the environment.

People have started leaving the capital to celebrate Eid back in their ancestral homes. Crowds are forming in Kamalapur Rail Station and Gabtoli bus terminal, among other exit points of the capital. Despite bus and train routes being opened, people are struggling to get tickets to specific destinations. Very little effort was visible in maintaining safety regulations.

Just five days are left until Eid-ul-Azha. Restrictions have been relaxed for the occasion.

Recently, fake insecticide and fertiliser worth Tk 150 crore have been seized during a mobile court drive from Meghna Fertilizer Company Limited in Keraniganj.

Even after two weeks of strict movement restrictions and social distancing regulations, 1,359 have died of Covid-19 in the last week, countrywide detection rate doubled to around 30% in last month, and 81.65% of Covid-dedicated ICU beds are now occupied. And now, the government has decided to put a one week break on lockdown.

​​​​​​​After 14 days of lockdown, with public transport, offices, shops and markets finally opening, streets are seeing traffic congestion. As a result, there were tailbacks on the roads and highways throughout the day. The situation was nearly same in various areas across the country, including Dhaka.

Migrant workers were seen waiting in long lines in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital since this morning for Covid-19 vaccine.

Star newsbytes After around a 300km road trip, Sultan has finally arrived at Dhaka’s Gabtoli cattle market.

Today marks the 14th day of strict lockdown. As the declaration of relaxing the lockdown has been made, streets and highways are taking on their chaotic appearance -- familiar before Eid. There were also traffic jams in many areas.