Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded everyone that vaccine is not the only solution to the coronavirus problem.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has decided to hold a preliminary entrance test for the 2020-21 honours academic session. This will be held before aspirants sit for the final admission test.

More than 300 Bangladeshis got stuck in India’s Petrapole land port yesterday, as Bangladesh government on Sunday closed the border with India, due to a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.

Voicing concerns over the Covid-19 vaccine crisis in the country, BNP yesterday said the government’s decision to procure it by a single organisation from a single source was “suicidal”.

The 59th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed today in the country.

BNP chairperson’s advisory council member and four-time former lawmaker Ziaur Rahman Khan was laid to rest at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard yesterday.

Formed in 2012, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has earned a reputation for solving the seemingly unsolvable, “sensational” and difficult cases. This specialised unit conducts criminal investigations and digital forensic services by the order of court and Police Headquarters (PHQ). In an interview with The Daily Star, PBI chief, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Banaj Kumar Majumder spoke about the organisation’s work process, achievements, challenges, constraints and future plans.

Former adminis-trative officer of Directorate General Health Services TM Rahmatullah passed away yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking results 2021 has ranked Daffodil International University (DIU) first among Bangladeshi universities.

Eminent citizens yesterday called for initiatives to preserve Syed Abul Maksud’s humanist ideology, scholarly works and immense knowledge by

Local contractors illegally sold a huge amount of soil dug up from Rajshahi University land, defying order of the authorities. However, the RU administration has not taken any effective steps against it.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of the ongoing “lockdown” imposed by the government

The newly-launched DNCC Covid-19 hospital in Dhaka has been struggling with the rising number of patients due to shortage of skilled manpower and other facilities.

Another person burnt in the chemical storage fire in Dhaka’s Armanitola on Friday, died yesterday morning.

The pending requests with the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) on running trial of vaccines might see some positive outcome as the ethical committee is expected to hold a meeting in a day or two over the issue.

The 70-bed Bidyanondo Field Hospital was inaugurated at Sagarika in the Halishahar area of the port city on April 15. The hospital is equipped with all facilities to treat Covid-19, said the hospital’s coordinator, Jamal Uddin.

A fire broke out at Ata Masjid (mosque) in Bangshal area of Old Dhaka tonight.

At the beginning, there were only the three of us in the Covid-19 testing team, but sir always said we could do the highest number of tests. Despite underlying health condition, he forcefully stayed in the lab from early morning all the way up to 12pm.

Nilufar Yeasmin was 25 when Rana Plaza collapsed. She was an operator at Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of the building.

For the last seven years, on April 24, Nurjahan Begum visits Bazar Bus Stand area in Savar early in the morning. There, with a photo of her daughter,