A team of 40 Rohingyas reached Bhashan Char in Noakhali’s Hatiya upazila yesterday on a “go-and-see visit” to the island where the government has built an accommodation for one lakh Rohingyas.

One or more leaky gas pipes left unfixed for over a month have caused Friday night’s tragedy in a Narayanganj mosque, grieving residents said.

Coronavirus testing laboratories in the country have tested 16,05,111 samples till Friday and 3,21,615 or 20.04 percent have turned out Covid-19 positive.

Many BNP leaders and activists believe that the party must move forward without its partners from the 20-party Alliance and Jatiya Oikyafront.

Lionel Messi broke his silence, giving Goal an exclusive interview at his house in Castelldefels and saying that he was going to “continue at Barcelona” and continue to do his best.

When the country’s hospitals were struggling to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply to critical coronavirus patients, a group of 14 Buet alumni came to their aid three months ago by installing central oxygen systems for treating Covid-19 patients.

A video clip has been doing the rounds on social media showing suspended Teknaf OC Pradeep Kumar Das and Inspector Liaqat Ali telling someone that they had been tortured in remand.

The government has granted primary approval for registration of online portals of 92 daily newspapers. The country’s major dailies have been included in the list.

A suspect said he and others broke into the home of Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam with the intention to steal property, but officers believe that the actual motive behind the gruesome attack was unclear.

A seven-year-old boy died and at least 39 others suffered severe injuries in an air conditioner blast at Pashchim Talla Baitus Salam Mosque of Narayanganj after Esha prayers yesterday.

The government has decided to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for six more months on some conditions, Law Minister Anisul Huq told The Daily Star last night.

Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam and her father were seriously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants early yesterday.

The government has made little progress in relocating hazardous chemical businesses and warehouses from Old Dhaka, leaving the residents in constant fear following the two devastating fire incidents that claimed over 200 lives.

A group of eminent citizens and several migrant rights bodies have demanded immediate and unconditional release of the migrants who were arrested upon their return from Vietnam and the Middle East.

States around the world must act urgently to investigate cases of enforced disappearances even during the pandemic and the search for the victims must continue without delay, said Professor Tae-Ung Baik, vice-chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances while addressing a virtual discussion yesterday.

Chemical trade still goes on in Old Dhaka under the patronage of a section of political leaders and corrupt officials of different enforcement agencies, exposing its dwellers to the danger of major fire incidents like the last year’s Churihatta blaze, finds a research by Transparency International Bangladesh.

India has moved troops to its eastern stretch of border with China since clashes erupted between the nuclear-armed rivals on the western part of their border in the Himalayas in June, a government official said.

Three people were killed as an oil tanker exploded at the mechanical workshop of Incontrade Container Depot in Chattogram’s Patenga area yesterday.

After a lull of organisational activities for about five months amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the ruling Awami League has decided to revive the activities on a limited scale following health safety guidelines.

As the number of Covid-19 tests increased in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday compared to the previous 24-hour period, the number of coronavirus cases also went up in the country.