The Daily Star's crime reporter Jamil Khan talks to one of the victims of the recently uncovered human trafficking racket. She managed to escape from captivity in India and returned to Bangladesh.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore was released on bail on March 4, 2021 after 10 months of imprisonment. After release, he said that he was brutally tortured in custody. A medical board, formed to verify his claim, has recently provided a report to the court about its findings.

​The Indian variant of coronavirus has been detected in 40 out of 50 samples in genome sequencing done by IEDCR and IDESHI. On the other hand, Covid-19 detection rate in border districts of Bangladesh is alarmingly on the rise. Are the authorities doing enough to stop the transmission of this variant from entering the heartland?

Multiple critical embankments in Koyra upazila are damaged because of Cyclone Yaas' impact, leaving thousands of people waterlogged. As there were no immediate and effective initiatives from the administration, the locals themselves are now working hard to repair those embankments.

​Dhaka Metropolitan Police, on May 29, announced that they have found a transnational racket including a number of Bangladeshi members, who were involved in trafficking Bangladeshi girls to India. The racket used the Tiktok app to target and lure young girls, many of whom are underaged, and forced them to become sex workers.

​As per its tradition, The Daily Star has printed a number of cartoons about the budget. Star Multimedia presents an assortment of these cartoons for the 2021-22 budget.

Despite the allocation of over Tk 107.6 billion for social security, the budget failed to become a refuge to the people with desperate needs, struggles and dreams.

Budget of fiscal year 2021-22 was proposed today, and it will determine the economic future of Bangladesh and its people.

​Despite the India-Bangladesh border being closed, 8 border districts of Bangladesh are experiencing a steep rise in Covid-19 cases.

The horrifying incident of a university student committing suicide under the influence of a dangerous drug has unearthed another racket of criminals working in the country. This drug, LSD, along with many others are making their way, from international cartels through national underground networks, to vulnerable youths.

Halda river, a unique natural ground for carp breeding in Bangladesh, is seeing an alarming decrease in the amount of fish eggs this year.

After ravaging our neighbouring country, the Indian variant of coronavirus is spilling into Bangladesh. Local transmission of this variant has already been confirmed by the experts. Meanwhile, sudden rise in Covid-19 detection rate in frontier areas are alarming.

Record high foreign reserve, unprecedented remittance inflow -- every year new records surpass the old ones. But the people who carry the burden, whose odyssey bring the much-coveted foreign currency for the country, the expatriate workers from Bangladesh are left deserted in systematic neglect.

Natore’s farmlands have been halved since the last 8 years where the number of unplanned ponds on farmlands has increased almost twofold.

“Black money” -- a term that blows up every budget season, a color that you cannot see, but still somehow is allowed to be “whitened”.

​The government of Saudi Arabia now demands that Bangladeshi travellers book hotels in advance for institutional quarantine. However, indecision and conflicting instructions from the concerned authorities are putting Saudi-bound passengers' departure at risk.

Illegal deforestation is engulfing Bandarban's rich forest endangering biodiversity and the indigenous lifestyle.

With thousands of lives on it and under incessant international scrutiny, Bhasan Char is facing its first real threat of a tropical cyclone, "Yaas".

Two cases of black fungus infection have been reported in Bangladesh. Now doctors are suspecting its association with a death.

Meteorologists warn that Cyclone Yaas will likely make landfall on May 26. The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra are advised to hoist distant warning signal number 2.