Rather than taking any step to take the Covid-19 patients to safety and douse the fire at the United Hospital’s isolation unit, an on-duty doctor and two nurses left the spot. Only a cleaner tried to fight the fire, but his efforts went in vain, leaving five patients dead.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, his wife, and private secretary have tested Covid-19 positive, a ministry statement said yesterday.

Allowing the scope for whitening black money in the name of economic recovery, increasing revenue, investment, and creating jobs will legalise money laundering and facilitate corruption, says Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

Anwar Hussain, a retired deputy chief engineer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, passed away at Interfaith Hospital in New York yesterday, said a press release. He was 78.

Governments yesterday faced some of the first legal action over their handling of the coronavirus as global markets began to rebound from losses fuelled by fears of a second wave of the pandemic.

After a day’s hard work, Omar Faruque Shipon spends time from evening to night raising awareness about coronavirus, which greatly helps his fellow Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore.

At least 861 people have died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms from March 22 to June 6, said a report of Dhaka University’s Centre for Genocide Studies.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is gradually recovering from pneumonia, an official of the Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital said yesterday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Roy leaves today for Kolkata after successfully completing his three-day visit to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh persistently remained on the 10th position on the global ranking of the worst coronavirus-hit countries for five consecutive days from June 6 due to its high number of new cases.

Trade body and business chamber leaders said the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is largely dependent on prompt implementation of the stimulus package.

In a scenario where the public transport sector cannot cater to the massive volume of commuters, owners of cars or jeeps will have to pay up to 67 percent more as advanced income tax or commonly known as “road tax” -- required to be paid during the registration and fitness renewal of motor vehicles.

Economists said the government would not be able to achieve the target of revenue mobilisation and economic growth this fiscal year.

People with big bank balances are going to see up to a 60 percent hike in excise duty rates the next fiscal year, as the government aims to collect higher taxes from relatively well-offs to attain the target of increased revenue collection for next fiscal year, according to the budget proposed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

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An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has directed five Supreme Court officials, including its Register General Md Ali Akbar, to discharge duties round the clock, in order to take necessary measures for Covid-19 treatment to its judges, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Brussels set out plans to reopen the EU’s internal borders yesterday, even as the global coronavirus outbreak hit worrying new landmarks in the United States, Latin America and Russia.

President Donald Trump yesterday issued an executive order authorising US sanctions against International Criminal Court employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

The condition of former health minister and Awami League MP Mohammad Nasim deteriorated further yesterday. He is now in a “very critical state”.