Detectives yesterday pressed charges against eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The 8th death anniversary of Advocate Alhaj Kamaluddin Ahmed Khan, a former member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, was observed on August 1, says a press release.

Two people were killed and five persons injured in a road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway at Jagannathpur in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday submitted a petition to show three Awami League leaders of Faridpur town unit arrested in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.

A lighter vessel carrying 950 tonnes of raw sugar capsized at Bay of Bengal near Bhasanchar yesterday morning.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday congratulated International Labour Organisation (ILO) for achieving universal ratification on the child labour convention, thus giving all children legal protection against the worst forms of child labour.

UK-based human rights organisation Article 19 has expressed deep concern over what it termed “the ongoing blanket of communication restriction, harassment and intimidation of journalists” and “the shrinking press freedom” in Jammu and Kashmir.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has started a mobile court drive against illegal television cable lines set up haphazardly around DSCC areas.

Japan will provide 329 million US dollars (equivalent to 35 billion yen) to Bangladesh as grant to help the country combat coronavirus.

A lighter vessel carrying 950 tonnes of raw sugar capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Bhasanchar this morning.

A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday again rejected the bail petition of two officials of JKG Health Care, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The country witnessed at least seven road accidents during Eid vacation, leaving 11 people dead and four persons injured, according to reports from our correspondents.

The mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and his wife have tested positive of Covid-19, an RCC official confirmed yesterday.

Holidaymakers from the southern region have started returning to their workplaces in Dhaka after spending Eid-ul-Adha with their families.

Khorshed Alam Sujon has been appointed administrator of the Chattogram City Corporation.

Despite the ongoing pandemic situation, Kumudini Hospital in Tangail’s Mirzapur has been continuing its health care services through various initiatives to help people in need.

After Eid-ul-Azha, Dhaka city could be cleaned within three days through the efforts of the city corporations and city dwellers.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against Jubo Mohila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon for amassing Tk 6.24 crore illegally.

Police arrested TikTok celebrity Yasin Arafat Opu, also known as ‘Opu Vai’ on social media, along with one of his accomplices, on charges of assaulting, harassing and beating people at the capital’s Uttara area.

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday asked officials concerned to visit flood-hit areas as soon as possible, and monitor and supervise field activities to recoup farmers’ losses.