Oaishe Khan, daughter of former shipping minister and Awami League presidium member Shajahan Khan, was barred from going to London at Dhaka airport yesterday, after she was found Covid-19 positive upon cross-checking her certificate.

A group of university teachers at a webinar alleged that the government wants to silence people using the Digital Security Act, and that is why many people, including photojournalist Kajol, were arrested under this law.

Despite protests against it, local administration in Sylhet has permitted a temporary cattle market on the ground of an educational institute for Eid-ul-Azha, and the lessee has already started setting the haat.

Ahmed Mahfuzul Haq, a writer and publisher, breathed his last at Ali Asgar Hospital in the capital on Thursday. He was 72.

Today is the 14th death anniversary of Novera Deepita, a journalist of The Daily Star and a gold medalist student of the Department of Mass

Seven people were killed and five persons injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our local correspondents.

The University of Asia Pacific (UAP) yesterday organised a virtual discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on opportunities of higher education and studying abroad.

A rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to refund the money and fees received from the patients who were cheated by Regent Hospital in the name of Covid-19 test and treatment.

The Criminal Investigation Department’s Cyber Police Monitoring team arrested one person on July 23 for selling people fake ‘VIP SIM cards’ from unverified online pages.

A rights organisation today filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to refund the money and fees collected from patients who were cheated by Regent Hospital in regards to Covid-19 test and treatment.

The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry today formed eight monitoring teams to observe the activities of veterinary medical teams and other health-related issues at all cattle markets of two Dhaka city corporations before Eid-ul-Azha.

Fifty-four people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing today.

A five-member team of the archaeology department has visited the land of long-lost heritage located in Kalimabad area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila -- once known as Chandrapur -- which now lies beneath the ground.

Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been placed on a 28-day remand in four fraud cases -- seven days for each case -- filed against him with Uttara Paschim and Uttara Purba police stations.

US Attorney General William Barr has reopened a sprawling case against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fugitive killer Rashed Chowdhury, signaling that he could face deportation and death sentence, US magazine The Politico reports.

Forty-four eminent citizens of the country yesterday demanded withdrawal of additional Value Added Tax (VAT) on internet package prices to avoid negative impact on online education during the coronavirus crisis.

Speakers at an online discussion yesterday demanded for institutional action to hold back a greedy tendency of making excessive profit by unscrupulous private hospitals and clinics, healthcare service organisations and individuals, diagnostic centres, and pharmaceutical companies.

Brig Gen Md Shahidullah, the immediate past director of the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD), died with Covid-19 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.

To construct a residential hall for students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust), parts of hillocks have been razed in the last couple of days.

Four day-labourers were killed and two injured when a pickup ploughed into a crowd in Bogura yesterday.