The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for 16 weeks a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all, including his party leaders and workers, to plant more trees to protect the country’s environment and ensure food security of the people.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday asked the lower courts concerned to deal with the civil cases along with criminal cases through virtual system using information and communication technology in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Abinta Kabir had always dreamed of helping the disadvantaged. Her heart cried for the common people -- rickshaw pullers, workers and children on the streets of Dhaka. And she carried those memories of her city when she travelled to study at Emory University in Atlanta, USA.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained two people for their alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of a three and half year old boy in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.

The investigation officer has interrogated four accused, including cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, for two working days at jail gate in connection with a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Forty-one 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.

Apprehending a rise in coronavirus cases due to cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today urged authorities concerned to take necessary steps in this regard and reduce the number of cattle markets if needed.

Latifur Rahman (Shamim), 75, has passed away in his sleep at 11 am in his paternal home in Cumilla.

Kuwait’s interior ministry official Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah has been suspended on suspicion that he accepted bribes and was involved in financial transactions linked to the human trafficking and money laundering case against Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam.

A teenage boy was arrested on charges of raping a madrasa student in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila yesterday, said police.

A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines has brought back 152 Bangladeshis stranded in Abu Dhabi due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

A virtual court in Dhaka has sent photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol to jail on completion of his two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Noted educationist and industrialist MA Kashem has been elected North South University’s trustee board chairperson.

The CMP-Bidyanondo Field Hospital is going to be inaugurated today, with hopes amid increasing number of Covid-19 patients in Chattogram city.

Bangladesh’s oldest and largest university, one that is closely interconnected with the country’s history, its politics and liberation -- University of Dhaka -- turns 99 today.

The government will convert the temporary ordinance into a permanent law in order to continue operating the virtual court system after the Covid-19 pandemic, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

Parts of Wari in Old Dhaka is set to be locked down from July 4, authorities said yesterday.

The High Court is yet to start hearing on the death reference and appeals of the sensational Holey Artisan Bakery attack case, although the trial court has finished the case proceedings and delivered the verdict seven months ago.

Unwanted pregnancy and abortion could see a rise in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic as use of modern contraceptives has gone down, said the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday.