Khondaker Mozammel Huq, famous for his column Gedu Chachar Khola Chithi in the nineties and chief editor of online platform ajkersurjadoy24.com, passed away in Dhaka at the age of 71.

South Point School and College authorities admitted that they have made a mistake by holding admission test, disregarding the government’s directives on keeping all educational institutions shut to contain the spread of coronavirus.

An initiative by Dhaka University students to feed the poor every day on campus is set to end today, after a 100-day run.

Large-scale hill razing is underway to fill up land to construct a building for a proposed college in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila.

The High Court yesterday directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

When the daily activities came to a halt during the shutdown across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus, some initiatives from the Department of Livestock (DLS) saved farmers from financial distress.

When offices reopened at the end of May, novel coronavirus was still spreading in Rajshahi city and Ariful Amin was unwilling to join work to save his family from getting infected through him.

The government is giving Tk 10,000 as grant to 1,500 journalists each at the primary stage during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud told parliament yesterday.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking necessary action against three private hospitals for refusing to provide treatment to a patient and for charging extra from another patient.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh asks elderly people not to go to cattle markets this year to avoid getting infected with coronavirus.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today pressed charges against JuboMohila League's expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman in an arms case.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Australian High Commission jointly handed over personal protective equipment to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The High Court today directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

Grameenphone has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of BTRC’s decision that imposed two new restrictions on the country’s leading mobile operator.

The forest department has decided to ban the netting of fishes from all rivers and canals in the Sundarbans for the next two months, starting July 1.

The government has given permission to two more foreign air operators -- Turkish Airlines and Air Arabia -- to operate regular flights to and from Dhaka from July 1.

Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, senior secretary of the defence ministry, dies of Covid-19 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

Layla Arjumand Banu, wife of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, has died of coronavirus at the age of 71.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people after a launch capsized in Buriganga river at Dhaka's Shyambazar.

Superintendent of Jashore Police Muhammad Ashraf Hossain yesterday submitted a probe report to the High Court, saying that three police personnel of Kotwali Police Station had taken “unethical benefits” from the father of college student Imran Hossain for releasing him from their custody.