MA Mokaddem, a renowned individual in the tobacco industry, passed away at a hospital in Maryland, USA, on Thursday, said a press release.

Italian fashion company Teddy Group has committed to stay beside Bangladesh during the pandemic, saying that Bangladesh is a trusted partner.

Four wards of Cumilla City Corporation have been put in a 14-day lockdown to slow down coronavirus outbreak.

Many parts of Narayanganj City Corporation and Sadar upazila have been inundated due to intermittent rain in the last few days, causing huge sufferings to the locals.

A doctor of Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital has cancelled her maternity leave to join the hospital’s Covid-19 unit and treat patients who have contracted the disease.

Former minister and incumbent lawmaker Khandker Mosharraf Hossain and eminent cultural personality Kamal Lohani are the latest high-profile individuals to test Covid-19 positive.

The mugging took place in broad daylight.

Thrushes are a family of small to medium-sized songbirds. They spend most of their time on the ground inside forests, picking insects, worms and vegetable matter. There are 172 species of Thrushes spread all over the world, although the most variety is found in Asia and Africa.

A man whose body was found from three different areas of Dhaka on June 15 had been murdered allegedly for Tk 60,000 that he owed his business partner.

Former LGRD minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has been tested positive for Covid-19.

Former Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as her condition deteriorated at United Hospital in the city this morning.

Police have arrested four persons, including the main accused, in connection with the death of Dr Abdur Rakib Khan in Khulna.

Fisheries and livestock ministry yesterday asked the department of livestock to take necessary steps immediately to stop the spread of lumpy skin diseases in cattle, which is characterised by nodules on the skin. The disease has spread at some parts of Dinajpur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh Navy needs to be further strengthened with modern technology-based knowledge to protect the country’s vast sea area and its resources.

Different units of Bangladesh police have arrested 109 people in 51 cases filed regarding extortion at various points of roads and highways of the country.

Ninety-three more police members infected with Covid-19 were released from Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital (CPH) and Sylhet hospital yesterday following their recovery.

Majlish-e-Shura, the top body of the Al Jameyatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Madrasa, popularly known as Hathazari madarasa, has chosen who would lead it in absence of Ahmed Shafi, now Muhtamim (director general) and Amir of Hafazat-e-Islam.

A mobile phone sales representative was mugged in broad daylight in Rajshahi city’s New Market area yesterday morning while he was going to deposit Tk 35 lakh cash at a bank.

Seven people were killed in road accidents during the last two days, according to our correspondents in three districts.

Brac has come forward to support 7,250 returnee migrant workers, who were affected financially by the Covid-19 pandemic, providing them support worth Tk 3 crore under a new programme.