An owner of around 60 warehouses in Chattogram has been missing since Thursday, worrying importers and traders as they said goods worth Tk 200 crore remained stocked there.

A virtual court in Dhaka rejects the bail petition of Tarequzzaman Rajib, a councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) now suspended, in connection with a charge of amassing Tk 26,16,3600 illegally.

Local administration seizes around 1,000 litres of adulterated hand sanitiser and fined tradersTk 75,000 for running their businesses illegally at different parts of Chattogram city.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained three people from a photocopy shop in the capital’s Mugda for making fake negative and positive Covid-19 certificates.

A virtual court in Dhaka has finally decided to hold hearings on remand prayers of four accused including cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore without their presence before it,in a case under the Digital Security Act.

The High Court today observed that no patient -- infected with Covid-19 or not -- can be denied treatment at any hospital of the country.

A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines repatriated 160 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in United Arab Emirates for over three months following suspension of regular flights due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Rapid Action Battalion seizes 500 grams of heroin hidden inside a basket of mangoes and a pressure cooker from a courier service centre in Dhaka’s Elephant Road area.

Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), has been appointed as a special envoy to the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s (CVF) Presidency.

The High Court has refused to pass any order on a writ petition that sought its directives on the government to take necessary steps to protect prisoners in jails and prison staff from Covid-19.

Two members of Bangladesh Police, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, died in Dhaka while undergoing treatment at two different hospitals today.

A former Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death by his rivals following long-standing enmity in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna last night.

Social distancing, using face masks and face shields and ensuring proper hygiene are important points to remember in the effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, former lawmaker of Narayan-ganj-1 constituency and son of late Gul Baksh Bhuiyan, passed away on Saturday morning.

For the third consecutive day, an elephant has died in the country from human-made objects, as a juvenile elephant was found dead at a village in Banshkhali upazila yesterday.

The government is going to extend the closure of all educational institutions in the country in a bid to curb further spread of Covid-19.

Mohammad Nurul Amin Suruj, a freedom fighter, died from novel coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on June 11. He was 68, says a press release.

Dhaka University’s annual senate session was held yesterday, despite the absence of multiple members, including two pro-vice chancellors and the treasurer of the university.

Bangladesh Association of Biotechnology Graduates (BABG) demanded that the genetic engineering and biotech graduates, who are already working as frontline fighters in Covid-19 management, should be considered equally for Covid-19 testing, laboratory setup and any associated technical posts during recruitment.

Incidents of so-called “gunfights” between law enforcement agencies and alleged criminals have continued unabated across the country even during the Covid-19 outbreak, according to reports by Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) and Dhaka University’s Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS).