As a 65-year-old retired school teacher, Md Abul Kalam Azad was looking forward to a relatively comfortable ride into the horizon. While he wasn’t expecting a life of grandeur and indulgence, he wished to see out his last days finally free from the grips of poverty.

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.

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).

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who recently recovered from Covid-19, took part in the namaz-e-janaza of Awami League presidium member and former health minister Mohammad Nasim at Banani Graveyard yesterday.

The High Court yesterday requested lawyers, who are connected with virtual court functions, to work towards increasing awareness among people about the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid a worsening healthcare crisis in the city, Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and community leaders have teamed up to turn two community centres into isolation centres, in a bid to deal with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed to have arrested five members of a gang who robbed Tk 80 lakh from a vehicle in Gazipur recently.