With deaths due to Covid-19 rising in Chattogram, bereaved families are facing yet another grim reality -- not being able to bury their loved ones with full rituals due to the fear of exposing themselves to the virus. In many cases, families and community members have not been able to attend the funeral prayers either because of physical distancing measures or due to fear of the infection.

Sub-inspector Ekramul Islam of Sitakunda Model Police Station under Chattogram district police, who died with Covid-19-like symptoms on Saturday, later tested positive.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for 17 lawyers of Gaibandha to practice law.

Two more workers, who suffered burns in an accident at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) on Saturday, died while they were being shifted to Dhaka from Chattogram for better treatment yesterday.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has inaugurated a year-long programme on eradicating the mosquito menace in the city.

Local administration declares three areas in Narayanganj to be red zones, and imposed lockdown for the next 15 days starting today, to contain the growing number of coronavirus cases in those areas.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected bail petitions of five accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Forty-two people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Sohel Rana, suspended manager of Farmers Bank's Tangail branch, in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from the bank.

Responding to the much-discussed report run by The Economist over the number of Covid-19 infections in the capital city, Dr John D Clemens, who was mentioned in the report as reference, has clarified his position saying his statement was taken out of context.

The government has arranged a second special flight from London to bring back Bangladeshi citizens stranded in the UK due to suspension of regular passenger flights.

A sixth-grader was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man in Homna upazila of Cumilla last Thursday morning.

The government has started working on introducing a toll-free hotline for students so they can get assistance from teachers over phone.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 131 houses and establishments on the first day of its 10-day combined operation.

The lower courts across the country have granted bail to 6,542 people including 63 children in five working days last week.

The case filed in connection with the gruesome murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter, has been handed over to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) from Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), after three years of investigation.

Sacked from their jobs or facing loss in their small businesses, the families now collect, cook, and share meals together.

Dividing Covid-19 containment zones after reopening everything, is like locking the stable door after the steed is already stolen, Workers’ Party President Rashed Khan Menon said yesterday.

Various socio-cultural and civil organisations have protested the initiative taken by Mymensingh divisional administration for “beautification and development” of century-old Mymensingh Circuit House ground.

A group of youths from different walks of life brought out a procession in Sylhet city yesterday, protesting the deaths of patients after being turned away by hospitals.