Unidentified men approached journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol’s motorbike and appeared to tamper with it, the day he was last seen before what is feared to be an enforced disappearance, Amnesty International said yesterday.

Amid the rise of coronavirus cases in the country, two political parties yesterday urged the government to enforce a 15-day complete shutdown in the country, to contain the spread of the virus.

Detective Branch of police arrested a bus driver and his helper from Pallabi on Friday on charge of killing a police official in old airport area on March 18.

Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives have announced their contributions to the Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund, which was proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 15, to fight spread of the deadly virus under a common regional strategy.

Allegation is raised against some police personnel of beating a man to death in the city’s Uttarkhan area.

Awami League candidate Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has won the by-election to Dhaka-10 constituency which was held amid staggeringly low turnout today due to coronavirus scare.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undertakes a number of measures including operating mobile courts to compel the people who are advised to stay in quarantine to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Detective Branch of police arrested a bus driver and helper yesterday on charges of killing of an on-duty police official in the capital’s old airport area, Sahadat Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of DB police, told The Daily Star.

The setting up of a quarantine centre at Rajuk Apartment Project near Diyabari in Dhaka’s Uttara is currently being delayed, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the government will soon import 10,000 testing kits and 10,000 protective equipment from China to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges everyone to not hoard food and other essential items out of panic, as the country has enough stock of everything.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina casts her vote in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) by-polls to Dhaka-10 constituency at Dhaka City College centre.

Today is the sixth death anniversary of Faiz Mohammed, a former project manager of Augmedix.

To prevent price hikes due to increased demand for essential goods surrounding the coronavirus, mobile courts yesterday fined 68 traders and business organisations across three districts, report our correspondents.

Six people were killed and 12 others were injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday, report our correspondents and two news agencies.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday urged all to stand by people shunning political differences to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sent a youth to jail after arresting him in the capital on Thursday in connection with abducting a schoolgirl.

Amid fear of coronavirus spread, teachers in port city yesterday started participating in a training session to discharge duties at polling centres as presiding, assistant presiding and polling officers for the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation polls.

A fishing cat gave birth to two kittens at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila yesterday morning.

With an aim to aware people on how to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, government officials in Rajshahi launched a campaign yesterday.