Sharply criticising BNP for not observing the historic Mujibnagar Day, Information and Broadcast Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP wants to deny history.

Three people were killed and two others injured as a truck hit another truck on Bangabandhu Bridge east link road in Kalihati upazila of Tangail yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Mufti Sharifullah, an assistant publicity secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam, and sent him to jail in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station on May 6, 2013.

Saida Muna Tasneem, high commissioner for Bangladesh to the UK, has called upon the Commonwealth to support sustainability and economic viability of news and media houses across the Commonwealth, especially in the developing countries during the Covid crisis.

South Korea has imposed a ban on issuing visa for Bangladeshi nationals due to reported increase in Covid-19 positive cases among passengers arriving from Bangladesh. The ban came into effect from yesterday, according to a notice issued by Bangladesh embassy in Seoul on Facebook.

On the third day of the lockdown, the streets of Barishal did not exactly look as expected.

Before the pandemic, rickshaw-van puller Ramjan Ali used to earn Tk 300-400 by mainly transporting furniture. But his worst times started from April 5, when the government announced the lockdown, which compelled shops to remain shut.

A landlord in port city’s Lalkhan Bazar has allegedly drove a family out from their home on Thursday night for failing to pay rent, forcing them to pass the night on the street. The incident took place at Dubai Colony on High Level Road.

The hefty price of eggplants is draining the wallets of Dhaka citizens that enjoy the traditional iftar item, beguni.

Four species of deer are found in Bangladesh: spotted deer, barking deer, sambar deer and hog deer.

Mobarok Hossain Chowdhury (Samir), former general manager of BASIC Bank, passed away on April 9.

Lt Col Qadir’s anniversary of death today

A landlord in Chattogram’s Lalkhan Bazar area allegedly drove a family out from their house forcing them to pass the night on the streets for failing to pay house rent.

Although there were not that many people and only a handful of vehicles or rickshaws on roads on the first day of the countrywide seven-day “strict lockdown” on Wednesday, the scenario quickly changed yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain will take the decision about keeping the court proceedings across the country functional or suspended during the present coronavirus situation.

At least five people, including three members of a family, were killed in a road accident in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday, the first day of the lockdown.

Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) yesterday launched a service to provide free oxygen to Covid-19 patients, amid a surge of the infections in the city, much like the country.

The foreign missions of US, UK and India in Bangladesh have suspended visa-related activities during the lockdown from April 14 to 21.

Even those who need treatment are wary of visiting the Covid-19 unit of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) at Barishal, citing a major lack of resources and a dirty environment.

While incidents of child sexual abuse are on the rise in educational institutions, there is very little discussion at the national level on this unfortunate issue, speakers observed at a webinar yesterday.