The Supreme Court administration has directed jail authorities not to produce under-trial prisoners before the lower courts or tribunals concerned during case proceedings including hearing of their bail petitions till further order, as a precaution to Coronavirus outbreak.

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Dhaka yesterday formed 14 virtual courts to deal with bail petitions and other urgent matters of pending cases.

The failure, mismanagement and corruption of the government were more responsible than people’s indifference to maintain safety protocol in transmission of coronavirus in the country, said Workers Party of Bangladesh yesterday.

An employee of Ekushey Television was run over by a train, while talking on mobile phone, in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area this morning.

A man died in the Double Mooring area of Agrabad in Chattogram this morning after a wall collapsed on him while painting it.

Another case has been filed against “Shishu Bokta” Rafiqul Islam Madani under the Digital Security Act in Gazipur.

A 16-year-old who works as domestic help was abducted and raped in the port city’s Akbarshah area.

Works of the fast-track projects will continue amid the strict lockdown to be imposed from Wednesday to contain the sharp rise of Covid-19 cases and deaths.

A controversy has stirred up centring a painting of celebrated writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed that either got lost or stolen during the time of his death in USA in 2012, and has now resurfaced in Cumilla after almost nine years.

Pregnant mothers, mothers with newborns, children below five years of age, patients needing emergency care and those with chronic illnesses,

It is very important to work in an integrated way to control the price hike of essentials during the upcoming month of Ramadan, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

With hospitals across the country, particularly in the capital, struggling to cope with a surging number of Covid-19 patients, the severely curtailed lifespan of a facility opened last year exactly for this purpose has drawn staunch criticism

Demolition process of a five-storey tilted building in Chattogram city started in the afternoon yesterday.

At least three workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

At least 10 journalists, who were sacked from daily Janakantha recently, were injured in an attack during a protest in front of the newspaper’s office in Dhaka’s Eskaton area yesterday afternoon. ===-

Leaders and activists of left-leaning student organisations yesterday demanded that the government build a field hospital to deal with the Covid-19 situation.

Process for demolishing a five-storey building, which tilted at Enayetbazar-Gowalpara area in Chattogram city last night, started today.

AKM Rafique Ahmed, director general of the Depart-ment of Environment (DoE), died yesterday with Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Central

A boy was electrocuted while scavenging garbage in the DC Road area of the port city yesterday.

Application process for Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s (Buet) admission test for 2020-21 honours academic session will begin