The health services division utilised only 21 percent of their allocations from the Annual Development Programme in the last nine months, said a report of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation division of the planning ministry.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has initiated an investigation into allegations of graft in a project of state-run Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd.

Police yesterday arrested two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam from the capital along seven supporters of the Islamist group from Brahmanbaria.

Five workers of an under-construction coal-fired power plant were killed and at least 21 others injured during a clash with police in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Over 3 percent of the labour force lost jobs while 16.38 million people became new poor amid the pandemic, according to a new study.

Noted political analyst Prof Tareque Shamsur Rehman was found dead at his Uttara flat in the capital yesterday.

“Please help me to find Actemra 400mg injection (Tocilizumab) for my Covid patient mother. She is currently in ICU. Please help…” read a recent appeal by Sazzad Hossain on a public Facebook group.

The rising coronavirus cases between April 6 and 13 have turned 54 districts of the country into high-risk zones.

The rising prices of daily essentials, driven by travel restrictions, are making it difficult for the middle and low income people to make ends meet.

BGB men led by a camp commander allegedly assaulted a reporter in Lalmonirhat Thursday night and accused him of possessing illegal drugs in a case filed with Sadar Police Station.

A total of 101 people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm has offered 60 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh when there has been a surge in daily infection rates and deaths for days, said officials.

As the fifth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls takes place today, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will try to more than make up for firing blanks five years ago in its attempt to dethrone Trinamool Congress in the state.

Most of the streets and intersections in the capital were largely empty on the third day of the eight-day “strict lockdown” yesterday, but the kitchen markets and alleys were crowded with people.

“Not at all. You are not a witness: you’re a part of history, Tawfiq.”

As the country crossed a grim milestone of 100 daily Covid-19 deaths yesterday, health experts and officials have pointed at coronavirus patients’ negligence in taking their symptoms seriously and the delay in seeking medical care on time as reasons behind the sharp rise in fatalities.

In the annals of Bangla cinema she was at one time “Champa”, the lone sister of seven brothers, and then in another avatar she was “Kiran Mala”, entering the dreams of a generation of film lovers.

With love, respect and grief, people of all walks of life bade farewell to Awami League lawmaker Abdul Matin Khasru yesterday.

The government is going to provide another round of cash assistance to nearly 35 lakh poor families facing income losses and hardship amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

The number of Covid-19 deaths in the country has passed the 10,000 mark, with the health directorate reporting 94 new deaths in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.