The development of the local market and supply chain ecosystem is very essential to face the post-LDC challenges, stakeholders said at a dialogue yesterday.

Eighty people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Businesses are more confident about recovery in the current July-September 2021 period than the previous quarter owing to the relaxation of countrywide lockdown, according to the Business Confidence Survey of the South Asian Network for Economic Model (Sanem).

A woman, who suffered burn injuries due to a gas cylinder leak in her house at Battala Haat of Chapainawabganj last night, succumbed to injuries today while on her way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn unit.

A man was killed after he was hit by a brick in Dhaka’s West Rampura early today.

Renowned author and translator Sheikh Abdul Hakim passed away at his Basabo residence in Dhaka this afternoon.

Detectives have busted a fraudulent group and arrested seven of its members yesterday for fabricating a student’s certificate on the Dhaka Education Board website.

The Bangladesh Bank has further extended the relaxation of its loan classification policy given the ongoing business slowdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Five, including Dinajpur CID ASP, were arrested on charges of abduction and demanding ransom. The arrestees include Rangpur CID ASP Sarwar Kabir, ASI Hasinur Rahman and Constable Ahsanul Haque Faruk.

Teesta river in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat and Brahmaputra, Dharla and Jamuna in Sirajganj are flowing over the danger-level due to rain and water from upstream. Many other rivers’ water-levels were also rising.

A Dhaka tribunal will decide on September 12 whether to accept the charges against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and six others in a case filed under the Digital Security Act allegedly for spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities.

Around six lakh doses of Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh this evening under the WHO-COVAX facility.

Seven staffers of two sand-carrying vessels, which hit and capsized a boat in Brahmanbaria Friday evening, were sued in a case over the death of 22 people in the incident.

Rab claims to have arrested five members of an organised vehicle theft gang, including its mastermind, during a raid in Narayanganj yesterday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested 57 people on charges of consuming and selling drugs in the city.

A two-year-old boy died in front of his father after a pick-up van hit and ran over the baby in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this morning.

Partially decomposed corpse of a giant whale floated on the shores of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar last night.

Rescue workers recovered the body of a three-year-old girl this morning, raising the death toll from the Brahmanbaria’s boat capsize to 22.

A vessel owned by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) got port clearance for departure today after remaining under detention for four days at Port of Bremen in Germany on allegation of having 27 deficiencies.

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $1.78-billion multitranche financing facility (MFF) to help improve mobility, road safety and regional trade along Dhaka-Sylhet trade corridor in Bangladesh.