Kuwait will resume commercial flights with Bangladesh and other countries, while adhering to the Covid-19 measures set by a ministerial committee, a cabinet statement said on Wednesday.

Commuters are crossing the Padma river on launches as ferry services in the Shimulia-Banglabazar route remain suspended due to strong river currents.

A woman died of dengue fever this morning while undergoing treatment at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar. She left behind her 40-day old baby.

Police have arrested a man and recovered 20 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from a drug store in Dakkhinkhan area of Dhaka.

Hefajat-e Islam Amir Junayed Babunagari died today. He was 68.

A Dhaka court today placed film actress Pori Moni on a one-day remand in the third phase in a case filed with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed left Dhaka yesterday for Turkey on an eight-day official visit.

The High Court today directed Bangladesh-born US citizen Sharif Imran to present his daughters before the bench on August 31, following a writ petition filed by his wife Nakano Eriko, a citizen of Japan who has moved to Bangladesh and started a legal battle for custody of the children.

At least 50 people, including two police and two Ansar members were injured during clashes between law enforcers and local Awami League, Chhatra League leaders outside the Sadar UNO office in Barishal last night.

Rab arrested a death row convict in the murder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader and an organiser of the Liberation War Kazi Aref Ahmed early today.

Reiterating her stance against corruption, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned secretaries that they will have to shoulder all responsibilities if any corruption takes place in their respective sectors.

The government is drafting a bill to make social media surveillance stricter and legal.

Anwar Hossain, founder and chairman of Anwar Group of Industries, breathed his last on August 17.

The  Pakistan government today disqualified 195 of the 288 Awami League  members elected to the 310’seat East Pakistani Provincial Assembly. They  were charged with “incitement to murder, rape, kidnapping, attacks on  police posts and banks, armed robbery, rebellion and conspiring with the  enemy”.

When all the lights of a buzzing shoppingmall in Tangail town go off in the midnight, a woman in her fifties can be seen weeping alone at the corner of the mall, who has reportedly been leading such reclusive life on the streets for the last 30 years after being segregated from her family.

In a historic development, Rohingya women have described how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village, in an Argentinean court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction.

According to experts the prime breeding ground of Aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue, belongs to the two city corporations of Dhaka and other governmental organisations.

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban against five people, including two former owners of e-commerce platform eorange, in a case filed for embezzling around Tk 1,100 crore.

Afghanistan is now under full control of the Taliban. However, as history indicates, this issue is a matter of substantial concern particularly for Bangladesh.

Lawmaker Md Mujibul Huq has urged the government to work in collaboration with private entities and introduce a national initiative regarding health insurance coverage for readymade garment workers and wage earners.