A Dhaka court today placed Junaid Karim Jimmy, costume designer and associate of film actress Pori Moni, on a three-day remand in a case filed against him with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

Nine patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of two Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Thirty ambulances from India -- gifted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- reached Benapole land port this morning.

Hoping to turn a handsome profit, Jasim Uddin took a Tk 50,000 loan from a local non-governmental organisation to grow pointed and bottle gourds on 40 decimals of land in Rahamatpur village in Jashore.

Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman, a retired judge of the High Court and former chairman of Administrative Appellate Tribunal, died from Covid-19 on Thursday. He was 75.

India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in a letter to US President Richard Nixon, expressed her dissatisfaction over the initiative of deploying UN observers in India and Pakistan.

Model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha and model Mariam Akhter Mou were placed today on different terms of remand in four separate cases filed with Gulshan, Bhatara, Khilkhet and Mohammadpur police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.

The detective branch (DB) of police picked up television play director Chayanika Chowdhury from Dhaka’s Panthapath this evening to interrogate her because she is “well-acquainted” with arrested actor Pori Moni.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged city dwellers to provide information about Aedes mosquito larvae or breeding sources on their website or control room numbers.

Two hundred and forty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Nasir Ali’s family is one of many farming families of Bangladesh that are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

At least 214 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8am today. Of them, only three are from outside Dhaka.

Newly-elected Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi wants to closely work with Bangladesh for mutual benefit of the two countries.

Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman, a retired judge of the High Court, has died from Covid-19 infection.

A lot of different statements about the Covid-19 vaccination have come from various places. But neither the health ministry nor the health directorate is responsible for all of those statements, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General Professor Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said today.

Fifteen people died while undergoing treatment at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Unvaccinated individuals will not be allowed to enter Benapole Customs House, according to a directive issued by the authorities last night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Sheikh Kamal used to lead a very simple life but faced a malicious campaign after surviving a futile assassination attempt in 1974.

The members of local orchestras commonly known as band parties in Tangail have been passing hard days as the number of programmes in which they are invited to play their musical instruments has reduced drastically since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

Thanks to a quiet and peaceful atmosphere resulted from the absence of visitors due to lockdowns enforced to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, a good number of wild animals in Rangpur Zoo are giving births to offspring.