The forest department has seized a boat with eight maunds of shrimp that were poisoned from a creek around Sundarbans.

At least 4,200 families of Moulvibazar received food assistance under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) humanitarian assistance programme of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry today at Kulaura Girls High School field.

Not far from Manikganj town, the Kaliganga river flows by the village of Joynagar. Every year, because of dredging the villagers lose their farmland to the river.

A Dhaka court placed two associates of businessperson turned politician Helena Jahangir, on a three-day remand each in a fraud case filed with Dhaka’s Pallabi Police Station.

A Dhaka court today placed Monir Khan alias “Dorji Monir”, founder president of so called ‘Bangladesh Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Parishad’, on a four-day remand in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

The government is going to buy 30 medical oxygen generation plants to meet the oxygen demand for Covid-19 patients who have been suffering from respiratory problems.

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

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained film actress Pori Moni following a raid at her residence in Dhaka’s Banani this evening.

Rab arrested two alleged associates of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha during a raid at Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential area.

The atmosphere of Dhaka Medical College morgue premises was heavy with the mourning of family members waiting for the remains of loved ones who died in the fire at Hashem Food and Beverage Factory in Narayanganj.

The health directorate has suspended Sajeda Afrin, assistant health inspector at Delduar Upazila Health Complex in Tangail -- for pushing needles into the arms of 30 people without injecting the Covid-19 vaccine.

Two minors, who were sentenced to one-month in prison by a mobile court in Netrakona for getting married, were released from the law enforcers' custody today before the High Court issued a verbal order in this regard.

Amid wide criticism on social media since yesterday, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has withdrawn the comment he made yesterday that unvaccinated people, aged 18 and above, will not be allowed to go out.

At least seventeen people died in lightning strike on the bank of Padma river, in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, this noon.

Sixteen people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours, till 8am today.

The fire at United Leather factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj is now under control.

Health ministry has distanced itself from the comment made by Liberation War Affairs Minister yesterday.

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

Fourteen people – eight female and six male -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Two Bangladeshis have been arrested by law enforcers in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly entering India illegally.