Eight people died of Covid-19 and six with Covid-like symptoms in Barishal division in 24 hours (till 8 am today).

As the government has decided to allow all export-oriented factories to open from tomorrow, thousands of garment workers are returning to workplaces in Gazipur amid a nationwide lockdown, raising fears of Covid-19 transmission.

Ferry terminals are witnessing massive rush today as workers of garments and other export-oriented factories have started to return to Dhaka following a government announcement that the factories will be allowed to reopen from August 1, amid the ongoing "strict lockdown".

Police recovered burnt body of a man from a house in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area this morning.

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

Apparently giving in to pressure, the government has decided to allow export-oriented factories to reopen from August 1 amid the ongoing “strict lockdown” enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Bangladesh does not want any measures that promote integration of the Rohingyas into the local society.

Major terminals and depots in the capital have become ideal breeding grounds for Aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue virus, thanks to puddles formed in discarded tyres and plastic containers.

Prof Md Ali Ashraf, a veteran lawmaker of the ruling Awami League, died at a city hospital yesterday.

Thirty-eight SPs, who had gone without Eid bonuses or any salary for the last two months due to complications over their posting in Rab, will finally get their salaries as they were attached to Police Headquarters last week.

The United States, working behind the scenes, won the agreement of both Pakistan and the United Nations to station an international group of 153 civilian relief and rehabilitation experts in East Pakistan under United Nations sponsorship, officials said today.

Helena Jahangir, who was recently sacked as member of an Awami League subcommittee, was “spreading propaganda and misleading information” on digital platforms to defame important personalities and create panic and confusion in the public mind, Rab said yesterday.

The Italy government has extended its entry ban on Bangladesh nationals till August 30 to contain the spread of Covid-19.

A mobile court of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today fined a bakery in Old Dhaka Tk 50,000 after finding Aedes mosquito larvae at the site.

The government has decided to keep all the export-oriented factories and industries open from August 1 amid the ongoing strict lockdown which started from July 23.

At least 170 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8am today. Of them only six are from outside Dhaka.

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

Veteran politician, freedom fighter and Awami League lawmaker Prof Md Ali Ashraf passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka. He was 74.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all primary and kindergarten schools across the country till August 31.

A total of 30 lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived in Bangladesh between this morning and last night.