This (July 26) morning, thousands of people were seen at Jatrabari and Shonir Akhra as they tried to enter Dhaka, breaching the ongoing restrictions on movement.

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

A sharp rise in dengue cases is being reported throughout the country at a time when hospitals and the whole health sector are overwhelmed by the surge in Covid cases.

At least 207 people were dead and 389 were injured in 158 road accidents in the country over 11 days -- from July 14, Road Safety Foundation said today.

Traders at Sylhet’s wholesale Kadamtali Fruit Market have been incurring losses during the ongoing “strict lockdown” due to lack of buyers.

The government has decided to form three new upazilas in as many districts, taking the total number of the country’s upazilas to 495.

A doctor in Chattogram died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the port city last night.

Sylhet division has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a day after 14 persons died in the division in 24 hours till this morning. Earlier on July 18, the previous highest of 12 deaths was recorded.

Six people died of Covid-19 and 12 with Covid-like symptoms in Barishal division in 24 hours (till 8 am today).

Dhaka dwellers, mainly office-goers, faced difficulties on the road due to lack of transport as some offices including banks, stock exchange and several emergency services reopened yesterday amid the “strict lockdown” after Eid-ul-Azha holiday.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained a man with foreign currencies equivalent to Tk 2.5 crore at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this morning.

The High Court today stayed the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled for July 28, till August 5 -- due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

Seventeen people died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Supreme Court lawyer and former district judge ATM Golam Kibria died of Covid-19 yesterday.

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

Nazmul Haque, an assistant teacher at Firoza Bashar Ideal School and College in the capital’s Mohammadpur, is on the verge of losing everything.  

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito has said Japan will seize the opportunity to find a “long-term and lasting solution” to the Rohingya crisis with the Myanmar side, noting that the issue is very relevant to the future stability of the entire region.

A probe committee of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has recommended shifting the current locations of the ferry terminals on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route to avoid further collision between the vessels and the Padma bridge.

The government has asked providers to boost oxygen supplies and made plans to reign in excessive wastage of the life-saving gas in hospitals and install Pressure Swing Absorption oxygen generators in facilities with no central oxygen system.

People are having to pay higher than the prices fixed by the regulator for buying Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) because of non-compliance by sellers.