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.

Public and vehicular movement increased on the streets of Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday on the first weekday after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays and the third day of the countrywide lockdown.

The authorities have suspended all assignment activities for students from grade VI to grade IX and candidates of SSC and HSC of 2022.

Handbills prepared by Bangalee guerrillas were distributed in Dhaka asking the population to begin evacuation of the city in preparation for a campaign against the Pakistan Army, reported The New York Times.

Three youths were arrested yesterday on charge of gang-raping an intellectually challenged girl in Gazipur’s Tongi.

SS Power I Ltd, a concern of S Alam Group, at Banshkhali in Chattogram, has provided Tk 5 lakh to each of the families of the seven victims killed in police firing on April 17 this year.

Watching his father die without oxygen support while suffering from a cardiac condition last year, young Taher Mahmud Tarif resolved to build a device to prevent any more such tragic deaths.

With the incident of Pori Moni’s accusation of attempted rape and murder, the name of Dhaka Boat Club has come to the fore. Upon investigation, the legitimacy of the club’s property is now under question.

The government is planning to inoculate one crore people with Covid-19 vaccines each month, says Health minister Zahid Maleque.

Five Supreme Court lawyers today served a legal notice to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, to postpone the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency scheduled to be held on July 28, due to the ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

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

President of the newly formed district committee of Natore Swechhasebak League, Ishtiaq Ahmed Dollar, today claimed that father of Natore-2 lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul was a razakar.

A Dhaka court placed an accused, Babu Hasan, on a three-day remand today in a case filed over the murder of trader Shahinuddin in Pallabi on May 16.

A man and his nephew died of electrocution in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore this afternoon.

The Covid-19 infection rate was still high even though there were fewer tests conducted during the Eid holidays, said Dr Nazmul Islam, spokesperson of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), at a virtual briefing today.

At least 105 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8 am today, registering the single-day highest of this year.

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin MP is leading the Bangladesh delegation at the two-day "COP26 July Ministerial" that began today in the United Kingdom (UK). 

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep condolences over the loss of lives in landslides triggered by monsoon rain floods in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Online application process for admission in the first year honours of National University (NU) under 2020-2021 academic session will start on July 28.

Typhoon In-fa hit China’s east coast south of Shanghai on Sunday after people living near the sea were evacuated, airline flights and trains were canceled and the public was ordered to stay indoors.