Import ban, so what? There are ways to sneak those in, through the country’s main airport even.

Nizam Uddin, a sewing machine operator at a garment factory in Ashulia, cannot decide whether to go to his village in Mymensingh to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with his family.

With traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Tangail-Rangpur highway and ferry terminals on Padma River already causing sufferings for holidaymakers, the situation may turn worse today after the closure of the garment factories and offices.

Pakistan President Yahya Khan in an interview published in The Financial Times today said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would be put on trial “very soon”.

Shamsul Alam, an Ekushey Padak-winning economist, was sworn in as the state minister for planning yesterday.

The elder sister of the college student who was found dead in a Gulshan flat on April 26 has been terminated from her job at Padma Bank.

Two cattle traders were killed and another one was injured after a human hauler carrying them was hit by a train in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore today.

Dr Shamsul Alam, an Ekushey Padak-winning economist, was sworn in as state minister for planning today.

Alesha Mart today said it still does not know what the complaints are against the e-commerce platform.

No decision was taken in commerce ministry’s meeting today whether Evaly will be closed or not, said Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said they have arrested a man in possession of 100 grams of crystal meth from Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila last night.

An Indian company—Sewtech Fashion Ltd, a sister concern of India’s largest apparel maker Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd—has agreed to invest $9.26 million in Chattogram Export Processing Zone.

Claiming that a faction of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam left the BNP-led 20-party alliance under “pressure” from the government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said mutual trust among the alliance partners is “excellent”.

The government has decided to keep the Sylhet-3 constituency out of purview of the upcoming “lockdown” for the by-polls to the constituency scheduled to be held on July 28.

A journalist from Bogura was arrested today in a case filed under Digital Security Act for allegedly posting defamatory allegations of corruption against health officials and employees.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has requested the Cabinet Division to keep butchers and other animal sacrifice-related services providers, and suppliers of fish, meat, milk and essential raw materials of livestock out of the purview of upcoming ‘lockdown’ from July 23 to August 5.

A Dhaka court today placed a female lawyer and her husband on a one-day remand each in a case filed over torturing their 12-year-old house help in the capital’s Topkhana Road area.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport and Corporation (BIWTC) authority has temporarily suspended an officer today for not wearing a mask while attending a programme with the State Minister for Shipping, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury.

A defamation lawsuit of Tk 50 crore has been filed against popular actor Mosharraf Karim, private channel Boishakhi TV, and three others in Cumilla. 

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