Migrant workers will get Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after the stock of Pfizer vaccine ends by today or tomorrow in seven Dhaka hospitals, health directorate officials said today.

Stocks continued to rise for the second consecutive day today because of increased participation of institutional investors.

Pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines vowed to wage bolder demonstration as authorities of the national flag carrier issued an order without addressing salary disparity between its pilots and other employees.

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Maheshtala Baroghoria border area in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat today; another youth went missing after being shot.

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a man, who claimed to be a journalist and was sued under the Digital Security Act by police, from Sylhet Sadar upazila.

Md Abdul Awal Khan, a businessman from Gazipur's Kaliganj upazila, has been in jail for the last 17 years for killing his wife. But soon, he will become a free man as his innocence was proven and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today acquitted him of the murder charge.

Twenty-five more people – 15 male and 10 female -- died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.

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

The government yesterday announced a Tk 3,200 crore relief package for the ultra-poor and destitute families and the tourism sector -- segments that were dealt a fresh blow by the latest round of hard lockdown to contain the second wave of Covid-19 cases.

Relaxing the ongoing restrictions for eight days from tomorrow for the Eid-ul-Azha, the government yesterday decided to enforce a stricter lockdown across the country for two weeks from July 23 to rein in Covid infections.

Kishwar Chowdhury, the Aussie home cook of Bangladeshi origin, didn’t win the MasterChef Australia title. She placed third. But for us, Bangladeshis who have been closely following her rise and rise on arguably the most popular reality show on food, Kishwar has already won.

Police recovered the body of a muezzin in Naogaon’s Sadar upazila around 10:30am on Tuesday.

The New York Times in an editorial published today urges the US administration to promptly divert military supplies already en route to Pakistan.

A pregnant woman was raped by one of her neighbours in Savar’s Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, on Sunday, police said, quoting the victim.

This year, local administrations, in consultation with public representatives and local dignitaries, would decide whether the Eid prayers would be held at mosques, eidgahs or open spaces.

A 15-year-old girl was saved from child marriage in Nilphamari Sadar on Monday night after she contacted the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) over phone seeking help.

It’s just 200 metres of road but it is a key part of a thoroughfare that has been in appalling state for a year in Bhanaga municipality of Faridpur.

A government primary school on the Teesta river is now on the verge of being devoured by the river due to erosion in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila.

Two construction workers were killed and another one was injured after a wall collapsed on them in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj this afternoon.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will be holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts from India, China and Russia in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent where he will seek cooperation for speedy vaccine supply and solving Rohingya crisis.