The garment exporters today urged the roads and highways department to carry out repair works on the Langalbandh bridge in Sonargaon on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway during the upcoming Eid holidays.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit cordoned off a suspected militant hideout at Mirabari of Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today congratulated Bangladesh cricket team for their victory against Zimbabwe in the Harare Test.

Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard today arrested five Rohingyas and two brokers with a boat while they were fleeing Bhasan Char at Hatia upazila of Noakhali.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has suggested UK to refrain from using any form of “insinuating and misleading” statements about Bangladesh government or the ruling party, Bangladesh Awami League.

At least 53 people were admitted to different hospitals with dengue fever in the country in 24 hours, till 8:00 am today.

Italy has expressed interest in investing 200 million Euros in Bangladesh for development of rural infrastructure, transportation system, drinkable water, and drainage system.

A 26-year-old man, who lost his job at a factory in Dhaka due to the lockdown imposed to curb Covid-19 surge, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room early today in Rajshahi. Family members and police suspect he died by suicide.

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

Several new houses of Ashrayan-2 project in Santhia upazila of Pabna already require repair work. Out of 372 houses, over 100 are 1.5ft shorter than others.

The High Court today stayed for 30 days an order by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) managing director for demoting its Executive Engineer Md Mozammel Haque for giving information to media in 2017 on irregularities of Wasa that resulted in waterlogging in Dhaka.

Today marks the 11th day of the ongoing strict lockdown. Despite operations by authorities to maintain health safety regulations, many people seemed indifferent.

Police rescued a newborn from a mahogany garden in Shibnagar village area, under Jhenaidah. 

The government will start administering Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from Tuesday (July 13) in 12 city corporation areas and Chinese Sinopharm vaccine across the country from tomorrow.

At least three people, including two women, were killed and three others were critically injured in a road accident in Lama upazila of Bandarban today.

A Thakurgaon-based journalist, who was sued and arrested yesterday for a report on alleged irregularities in food supplied to Covid-19 patients at district sadar hospital, was granted bail today.

The district administration distributed food aid as humanitarian assistance from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina among 1,000 transport workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has called upon farmers and customers to use online platform for selling and purchasing sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

An assistant sub-inspector, who sustained severe injuries after being hit by a car at a police checkpost on July 4, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning.

At least 602 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the Sylhet division in 24 hours till this morning, breaking previous records.