Five people, including three of a family, were killed and four others injured when a truck and an ambulance collided on the East Link Road to Bangabandhu Bridge yesterday morning.

The Pakistan army painted big yellow "H" on the Hindu shops in Faridpur town to identify the properties of the minority population which it made its special targets, reported the New York Times correspondent Sydney H Schanberg.

The first consignment of nearly 3,800 tonnes of coal -- for Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh -- has left India.

Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin was taken back to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday after he was found holding a Zoom meeting from the hospital's prison cell in a leaked video.

Police detained 14 Rohingyas, including children, from a bus stand in Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila on Friday amidst a countrywide lockdown.

Nearly 70 percent of Bangladesh’s RT-PCR testing facilities, needed for accurate diagnosis of Covid-19, are based in the Dhaka division -- a worrying discovery seeing that the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak has shifted out of the capital and its surrounding areas.

Opposition lawmakers yesterday criticised Health Minister Zahid Maleque for what they said was his failure in ensuring oxygen supplies to different hospitals and the recent deaths of Covid-19 patients amid oxygen supply shortage in Satkhira and Bogura.

Public and vehicular movement seemed to have increased on the streets of Dhaka and elsewhere on the third day of the countrywide "lockdown".

The number of new cases of Covid-19 rose by 51 percent in the past week from yesterday compared to the previous one, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Expressing frustration over people not paying heed to her call on celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at their respective locations, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said had the people followed her call, the coronavirus situation in the country wouldn't have worsened like it is now.

A murder case accused has brought allegations of sexual harassment and physical torture against some policemen in Barishal.

With Covid-19 cases continuing to surge, health facilities in Khulna are grappling with an acute crisis of hospital beds and oxygen due to the influx of patients.

The arrival of 4.5 million Covid vaccine doses in the country on Friday night and early yesterday has relieved a serious strain on the government.

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his neighbours over previous enmity at Dokkhin Ramchandrapur village in Pabna Sadar upazila today.

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

Bangladesh is exploring the potentials for deepening cooperation and overall relations with Colombia, said Bangladesh’s non-resident Ambassador to Colombia, M Shahidul Islam.

Bangladesh is likely to start receiving AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India in August, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

At least thirty new patients diagnosed with dengue were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka in 24 hours until this morning as the mosquito-borne disease continued to spread during monsoon, authorities said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today that the government cannot knowingly put students in danger by opening educational institutions, as they will be infected with coronavirus.

Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin was discharged from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after a leaked video of him joining a Zoom meeting from the hospital’s prison cell went viral on social media.