Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today announced closure of the stock market for the next four days just hours after the Dhaka bourse ended the day's trading with a 100-point gain.

One hundred and fifteen 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).

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought bank account details of 11 e-commerce merchants.

Even during the ongoing pandemic, sanitation work and sanitation workers remain indispensable for Dhaka city and its dwellers.

Bangladesh will host a two-day ‘International Peace Conference’ in November, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the Parliament today.

Parliament today passed the Tk 603,681 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22, with the theme “Bangladesh towards a resilient future protecting lives and livelihoods”.

The countrywide mass inoculation campaign will resume tomorrow at all district hospitals and 40 centres in Dhaka city with Sinopharm vaccines, Dr Shamsul Haque, line director (MNC&H) of the health directorate, said today.

Eighty percent of the country will come under Covid-19 vaccination within the first quarter of 2022, Health Minister Zahid Maleque informed the parliament today.

Three locals, brothers, were hospitalised after being shot and critically injured by a group of armed Rohingyas in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, police said.

A Dhaka court today placed BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a one-day remand in a case filed with Ramna Police Station over 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Detectives arrested an imam for his alleged involvement in the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat.

The provision to question the character of a rape victim in the court will be removed from the Evidence Act, and the government is working in this regard, Law Minister Anisul Haq told the parliament today.

Commuters’ woes continued on the third day of the “partial lockdown” due to lack of transports on the road.

The High Court today acquitted two death row convicts in a case filed over the rape and murder of a child, Fatima Akhter Eti, in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district in 2014.

Two million Sinopharm vaccines in Beijing are ready to be delivered to Bangladesh, said Chinese government officials.

Cabinet Division, in a circular issued today, said legal action will be taken if anyone goes out without any emergency during the week-long nationwide “strict restriction”, starting tomorrow.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police are prepared to arrest anyone who will go out without emergencies during the strict lockdown, scheduled to begin from tomorrow.

Bangladesh has jumped up 25 places to be ranked 53 in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020, according to a report of the United Nations.

Bangladesh Armed Force will deploy necessary number of army personnel under “Aid to the Civil Power” to ensure field-level effective patrolling during the countrywide seven-day “strict lockdown”, starting tomorrow.

Twelve people died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.