Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Noakhali’s Basurhat municipality, has said he has made arrangements to have Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, his wife Isratunnesa Quader, and AL lawmaker of Noakhali-4 Ekramul Karim Chowdhury killed if he is murdered.

A Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against 15 accused, including suspended inspector Liaqat Ali and former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, in a case filed over Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for cooperation from all as she reiterated her government’s resolve to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

Sixty-one lakh Ansar members are ready to work at the field level to assist administration in enforcing the seven-day “complete lockdown” started from July 1, said Major General Mizanur Rahman Shamim, director general of Ansar and VDP.

A Dhaka court today fixed August 10 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases including a sedition case.

Fourteen people died of Covid-19 and three died with symptoms at three hospitals in Khulna in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today.

Thirty-two individuals and organisations have received prestigious Bangabandhu Jatiya Krishi Puroshkar-1424, the highest state recognition for achievements in the agriculture sector.

Around 400 vehicles were waiting at Shimulia ferry ghat to cross the Padma river in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj this morning.

Five patients of Covid-19 have died in Kushtia in 24 hours till this morning.

Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, arrived in Dhaka yesterday for a three-day visit on invitation from the Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force.

Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov has lauded the success Bangladesh has achieved in garments and medicine sectors and urged the entrepreneurs of the south Asian country to invest in the landlocked nation.

The countrywide "complete lockdown" will be enforced from July 1 (Thursday), not from Monday (June 28), SK Rafiqul Islam, Additional Secretary of District and Field Admin Wing of the Cabinet Division, told The Daily Star this evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to protect farmland for sustainable agriculture.

A 60-year-old man, chairman of Konakdia union parishad under Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali, has married a 14-year-old at an arbitration he called over the girl eloping with her 19-year-old boyfriend.

Customs houses at ports and field offices for value-added tax will remain open during the seven-day countrywide complete lockdown starting from Monday.

The stimulus packages for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should be expanded and redesigned in the next budget considering the Covid-19 pandemic situations, experts said in a webinar today.

The investors of the export processing zones (EPZs) have requested Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) to keep the EPZs open during the upcoming countrywide shutdown starting from June 28.

The Dhaka University authorities have asked all concerned departments to hold final examinations of all academic years online as the Covid-19 situation in the country has deteriorated.

Steps have been taken to make Covid-19 vaccines at pharmaceutical factories around Gopalganj district, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has wondered why Bangladeshis are trying to reach Europe illegally, risking their lives, despite the country's huge economic progress.