USAID has launched a $17 million clean energy project called Bangladesh Advancing Development Growth through Energy (BADGE), aimed at expanding Bangladesh’s access to affordable clean energy and support clean energy entrepreneurship.

Seventy-eight people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 19.27 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Three people were killed in a road accident today at Lobonkotha area of Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, reports our local correspondent quoting police.

Dhaka stocks hit nearly a three-and-a-half-year high today as institutional investors got their confidence back after the removal of the floor price from all companies by the stock market watchdog.

Bangladeshi sex workers urged relevant organizations to shift focus from HIV/AIDS to violence concerning their current reality while planning development programmes for their community. The opinion came forward in a two-day training jointly organised by the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) and local advocacy organisation HIV/AIDS Research and Welfare Centre (HARC) on June 20 and 21.

The government has imposed "lockdown" in Narayanganj, Manikganj, Madaripur, Munshiganj, Gazipur, Gopalganj and Rajbari districts from June 22 to 30, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam said today.

Malaysian Immigration Department arrested 309 undocumented migrants, including 102 Bangladeshi, during an integrated operation carried out at a settlement near ​​a construction site in Dengkil early today.

Thirteen people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till this morning.

A man was killed and at least two others were injured during a clash between supporters of two Union Parishad member candidates in Char Fasson upzila of Bhola this morning.

The by-election to Lakshmipur-2 constituency began this morning.

Two officials of Dhaka Bank’s Bangshal branch were shown arrested yesterday in a case filed against them over misappropriation of Tk 3.77 crore that went missing from the bank’s vault.

The health directorate has started administering Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines at three centres in Dhaka today.

Two persons were stabbed by rivals outside a voting centre at Keshabpur in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali during the union parishad election today.

Elections to 204 union parishads under 13 districts are progressing with some reports of violence and untoward incidents.

Mehjabin Islam Moon killed her parents and sister in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area yesterday as she was forced into “anti-social activities”, police said today quoting her.

Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) officers’ association leaders locked the university’s registrar office and halted administrative work this morning, reports our Pabna correspondent.

IFIC Bank has decided to raise Tk 1,000 crore by issuing perpetual bond to maintain the bank's capital complying with the BASEL-III norms.

Eighty-two people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 16.38 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prof Dr Mamun Al Mahtab Shwapnil, chairman of hepatology department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU); Prof Dr Abdul Wahab Khan, consultant laparoscopic surgeon of Islami Bank Central Hospital in Kakrail; and Prof Dr Mohammad Ali, hepatobiliary surgeon of BRB Hospital in Kalabagan, have been sued for the death of Dr Mohammad Towfiq Enam.

Two people died in separate road accidents in Savar earlier today.