Around 2,570 houses of Cox’s Bazar were damaged by the storm triggered by cyclone “Yaas” that weakened into a deep depression over India's north Odisha and adjoining Jharkhand area this morning.

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as the cyclonic storm "Yaas" weakened into a deep depression over north Odisha and adjoining Jharkhand area this morning.

Twenty-four hours into laying sample eggs, brood fish started spawning in full swing from last night in Halda river, a unique natural ground for carp-like fish in South Asia.

The detection rate of Covid-19 infection has almost doubled in Rajshahi district today, according to reports of two RT PCR laboratories in the city.

A Dhaka court has placed Monir Hossain Kashemi, finance affairs secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam's now-dissolved central committee, on a fresh three-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Cox’s Bazar Met Department’s meteorologist said that cautionary signal number three is ongoing but the coastal district is free from the risk of Cyclone Yaas’ impact. Sea levels could rise by three to six feet above normal as the Bay of Bengal is now very rough.

A Dhaka court today placed an imam and his accomplice on a five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the death of an RMG worker in the capital's Dakshinkhan area.

Former lawmaker from Lakshmipur MA Awal and one of his hired goons Zahirul Islam Babu were sent to jail today after their bails in trader Shahinuddin murder case were rejected.

Local authorities are going to launch an RT PCR laboratory in Chapainawabganj tomorrow, in the wake of increasing detection rate of coronavirus infection in the frontier district.

Xenophobic attacks against Bangladeshis in South Africa continued till last night as mobs looted and vandalised several shops and malls owned by Bangladeshi expatriates in Free State province’s Branfort.

Brood fish in the Halda have released sample eggs -- indicating full spawning -- since Tuesday night at various points of the river. The locations are natural spawning ground for carp-like fishes.

A Swechhasebak League leader was sent to jail today by Natore Judicial Magistrate’s court after a case was filed against him yesterday for physically assaulting a Natore Water Development Board executive engineer.

Students of Rajshahi today demonstrated -- holding symbolic class on a road in the city’s Shaheb Bazar area -- demanding immediate reopening of all educational institutions.

There will be no gas supply in several areas of Dhaka city for up to six hours tomorrow, as the gas distribution company is undertaking pipeline relocation work.

A man died under a fallen tree in Bhola district under Barishal division today during the storm triggered by Cyclone Yaas, which formed in the Bay of Bengal and made a landfall in eastern Indian state Odisha.

Water level around Noakhali’s Bhasan Char rose this morning due to sporadic rainfall since last night.

Primary and education ministries have decided to reopen schools, in phases, from June 13.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today warned of action as per the immigration law if anyone tries to go to Israel from Bangladesh as it still does not recognise Israel.

A motorcyclist died after his bike collided with another in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area this morning.

With Covid-19 cases soaring in bordering districts likely because of the highly contagious Indian variant, experts fear that Bangladesh may face the worst outbreak of the deadly virus by the end of June.