Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner ANM Faizul Haque has asked to keep 344 centres ready so that locals can take shelter as cyclone “Yaas” is expected to cross the coast of Odisha in India and coastal districts of Bangladesh by May 26.

Two people were killed and three were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a truck in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila.

Five workers sustained burn injuries in a fire at a knitting factory in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila early today.

Women journalists today started a token hunger strike, demanding withdrawal of case against Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam and her immediate unconditional release.

A low-pressure area is brewing over the north Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, which could intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Met office has said.

The boat, which capsized in the Mediterranean Sea with 90 migrants including 81 Bangladeshis, was caught in a storm and sank after travelling for 16 hours from Libya’s Tripoli to Europe, said victims rescued off the Tunisian coast.

After its request to the United States, Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom to provide Covid-19 vaccine doses to meet its emergency needs as immunization programme is disrupted in Bangladesh.

A woman and her two daughters were found dead at their residence in Lama upazila of Bandarban last night.

Monir Hossain Kashemi, finance affairs secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam's central committee, was arrested by Detective Branch of Gulshan Division police last night from Dhaka’s Baridhara area.

At least 81 more Bangladeshis who were stuck in India returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga yesterday.

The government has extended restrictions on the movement of passengers through land ports with India up to May 31, as India's surge in coronavirus cases continues.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's kidneys and heart have been affected by the post-Covid complications, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today.

Police arrested a man in a case filed over attempting to rape an 18-year-old girl in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore last night.

The High Court said Destiny Group Director Lt Col (retd) Didarul Alam may flee the country if he is granted bail in a money laundering case involving Tk 1,935 crore.

The daily order of business for this year's budget session will be carried out with minimum lawmakers in parliament, in an attempt to maintain social distancing and avoid the risk of Covid-19 infection during the brief session.

Bangladesh Army’s Brigadier General Mohammad Nazmul Haque has been appointed as the Chief of Staff at the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations (DPO), at the United Nations Headquarters.

Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) has suspended the broadcasting of private television channels “SATV” and “Channel 9” due to non-payment of arrears.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam will get fair treatment and judgement and emphasised that Bangladesh's judiciary is very independent.

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the region, a 10-day complete lockdown has been imposed in Teknaf upazila and a week-long restriction has been announced in five Rohingya camps of Ukhiya-Teknaf.

A Dhaka court today placed former lawmaker MA Awal and two others on a four-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin in the city's Pallabi area on May 16.