Crowds are forming at Paturia ferry ghat and Aricha from Daulatdia of Rajbari district as holidaymakers started to return to Dhaka after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at their village homes.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller today met State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and discussed the 2021 Joint Response Plan which will be launched tomorrow.

The ongoing mild heat wave sweeping over parts of Bangladesh may continue for 4-5 more days, according to Bangladesh Met Office.

Former superintendent of police Babul Akter, who was arrested over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, was sent to jail today after the end of his five-day remand.

The Palestine embassy in Dhaka has said at this hour of need, many Bangladeshis have extended their hands of cooperation, and many have shown keen enthusiasm to donate money for the brotherly country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has established itself as a developing country, defying numerous challenges and obstacles both at home and from abroad.

One person was killed and five were injured today in a collision between a truck and Mahindra at Fultola upazila of Khulna. The accident occurred at Khulna-Jashore highway in Damodar area.

A woman died and her six-year-old son sustained critical injuries as a car hit them while they were crossing the road in Dhaka’s Gulshan area early today.

After celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr, holidaymakers are struggling to return to Dhaka today due to the suspension of long-distance bus service.

Shimulia-Banglabazar route remained busy with Dhaka-returnees this morning, three days following Eid-ul-Fitr.

A total of 585 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India due to the ongoing border closure returned to the country through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria from April 26 to May 15, according to the data of Special Branch of Police in Brahmanbaria district.

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals over establishing supremacy in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this afternoon.

The government has extended the closure of all universities across the country till May 29, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

A schoolboy was killed and eight of his friends were injured as a human hauler carrying them plunged into a canal in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj today.

Bangladesh Bank today instructed the country’s lenders to continue their limited banking operation until May 23.

Over 100 Dhaka-bound passenger buses from different districts of the northern region were sent back from the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj today as they were travelling in violation of the ban on inter-district public transport.

A woman was killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Khulna today.

The Primary and Mass Education Ministry today extended the closure of primary schools and kindergartens till May 29, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

The Cabinet Division has issued a circular today, extending the ongoing countrywide restrictions on movement and long-distance public transport till May 23 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

An operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam confessed to a Dhaka magistrate yesterday (Saturday) that he was planning to attack Jatiya Sangsad on May 5 as per instruction of its leader Ali Hasan Osama, known as "Banglar Osama".