A mild heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

A mobile court today fined tourists Tk 10,800 for visiting different places -- without maintaining health rules -- in Srimangla upazila of Moulvibazar.

Police recovered the body of a security guard of shops in Dhaka’s Bhasantek area this morning after thieves took away some goods from a shop.

People, who are either returning to Dhaka or heading for the southern districts, have been gathering at Shimulia and Banglabazar ferry ghats today -- the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr.

After celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at their village homes, people have started returning to Dhaka from 21 southern districts through Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes.

Three Bangladeshis were killed and another was injured when a private car collided with another vehicle in Bahrain.

Mango cultivators began harvesting the fruit from today following the scheduled date as instructed by the local administration.

Residents near Ekhtiyarpur canal in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj can now finally breathe a sigh of relief after a factory in the vicinity was shut down for polluting the environment with industrial waste.

Twenty-two people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

One person died and 20 others were injured after a bus lost control and fell into a ditch on the east side of the Bangabandhu Bridge’s connecting road.

The government will issue a circular tomorrow on extending the ongoing countrywide "lockdown" till May 23 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, state minister for public administration Farhad Hossain, said.

Three labours were killed and six others were injured after a truck hit a human hauler in Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj this morning.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shah Jahan Chowdhury, also former lawmaker of Chattogram-15, from Satkania upazila of Chattogram has been placed on a three-day remand in a case filed with Hathazari police station over Hefajat-e-Islam’s mayhem on March 26 during the protests against Indian PM Modi's visit.

A security guard of Benapole Port was killed after a private car ran him over at Benapole Bazar in Jashore last night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited the Indian state of Assam to reap benefits from Bangladesh's growth trajectory in view of the warmth, depth and diversity of Bangladesh-India relationship.

“I only had some shemai (sweet vermicelli) this morning. I don't have any new dress this Eid.”

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said their party leaders and activists have not been able to properly celebrate Eid in a decade as they have been subjected to killing, enforced disappearance and other repressive acts.

During the whole month of Ramadan, nearly 1,500 people received iftar here every day. ‘Mehmankhana’, as the organisers call it, aimed to provide hot meals to orphaned children, rickshaw-pullers, street vendors, and people from other marginalised sections of society who have become unemployed during lockdown. Special arrangements were also made for all these people on the day of Eid. Everyone was happy with such an arrangement on Eid day.

Another coronavirus positive Bangladeshi, who arrived from India through Benapole land port recently, has fled from the coronavirus ward of Jashore General Hospital.

A child was killed and three people were injured in two separate road accidents in Barguna’s Bamna upazila today.