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The process of performing Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia resumed today for the Bangladeshi pilgrims who have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been tasked to investigate six more cases filed against sacked Awami League leader Helena Jahangir, film producer Nazrul Islam Raz, models and their associates.

Police recovered the bodies of a couple from a room of a rented house in Ashulia, Savar.

The current economic success story of Bangladesh was mainly founded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the father of the nation took some visionary steps after the independence of the country in 1971, speakers said today.

Eleven people, including Channel i Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar and its spokesperson Shykh Seraj, were sued under the Persons with Disabilities Rights and Protection Act today.

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that allegation against former BNP minister Mirza Abbas of misappropriation regarding leasing out a government land has been disclosed primarily, and he cannot avoid the responsibility.

The Asia Garment Hub, a one-stop digital knowledge platform, was launched today to help industry stakeholders understand, promote and operationalise decent work and sustainable business practices across the supply chain.

Mobile courts of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today handed out fines of Tk 5.3 lakh to different people, including authorities of Concord IK Tower and HSBC bank, after finding Aedes mosquito larvae at their establishments.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said there is no plan to revise the GDP growth target right now, as he believes the government will be able to maintain the estimated growth rate for 2021-22 fiscal year.

Three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Mymensingh today.

Speakers at a webinar today said that the Covid-19 pandemic has harmed the overall lives and livelihood of indigenous women. Titled "Livelihood Crisis and Security of Indigenous Women in Covid-19", the webinar was organised by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said dengue cases have started to observe a downtrend due to their ongoing combing operation.

An assistant sub-inspector of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) died in a road accident in Sholoshahar area in Chattogram city today.

UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has welcomed the vaccination campaign in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, in line with national authorities’ broader public health efforts.

A legal consultant will be hired for assisting the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Petrobangla under the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Anti-terrorism unit of police claimed to have arrested four members of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, also known as Ansar al Islam, from Dhaka’s Rayerbagh area early this morning.

Baby food, vegetables, fruit, cereals, meat, fish and other foodstuffs will have to meet stricter limits of cadmium and lead content before they can be sold in the European Union, according to new rules that will be applicable from the end of August.

The government has decided to give a Chinese company Tk 172.61 crore contract to operate and maintain Bangabandhu Bridge for the next five years.

1.77 million more doses of Sinopharm vaccines, under the COVAX programme, has departed China’s Beijing via an Emirates flight at 7:20 this morning (Beijing time).