A girl was allegedly raped in Habiganj’s Nabiganj upazila on Saturday, while a man was yesterday sent to jail on charge of raping a schoolgirl.

A man was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in the capital’s Khilgaon area early yesterday, hours after he was arrested from Airport Road area.

The president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh today promulgates “The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh Order, 1972”.

The government is planning to turn a major section of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway into an expressway to ensure better connectivity between the capital and Mymensingh division, where 10 economic zones will be established.

Confusion spread over the decision to put Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha under lockdown yesterday, after a upazila committee to contain coronavirus, led by the UNO, made the recommendation to do so in a letter to the district administration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation in the evening of March 25.

The medical officer who treated a coronavirus patient at the capital’s Delta Medical College Hospital recently also tested positive for the virus.

US lawmakers urgently negotiating a $1 trillion emergency package to salvage an economy ravaged by the coronavirus missed a Republican-imposed deadline to reach an agreement by the end of Friday.

The government has cancelled the Independence Day programmes, including placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar on March 26, amid the rise in coronavirus cases.

Dharmasen Mohathero, the highest Buddhist religious leader in Bangladesh, passed away at a hospital in Chattogram city early yesterday.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had put the wartime Defense Production Act into action to aid the fight against coronavirus after saying earlier this week he would invoke the measure when needed.

Syrian refugee Mahmoud Ajlouni was due to pick up his new German residency permit last week but found the door firmly shut at the processing office in Berlin.

Amid a shortage of hand sanitizers against the growing demand, Carew and Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, the country’s sole state-owned distillery, has stepped forward to produce the alcohol-based solution for masses as part of its social responsibility.

The Election Commission has postponed Chattogram City Corporation elections and two other by-polls due to the coronavirus outbreak.

“Other sufferings are bearable, but not suffering for lack of water.”

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “shootout” with police in Pabna’s Santhia upazila early yesterday.

Awami League candidate Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin won the by-election to Dhaka-10 constituency, held amid the lowest ever voter turnout due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations, a senior economist at FAO and agricultural analysts said.

Five years ago, Dhaka Wasa announced the discovery of a natural underground water reservoir in Savar’s Bhakurta.

Sharply rebuking Pakistan President ZA Bhutto for indulging in purposeless talk, Bangbandhu turns down the offer to sit and talk for a settlement.