The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock yesterday formed eight monitoring teams to observe the activities of veterinary medical teams and other health related issues at all the cattle markets of two Dhaka city corporations ahead of Eid.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam yesterday asked the leaseholders not to allow hawkers or makeshift shops inside the cattle markets.

Detectives have submitted a petition before a Dhaka court to show photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol arrested in another case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Interviewing 237 ready-made garments workers from 22 factories, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation found that four percent reported having been infected with Covid-19.

Taking advantage of online social networks, fraudsters have been conning people into buying “VIP SIM cards”. They use unverified online pages and e-commerce sites for this purpose.

Oaishe Khan, daughter of former shipping minister and Awami League presidium member Shajahan Khan, was barred from going to London at Dhaka airport yesterday, after she was found Covid-19 positive upon cross-checking her certificate.

A group of university teachers at a webinar alleged that the government wants to silence people using the Digital Security Act, and that is why many people, including photojournalist Kajol, were arrested under this law.

Despite protests against it, local administration in Sylhet has permitted a temporary cattle market on the ground of an educational institute for Eid-ul-Azha, and the lessee has already started setting the haat.

The Criminal Investigation Department’s Cyber Police Monitoring team arrested one person on July 23 for selling people fake ‘VIP SIM cards’ from unverified online pages.

A rights organisation today filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to refund the money and fees collected from patients who were cheated by Regent Hospital in regards to Covid-19 test and treatment.

The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry today formed eight monitoring teams to observe the activities of veterinary medical teams and other health-related issues at all cattle markets of two Dhaka city corporations before Eid-ul-Azha.

Fifty-four people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing today.

A five-member team of the archaeology department has visited the land of long-lost heritage located in Kalimabad area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila -- once known as Chandrapur -- which now lies beneath the ground.

Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been placed on a 28-day remand in four fraud cases -- seven days for each case -- filed against him with Uttara Paschim and Uttara Purba police stations.

US Attorney General William Barr has reopened a sprawling case against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fugitive killer Rashed Chowdhury, signaling that he could face deportation and death sentence, US magazine The Politico reports.

Md Mizanur Rahman, managing director of Regent Hospital’s Uttara branch, was placed on a 10-day remand yesterday, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates to 76 labourers of Dhaka Metro Rail.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will receive 10 locomotives from India on Monday, to overcome its locomotive crisis.

A mobile court of Barishal district administration yesterday jailed two owners of a diagnostic centre for six months for preparing fake pathology reports and not renewing license for three years.

Gonoforum yesterday voiced concern over the worsening woes of the flood-affected people amid the coronavirus pandemic due to a “lack” of proper steps and plans.

Along with some Bangladeshis, a group of foreign nationals have formed organised rackets and swindling crores of taka from people through duping them on social media