Though the district administration was planning to set up temporary cattle markets ahead of Eid in Sylhet, locals apparently are showing better judgement by purchasing sacrificial animals directly from farms after selecting cattle online to avoid crowds amid the pandemic.

Directorate of Registration has collected about Tk 530 crore as revenue by facilitating registrations of 2,47,780 deeds between May 31 and June 30.

In a bid to save jatka (fish fry) and increase production of hilsa, the government has banned all kinds of gill nets with mesh smaller than 6.6 centimeters or 2.6 inches.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police claimed to have arrested an Indian national, for her alleged involvement with militant outfit Neo-JMB.

A special team of police in a drive arrested four robbers from different areas of Dhaka on Thursday night, less than a week after a case was filed.

Abdullah M Hasan, news editor of The Financial Express, died from coronavirus at a private hospital in Dhaka this evening.

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was stabbed to death allegedly by an accused during arrest in Brahmanbaria Sadar this afternoon.

Three people died of Covid-19 like symptoms at Satkhira Medical College Hospital today.

A Facebook post with the picture of a Garo woman made by a maid-providing agency has caused outrage among social media users, including people from the ethnic minority community.

Three people were shot dead and another was beaten to death in a clash over the management of a local madrasa committee in Atra-Gilatola Eastern Gate area of Khulna city last night.

Flooding worsened in Tangail after the Jamuna river increased 11cm in the last 24 hours, flowing 99cm above the danger level, sources at the Water Development Board (WDB) said.

A man was killed in an alleged “shootout” with police in the city’s Bosila area earlier today.

Police have arrested four members of a robbery gang including its ringleader from different places in the capital.

A sub-inspector (SI) of Double Mooring Police Station is closed in his post earlier today after an 18-year-old teenage boy committed suicide after police allegedly detained his mother and sister over his role in beating-up another youth.

Eleven branches of Ramakrishna Mission have distributed food among 8,000 families who have been affected by the pandemic in different districts between April and June.

The third edition of the Abul Mansur Ahmad essay contest is open for entries.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday directed law enforcement agencies as well as all others involved in maintaining full lockdown at Wari, to do their job strictly.

Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in the city’s Airport and Uttara areas in the last two days.

A tourist guide was found dead at Jaflong area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

Two more police personnel, who earlier tested Covid-19 positive, died at Central Police Hospital yesterday.