Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the implementing agency of metro rail projects, yesterday signed a contract with a consortium of agencies both foreign and Bangladesh for general consultancy services for Line-5 (Northern Route) of the Mass Rapid Transit Development project.

Dhaka University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have failed to make any progress in the latest QS world University ranking of 2021.

Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet, a subsidiary 100-bed hospital under Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, was dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients, days before the first patient was detected on April 5.

When reports of people being denied treatment at various hospitals started circulating on social media, a youth in Chattogram took it upon himself to help alleviate such sufferings. He promptly set up a five-bed primary healthcare facility for those in need of the service.

An elderly man died after suffering a seizure on the platform of Rajshahi Rail Station yesterday. With no ambulance available, transport to the hospital was impossible, which eventually led to the man’s death, railway police said quoting doctors.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) in a drive arrested three alleged robbers in possession with firearms from Kumira area under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Dr Md Enamul Haque has been appointed as national director of SOS Children’s Villages International in Bangladesh, says a press release. He started serving the organisation working for humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need on June 5.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will conduct judicial functions till June 30 through virtual system in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The government has asked the authorities of worship places across the country to spread awareness against Covid-19 through loud speakers.

A total of 424 medical professionals including doctors and nurses have been tested positive in Mymensingh division until June 9.

Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 153 houses and establishments on the fifth day of its ongoing 10-day combined operation to eliminate mosquitoes.

The first day of experimental lockdown in the city’s East Rajabazar area was enforced strictly, with no residents except those in emergency duty allowed to go outside today.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will conduct judicial functions till June 30 through virtual system, without physical presence, in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

As Covid-19 hit the nation hard, some 11,025 women faced different forms of domestic violence during the shutdown across the country in May, says a tele-survey report of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected bail petitions of three accused in a case filed over trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis who were killed in Libya on May 28.

Rana Shikder, who flew from Singapore to Bangladesh with the help of doctors of Singapore, died yesterday at his home. Thirty-two-year old Rana was waiting for death as he was suffering from stomach cancer.

The joint commissioner who allegedly offered bribe to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner was transferred yesterday.

The novel coronavirus has begun spreading to villages in Rajshahi district due to unabated cross-district travels and ineffective lockdown measures, health officials and development workers said.

As many as 43 staffers and officials of parliament secretariat have been infected with Covid-19 so far while the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban goes into budget session on Wednesday.

BNP yesterday made a 13-point proposal on the budget for the upcoming fiscal, urging the government to focus on saving people’s lives and livelihood.