Two members of a family were killed and two children were injured in a wall collapse in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh yesterday.

A panel of noted rights activists have demanded judicial investigation over the killing of workers at the SS I Power Plant at Chattogram’s Banshkhali on April 17.

Although yesterday was Friday, and almost all the government and private offices were closed, a significant number of people were seen on the streets and kitchen markets in the capital.

Dr Hameeda Hossain has been announced the recipient of the Bangladesh Development Initiative’s (BDI) Lifetime Achievement Award-2021, said a BDI press release.

At least 11 people of two families suffered burn injuries after a gas explosion at a building in Paschim Talla area of Narayanganj Sadar upazila yesterday.

The 23rd death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman was observed yesterday.

Brac will launch antigen-based Covid-19 rapid testing for suspected patients to get results within a comparatively shorter period of time from today.

I was walking downhill along a narrow plantation trail in Moulvi Bazar when my eyes caught movement in the Kodom tree abutting a pond at the end of the trail.

After the government decided to reopen shopping malls, road transport leaders now want to resume operations of buses and minibuses.

At least 11 people of two families suffered burn injuries after a gas explosion at a building at Paschim Talla area of Narayanganj Sadar upazila today.

Speakers at a sit-in yesterday said the emergency fund of Tk 10.5 crore announced by the prime minister on Wednesday for the poor and daily wage-earners hit hard by the lockdown is not sufficient. They demanded allocation of Tk 35,000 crore to meet the people’s needs.

A total of around 24,600 migrant workers have left the country for their respective workplaces in five countries, including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and UAE, in the last five days since April 17 via special flights.

The widespread cases of diarrhoea in Barishal division is due to the presence of cholera-causing germs in rivers and canals, from where water is being taken and used for household work, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and Barishal Civil Surgeon Office have confirmed.

Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to conduct a judicial inquiry into the killings of workers at SS Power I Plant at Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila on April 17.

If one goes out in the streets of Dhaka, they might mistake the ongoing “strict lockdown” for a public transportation strike -- after all, all sorts of vehicles are plying the streets, save for buses. At some points of the city, there was enough congestion of vehicles and people to cause traffic jams.

Three coaches, out of six of the first set of metro trains, have been shifted to the metro rail depot in Dhaka’s Diabari yesterday.

A total of 1,349 under-trial prisoners got released from jail after they were granted bail by the subordinate courts and tribunals on Wednesday.

Today marks the 26th death anniversary of eminent journalist Syed Mozammel Haque, special correspondent of the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

The 37th death anniversary of Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former speaker of the then Pakistan national assembly, will be observed with special prayers today.

Police yesterday arrested an alleged fraudster and journalist impersonator for blackmailing people in Chattogram city’s Pahartali area.