Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi yesterday installed an automatic hand sanitiser dispenser at the city’s main mosque -- Shaheb Bazar Boro Masjid -- to help mosque-goers follow Covid-19 protocols.

In a bid to curb Covid-19 infections, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to cancel flights on April 5, 9, 14, and 19 on the Dhaka-Doha route. The flights have been rescheduled for April 7, 12, 16, and 21, respectively.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that granted ad-interim bail to Mahfuzur Rahman Sharod, the main accused in a case filed for raping and blackmailing a student of Rajshahi University in January last year.

Two people were killed three injured in road accidents in two districts on Monday night, according to reports from our local correspondents.

Parliamentarians of different Asian countries yesterday suggested for creating funds and launching financial instruments to ensure sustainable reintegration of migrant workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Owners of small businesses in Rajshahi defied the government-imposed restrictions and opened their shops yesterday.

Counterterrorism unit claimed to have arrested the militant outfit Ansar Al Islam’s IT wing expert, who was planning to regroup and restart the outfit’s operational activities, including targeted killing, along with sacked army major Syed Ziaul Haq.

Erfan Salim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Md Salim, yesterday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to vacate its stay order on his High Court bail in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year.

In his 70s and with a chronic kidney disease, port city resident Rupak Paul has a lot to worry about as it is. But for this week, his worries multiplied after the government declared the countrywide lockdown. Rupak has an appointment with a nephrologist today, but as of yesterday, he wasn’t sure if it’s going to take place.

Once a driver by profession, Aminul Islam Hannan of the capital’s Dakshinkhan area, who was recently arrested on charge of shooting a man dead in broad daylight, made a fortune in the last one decade through widespread extortion, said locals.

The death reference of the case, in which 14 militants were sentenced to death for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000, has reached the High Court for the examination of the trial court verdict.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal -- one of the major healthcare centres in the country’s southern region -- lacks handwashing facilities for visitors at outpatient departments that have seen a swelling crowd in recent times, increasing the risk of rapid transmission of coronavirus from there amid the second wave.

A motorcyclist died and another person was injured after their bike hit a road divider in Dhaka’s Kakrail area this evening.

Eleven renowned personalities today issued a statement expressing hope that the structures and installations built in the premises of Dhaka University -- on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Liberation War and centennial of DU -- be named after martyred university teachers and officials.

A discussion is on to resume public transport only within Dhaka city, as people who have to go to work for providing emergency services are facing severe difficulties over the last two days.

Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi today installed an automatic hand sanitiser dispenser at the city’s main mosque -- Shaheb Bazar Boro Masjid -- for helping mosque-goers follow Covid-19 protocols.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the government to take necessary steps in 15 days to remove discrimination in public and private sectors regarding maternity leave. The notice also included the demand of enhancing this leave period from six months to one year.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-14) yesterday claimed to have arrested a youth, who was involved in vandalising the mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Brahmanbaria, on the day of the strike enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam on March 28.

A significant number of smokeless tobacco (SLT) manufacturers in Bangladesh have managed to slip away from the government’s tax net, anti-tobacco platform Knowledge for Progress said yesterday, referring to a recent study.

At least 21 policemen, including two police inspectors and two drivers of vehicles carrying police were injured when a passenger bus collided with two pickup vans in Brahmanbaria yesterday morning.