About Tk 146 crore has been disbursed so far from the government’s Tk 700-crore special reintegration loan fund for pandemic-affected returnee migrants, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech has uncovered the faces of “those who exploit religion”.

Eminent citizens yesterday urged the young generation to be imbued with patriotism and work with devotion and honesty aiming to contribute to the country’s advancement.

With coronavirus infection rate increasing in Barishal every day, the district administration has instructed people to strictly follow health guidelines.

On April 5 last year, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital Assistant Professor Dr Md Moyeen Uddin tested positive for Covid-19. He was the very first of such patients in Sylhet, and was the first doctor of the country to have succumbed to the virus on April 15.

Small traders in Rajshahi staged a demonstration in the city yesterday, demanding exclusion of their businesses from the lockdown.

On the first day of the countrywide seven-day lockdown, port city commuters suffered immensely due to acute shortage of public transport.

Two convicted prisoners died at Dhaka hospitals this morning.

The Hajj and Umrah Management Bill-2021 was placed in parliament yesterday, in principle, to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

While the government has shut shopping malls and restricted movement of public transport fearing further surge in coronavirus cases, the decision of keeping Ekushey Book Fair open for visitors has caught flak.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed all authorities concerned to perform their duties properly to ensure that the government directives are implemented appropriately to battle the second wave of Covid-19 in the country.

Baldha Garden no longer bustles with life, as it used to in the past with a delightful array of exotic plants and trees.

Former principal information officer Harun-ar-Rashid passed away at a city hospital on Saturday, aged 75.

Shonge Achi Foundation has launched education stipends for poor and brilliant female students of schools and colleges at Nalchhity upazila of

Police arrested a youth for stabbing a madrasa student and looting cash and mobile phone in the hilly parts of port city’s Akbarshah area early

Prerona Foundation under its “Amra Shikhi, Amra Pari” programme has partnered with institutions working for the welfare of differently-abled

The High Court yesterday directed Grameen Telecom authorities to immediately reinstate its 28 employees who were terminated from their jobs earlier.

The nor’wester that swept over Rajshahi city yesterday uprooted at least 30 poles of the recently installed butterfly-shaped street lights of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).

At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondent and a news agency.

Leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam unleashed mayhem at different places across the country following confinement of a top leader of the organisation by ruling Awami League men at a resort in Narayanganj along with a woman on Saturday evening.