Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, the number of dengue cases are also seeing an uptick in the country, especially in Dhaka this month.

The chiefs of the three services today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2020.

Bangladesh saw a rise in deaths from coronavirus infections as health authorities reported 28 more deaths in 24 hours until Saturday, pushing the death toll to 6,350.

Two people were killed and 10 others injured as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded in Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola last night.

Bangladesh and Jordan are in discussions to convene bilateral Foreign Office Consultations (FOC), with a view to strengthening the bilateral relations in areas of tourism, trade and investment, as well as employment and recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Jordan.

Detectives arrested four members of a fraud gang which produced counterfeit revenue stamps and postage stamps and circulate those in the markets.

Transport workers in Barguna went on an indefinite strike on all routes in the district since this morning, protesting attack on Barguna Minibus Workers Union general secretary Imam Hasan.

A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Roumari border of Kurigram early today, police said.

Police today arrested one person accused over the rape a 16-year-old girl in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.

The “Begum Para” of Toronto in Canada has come up during numerous political discussions in Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis have bought luxurious residences in Begum Para, spending millions laundered from Bangladesh. Mainly, the wives and children of Bangladeshi millionaires live in these residences, hence the name Begum Para. It is largely believed that mainly politicians have bought residences there.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought coordinated global action to monitor the nature of infections, implement required control measures and raise awareness against the widespread use of antibiotics.

At least 31 crude bombs found from Uttara's sector-10 in the capital this evening have been defused by the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz has alleged that some local politicians in Satkhira tried to divert food relief for the poor.

Police today arrested a man on charge of raping a 12-year-old madrasa student in Khaldhar Road in Jashore town.

Dhaka University authorities suspended the admission test for its Faculty of Business Studies MBA (evening) courses.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday arrested the ringleader of a gang that allegedly steals batteries from autorickshaws in Savar.

At least 17 people have died from Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has sought greater international support for migrant workers to cope with Covid-19 job market and beyond.

India has said it is keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms like Akash missile, radars, mortars, artillery guns and ammunitions and invited investments from its eastern neighbour in two key Indian defence industrial corridors.

A teenage girl was "gang-raped" by her cousin and one more on Wednesday night in the capital's Kalyanpur. Four more youths were also involved.