Forty-eight people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

Three members of a family, including a Singapore returnee, has been killed and two others injured as a rented car lost control and hit a roadside railing on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj’s Kashani upazila.

A journalist and his family members were injured in an attack carried out by some local criminals in Lalmonirhat Sadar last night.

The Anti-Corruption Corruption (ACC) has submitted a petition to a Dhaka court for showing Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former audit committee chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd, and his son Rashedul Haque Chisty, arrested in a case filed over the misappropriation of Tk 63 crore.

A suspected bidi smuggler has been killed as Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) allegedly opened fire on his gang in self-defence in Hazipur union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has formed a three-member committee over yesterday’s blast inside Pallabi Police Station that left five -- including four policemen -- injured.

Universal Poultry Hatchery Limited, a large poultry farm in Jhenidah, faces closure due to various problems including drastic fall in demand of poultry meat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The pandemic has badly affected the sale of cows at Satmile Haat, the largest cattle market in Jashore, although there is huge supply of cattle.

The High Court has directed the government to take necessary steps to print or label clear and proper warning and necessary cautions on different hand sanitisers and disinfectant sprays that contain flammable ingredients.

Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the explosion at Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka today, which left five policemen injured, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

The next Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) conference will be held in 2021 in Dhaka, commemorating the “Mujib Borsho” (Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary), said CVF President Ban Ki-moon.

Speakers during a webinar today stressed on the need for strengthening legal procedure and increasing national and trans-border cooperation to effectively fight human trafficking.

Selim Reza Chowdhury, a sub-inspector (SI) of Aditmari Police Station in Lalmonirhat, extorts Tk 18.90 lakh from an alleged drug smuggler, after threatening to “put him in a crossfire”.

Awami League’s income has increased by 35 percent, according to the party’s annual financial report for 2019.

Two platforms on migration and counter-trafficking have called upon the government, civil society actors, and private sector partners to collectively support a rights-based approach to combat human trafficking.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all educational institutions across the country till August 31, aiming at slowing down further spread of coronavirus in the country.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed against him with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

A man died from electrocution after he touched a fan, standing in accumulated rainwater, in Dhaka's Shyampur area this afternoon.

Bangladesh Railway today signed a contract with a South Korean joint-venture firm to procure 150 meter-gauge passenger carriages to replace the old ones and increase the number of trains.

A Dhaka court today placed Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, a director of Crest Securities Ltd, on a two-day remand in a case filed over Tk 100 crore embezzlement of shares and money of investors.