A tea garden worker was found dead in the Dhalai river in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila this afternoon, two days after he had gone missing.

Detective Branch (DB) police tonight arrested Sharmin Jahan, proprietor of Aparajita International, in a case filed by BSMMU authorities over supplying fake N95 masks to the hospital’s Covid-19 isolation unit.

Nearly 6.53 crore poor people in Bangladesh should receive time-bound temporary cash payments to cope with the worst impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations.

A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice on the government asking it to arrest former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Kalam Azad within 24 hours on charges of committing corruption and irregularities in the health sector.

Regent Group Public Relations Officer (PRO) Tariqul Islam alias Tareq Shibli confesses to a magistrate that he along with other officials and employees, in line with the directives of its chairman and managing director, made fake Covid-19 certificates and supplied those to patients.

A town sub-inspector of Bangladesh Police died at Jhenaidah’s dedicated Covid-19 hospital, where he was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

An assistant surgeon, Dr Tipu Sultan, of Dapdapia Union Health Centre under Jhalakathi district was given a show cause letter today, over some Facebook status he wrote.

After spending four days under the open sky near the Bangladesh embassy in Hanoi, 17 Bangladeshis, who were defrauded by Bangladeshi agents, brokers and a Vietnamese company, have been provided accommodation at a hotel.

A Dhaka court places Jakir Hossain, assistant master of Moyur-2 launch, on a three-day remand in a case filed over hitting another launch --Morning Bird -- and killing at least 34 people on Buriganga river on June 29.

One person and 36 cows go missing after a boat carrying around 40 sacrificial animals capsized in Jamuna river near Aricha ghat in Manikganj.

India today decided to waive charge of inland waterway usage with immediate effect in a bid to promote it as a means of cheaper and eco-friendly mode of transport.

Police have recovered the body of young woman from a hotel room in Patuakhali town.

The flood situation in the north and central districts of Manikganj and Lalmonirhat has been deteriorating as water levels in Jamuna and Dharla river is continuing to rise in the two districts.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has asked all Bangladeshi missions abroad to serve people with a smile.

More than 2.4 million people are estimated to be affected by flooding, including around 1.3 million children in Bangladesh, Unicef said.

Two people were killed in an alleged shootout with Rab members in Dhaka’s Diabari area early today.

Twenty-four children drowned in floodwater in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts in the last month.

Two alleged drug traders including a union parishad (UP) member are killed during what law enforcers claim to be a gunfight with police in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has constituted 12 single-judge High Court benches for hearing and disposing of cases during the ongoing annual vacation.

The Science Building of Alipur Rahmania School and College in Hathazari of Chattogram was inaugurated today.