The High Court has refused to pass any order asking the government to stop setting up cattle markets in coronavirus-affected areas -- including Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj and Gazipur cities.

All engineers of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have been asked to stay at workplaces during Eid-ul-Azha vacation to ensure hassle-free movement of Eid holidaymakers.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to two top Destiny officials -- Md Rafiqul Amin and Mohammad Hossain -- in two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore.

A woman and her two sons has been killed when a thatched house collapsed on them during a storm in Charfashion upazila of Bhola.

A Rohingya man, suspected to be a robber, has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

An alleged criminal is killed in what law enforcers claim to be a gunfight with members of a rival group in Bogura town.

Naeem Ara Hussain, a former teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College who tested negative for Covid-19 after initially testing positive on May 29, died at a hospital in Dhaka today. She was 65.

To prevent Covid-19 spread, the Moulvibazar district administration has launched an online cattle market named Smart Haat here ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, a festival marked by sacrifice of animals. It has already become popular among the marginal cattle farmers and buyers in the district.

Road communication between Basail and Kalihati upazila has remained suspended since a bridge on the Jhenai river in Basail upazila collapsed on Monday due to heavy pressure of floodwater.

A group of people have allegedly tried to grab a government canal land in Nazirpur upazila by spreading false information on social media.

Bangladesh Railways will not make any special arrangement for carrying additional passengers during Eid-ul-Azha and train operations will remain normal maintaining the health guidelines in wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.

A Dhaka court places former Faridpur town unit Awami League general secretary and his brother on a three-days fresh remand each in connection with a case filed for laundering Tk 2,000 crore abroad.

Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary of Law Ministry Naren Das dies from coronavirus infection.

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 1 (Saturday), as the new moon was not sighted in Bangladesh today.

The ministry of health today issued a circular making the use of masks mandatory in all institutions and public settings.

With the support of Armed Forces Division (AFD), the Health Directorate has started collecting samples of Bangladeshi citizens going abroad at the temporary coronavirus isolation center at DNCC market at city’s Mohakhali area.

A one-storey structure being constructed using plastic bottles at Rajihar in Barishal’s Agailjhara upazila is fast becoming the talk of the entire district.

Expressing dissatisfaction at the delay in implementation of development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks different departments concerned to strengthen coordination to pick up the pace.

A rights organisation today filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking its directive on the government to form a commission to look into the irregularities and corruption in the banking sector in the last two decades.

A Dhaka court places three people -- including the managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH) -- on a five-day remand each in a case filed for conducting unauthorised antibody test to detect Covid-19 and test report forgery.