Around 37 lakh cases are now pending with courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court.

The local health department authority seals off Rooppur Medicare Clinic, in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna, for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and charging patients for treatment.

More than 1.25 lakh people have been suffering immensely since June 26 due to the flood situation in Bogura’s Dhunat, Sonatala and Sariakandi upazilas.

An alleged ringleader of a robber gang has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Hatia upazila of Noakhali.

Over two and a half lakh people are stranded by floodwater in around 400 villages of eight upazilas of Kurigram as there is no improvement in the overall flood situation in the district.

The High Court has released the full text of a verdict that has declared “illegal” the nomination or appointment of members of parliament as the president of governing bodies of private educational institutions, including degree colleges across the country.

Police’s detective branch claims that Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim has admitted to providing fake coronavirus test reports during preliminary interrogation.

Bangladeshis, who flew to Italy early this month, did not carry “fake Covid-19 certificates”, said a foreign ministry statement has said.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said all public transport would be operated during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation.

Two police personnel, who earlier tested positive for Covid-19, have died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.

Inland waterways development between Bangladesh and India can become a vital and cost effective way of multimodal connectivity that can improve economic wellbeing of people from both countries, policymakers and experts have said.

A youth drowned in floodwater in Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila yesterday.

Police arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a case for raping a schoolgirl in Kasba upazila last month.

Within a span of only two months, over one hundred dummy houses sprung up on agricultural or otherwise unused land adjoining the proposed air force base beside the current airport in Barishal’s Babuganj upazila.

As Eid-ul-Azha approaches, online cattle market becomes popular in remote Saidpur upazila of the northern district as this practice ensures maintenance of health rules and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique has been made chairman of the board of directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the state-run news agency.

The flood situation in Jamalpur worsened as the Jamuna river waters rose 126 cm above danger mark at Bahadurabad Ghat point in Dewanganj upazila of the district as of this noon, according to the Water Development Board.

A team of river police arrested drivers of MV Mayur-2 from city’s Sutrapur area early hours of today.

Initiatives taken by the government of Bangladesh over the last two decade priotitising girls and women have come in tremendous use for their support amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, said Saima Wazed Hossain, advisor to the director general of World Health Organization on Autism and Mental Health.

Fazle Kabir has been reappointed as the governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) for two more years.