Around 85,405 employment visas of different labour-receiving countries are yet to be processed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies said today.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Novoair -- a private air operator -- have signed an agreement for transporting each other’s passengers on domestic routes in the event of flight disruptions or delays.

On an average, more than two women were raped every day in the last six months in Bangladesh, a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) said today.

The government has asked factory owners to pay the due salaries and Eid festival bonus of the workers by July 25 ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.

Seven members of a human trafficking gang were shown arrested today in a case filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

Maldives intends to extend the ban on importing Bangladeshi labour imposed on September 18, 2019.

Saudi Arabia has fined Biman Bangladesh Airlines over Tk 1 crore for allegedly not disinfecting an aircraft in line with the health guidelines in a 2017 or 2018 incident, a top official said.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove the obscene content and films from the OTT (over-the-top) platforms across the country in seven days.

The government has announced that movement of vehicles carrying goods will remain suspended for nine days before and after Eid-ul-Azha but public transport will be available during this period.

Renowned singer and one of the most recognisable playback voices, Andrew Kishore, was laid to eternal rest at Rajshahi City Church’s cemetery around noon today.

Two staffers of the Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in the Buriganga River on June 29 have been placed on a four-day remand each, hours after they were arrested today morning.

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that issued an injunction on the use of the word "commission" after the name of any private rights organisation.

Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed was arrested from the border area of Debhata upazila in Satkhira early today.

An alleged robber was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police in Shibganj upazila early yesterday.

The government has declared Barguna’s Taltoli an upazila on May 6 in 2010. Its administrative activities started on January 5 in 2012.

Conducting everyday affairs have become extremely difficult for inhabitants of the country’s rural parts where incessant monsoon rain and years of neglect by the authorities concerned have left rural roads devastated and impassable to some extent in many areas.

It took three whole decades of sacrifice, unimpeachable integrity and rigid determination -- but the legacy of Latifur Rahman is one of independent media. This is how speakers have remembered the late business mogul at a virtual memorial session organised by The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.

The government has issued a 13-point instruction, including directing authorities concerned to not hold Eid-ul-Azha jamaat in open spaces and asking citizens to perform their Eid prayers at the nearest mosques.

Detectives submit a seven-day remand prayer to quiz JKG Health Care Chief Executive Officer Ariful Chowdhury and one of his associates Sayeed Chowdhury in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

They owned 20 houses, 128 flats and 25 acres of land in Dhaka and nearby areas. Besides, they have 91 accounts in different banks where around Tk 2.8 crore were deposited so far and the current balance of these accounts is around Tk 19 crore.