BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Health Minister Zahid Maleque should step down as Regent Hospital was allowed to conduct coronavirus testing and treatment at the ‘behest of his ministry’.

The Water Development Board has issued a red alert at Teesta Barrage Point area under Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district as the river is flowing 53 centimetres above the danger level at the point.

Around 1,000 ultra-poor women are engaged in collecting paddy residues from the Boro fields submerged in rainwater under Ujirpur upazila of the district. These women are doing the job to support their families in the crisis time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

People in a remote char area voluntarily have built a bamboo bridge on a canal of the Teesta river to ease communication between Harinchara Majherchar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila and the mainland in Haragachh area of Rangpur’s Kawnia upazila.

The Madhumati river devoured a 90-metre-long portion of the road stretching from Kamarkhali Bazar to Bir Srestho Shaheed Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rouf Library and Memorial Museum at Gandakhali in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur in the district a week ago.

As a part of the celebration of Mujib Year, the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the plantation of one crore saplings across the country by planting a tamarind tree and a chatiyan tree at Gono Bhaban on Thursday, July 16.

The number of road accidents in the country rose by 56 percent and fatalities by 57 percent in June compared to May, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare organisation.

No Bangladeshi citizen will be allowed to leave the country without Covid-19 negative certificate from the coronavirus testing centres authorised by the government.

The arrest and trial of a Bangladeshi MP in Kuwait on charges of human trafficking, money laundering and bribery is damaging for the reputation of Bangladesh’s politics, society and the people as a whole, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today.

Bangladesh's passport weakens further, with its position down by two notches in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, the pioneer ranking of all the world's travel documents.

There will be no Eid jamaat at Eidgah or open grounds this Eid-ul-Azha due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, people have been asked to offer Eid prayers at nearby mosques, following health guidelines and special instructions.

The government today suggested giving extra focus on online cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rapid Action Battalion today arrested five members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh and seized a number of books and leaflets on jihadi ideology from their possessions.

A Dhaka court sends Mosaddek Hanif Swad, owner of Moyur-2launch, to jail in connection with a case filed over the death of 34 people in Buriganga launch capsize on June 29.

The Malaysian Immigration Department revoked the work permit of a Bangladeshi youth who spoke to Al Jazeera for a documentary on alleged mistreatment of migrants in the country, Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador has said.

An elderly tigress was found dead near Andharmanik forest camp under Khulna forest range in the Sundarbans on Friday.

Indian government says it has for the first time loaded a special parcel train to Bangladesh carrying 384 tonnes of dry chillies from Reddipalem in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh state.

A virtual court in Dhaka asks Turag Police Station to submit a probe report within 10 working days against 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.

Workers of a readymade garment factory in Savar today demonstrated, demanding to reopen their factory and salary for June.

Police today arrested JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates.