West Bengal government today said it has decided to market a favourite Bengali sweet “sandesh” mixed honey from the Sundarbans which is expected to boost immunity at a time when the state is witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases.

Former national footballer Md Lutfar Rahman, a member of the independent Bengali football team, died in Jashore today at the age of 69.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking necessary action against three private hospitals for refusing to provide treatment to a patient and for charging extra from another patient.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh asks elderly people not to go to cattle markets this year to avoid getting infected with coronavirus.

Expressing her profound shock and sorrow at the deaths in a launch capsize in the Buriganga river, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is enquiring about the rescue initiative round the clock.

Haider Akbar Khan Rano, a prominent leader of Bangladesh’s political left, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) today after he tested positive for Covid-19.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Australian High Commission jointly handed over personal protective equipment to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The High Court today directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

Flood situation in Jamalpur has worsened further as the Jamuna river was flowing 84 cm above danger mark (19.5m) at Bahadurabad Ghat point in Dewanganj upazila.

Grameenphone has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of BTRC’s decision that imposed two new restrictions on the country’s leading mobile operator.

The forest department has decided to ban the netting of fishes from all rivers and canals in the Sundarbans for the next two months, starting July 1.

Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, senior secretary of the defence ministry, dies of Covid-19 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people after a launch capsized in Buriganga river at Dhaka's Shyambazar.

Tobibur Rahman Masum, chief reporter of Rajshahi-based daily Sonali Sangbad died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night.

Two people of a family were killed when a streak of lightning struck them in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday.

A Bangladeshi youth, who was shot and wounded allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila on Saturday afternoon, died at a hospital in Sylhet the same night.

A large portion of the peanut fields in the raised sandy basin of the Teesta river in three upazilas of Rangpur has been flooded due to the sudden rise of water level, only a few days before the usual harvesting time.

Only three months ago, Thanchi Mri would spend her days giving women beauty treatments in air-conditioned rooms of a parlour in Dhaka.

Two girls were allegedly raped in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur and Chattogram city’s Bayezid Bostami Debarpar since yesterday evening.

Jatiya Party today relieved the much-talked-about JP leader and a former MP from Laxmipur-2 Mohammad Noman, as he left the election field in the 2018 national election in support of independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam (Papul), in exchange for a huge amount of money from the latter, who stands accused in Kuwait of multiple charges including human trafficking.