The European Union has not included Bangladesh as one of the countries whose citizens will be eligible to get Schengen visa, as EU begins reopening its borders by the beginning of July.

The LGRD ministry today suspended two more union parishad chairmen on charges of forgery in preparing list of beneficiaries of the prime minister’s cash assistance programme and VGD cards.

A fire that broke out at a Bata showroom in Khilgaon-Banasree area last night was extinguished after three hours of fire-fighting, but a large number of shoes and other goods were burnt to ashes.

Bangladesh Law Association (BLA) signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universal Medical College Hospital Ltd for providing treatment to its members and their families infected with Covid-19 at free and low cost.

A 60-bed isolation and treatment centre has been set up in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar to provide healthcare to Covid-19 patients from the Rohingya refugee camps and the local community.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the government has no plan or roadmap to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Bangladesh has announced a contribution of 50,000 US dollars to ‘Global Citizen’ fund for supporting the development and deployment of vaccines in an equitable manner for all those in need.

The total number of police personnel infected with Covid-19 across the country crossed 10,000, according to a tally by the Police Headquarters.

Three people were killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) termed a gunfight in the Sundarbans. Two more people were injured in the incident. Rab members rescued two fishermen from there.

Superintendent of Jashore Police Muhammad Ashraf Hossain today submitted a probe report to the High Court, saying that three police personnel of Kotwali Police Station had taken “unethical benefits” from the father of college student Imran Hossain for releasing him from their custody.

Forty-three people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.

Heavy rainfall and rising water from the upstream caused flash floods in char areas under six upazilas of Bogura and Gaibandha over last couple of days.

After receiving complaint on social media, police in a special drive, have arrested a human trafficker from Mymensingh district.

The flood situation has aggravated in Sirajganj, as Jamuna River is flowing above danger level, leaving over 50,000 families in five upazilas of the district marooned.

Three day labourers were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Mirzapur upazila early today.

Another police personnel, who was infected with Covid-19, died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka last night.

Two Kuwaiti lawmakers have been accused of money laundering and aiding and abetting Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, who is now in custody on charges of human trafficking and money laundering, prosecution investigation revealed, Gulf News has reported.

Police on Friday night arrested a man in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram in a case filed in Dhaka on charges of torture for dowry and foeticide.

Criminals killed a trader in Babuganj upazila on Friday.

Police recovered the body of young man in Bhaluka upazila yesterday.