University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 8,485.12 crore for 46 public universities of the country for 2020-21 fiscal year.

An alleged drug dealer has been killed in a gunfight with a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat.

Eminent Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammad Idrisur Rahman has died from Covid-19.

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts.

Amid a shortage of ICU beds equipped with lifesaving ventilators in most hospitals in Chattogram, Premier Cement has provided seven medical ventilators to the recently introduced Covid-19 unit at Chattogram Maa O Shishu Hospital.

Mashuk Chowdhury, a renowned poet and Chief News Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, has died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka.

A Dhaka University (DU) student was killed allegedly by her husband and in-laws’ in Sadar upazila on Sunday.

The repair work of the damaged part of Baleshwar river embankment in Sharankhola upazila of the district has begun. It was damaged by the cyclone Amphan last month.

With cow milk sales plummeting in the past several months amid consumers’ fear of contracting the Covid-19 virus, a considerable number people, whose livelihoods depend entirely on milk sales, are living in constant fear of losing their milk-yielding cows to the deadly cattle LSD virus.

A group of volunteers has arranged a 20-bed isolation centre to support the poor and helpless Covid-19 patients in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh.

Police early yesterday arrested two people in connection with a case for killing an auto-rickshaw driver in Sarishabari upazila on Saturday.

The confessional statement of Charles Rupom Sarker, the prime accused in the murder of his business partner Helal Uddin, has revealed grisly details of the murder including how he blackmailed his wife Moni Sarker into cutting the victim’s body into pieces for easy disposal.

A sub-inspector of Chattogram District Police dies at Chattogram General Hospital with coronavirus-like symptoms including fever and breathing problems.

People who have already paid for registration to perform Hajj this year will be able to take back their money if they want, or keep it for next year’s Hajj.

Saying that the media was badly affected by the coronavirus situation, former information minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu in parliament urged the government to come forward to offer help in this regard.

Aiming to prevent corruption and irregularities in the police constable recruitment process, the Police Headquarters (PHQ) has decided to introduce an online application system.

Rapid Action Battalion detains a youth for his alleged link in spreading rumours on social media “to create an unstable situation in the country” from Fatullah area of Narayanganj Sadar upazila.

As all government departments, including law enforcement agencies, are focused on preventing coronavirus spread, victims of domestic violence -- women and children -- are not getting enough support, speakers at a webinar said today.

The lives of about 4.59 lakh children and mothers in South Asian countries are in danger as they are deprived of vital health services due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a Unicef report.

BNP MP Harunur Rashid today in the parliament demanded removal of Health Minister Zahid Maleque and appointment of competent and committed persons in key posts in the health sector to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.