Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) has received the 2020 Tang Prize in ‘Rule of Law’ for its “efforts in furthering the rule of law and its institutions through education and advocacy”.

Thirty-nine people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department this morning forecasted that rainfall will decrease in the next three days.

Bangladeshi traders have urged the West Bengal state authorities to allow resuming shipment of goods from Bangladesh to India, officials said today.

Kuwait public prosecution has approached the Central Bank to freeze the bank accounts of the Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam and his company, who were being held in connection with cases related to human trafficking, visa selling and money laundering, according to Arab Times.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday said a partial annular eclipse of the sun will be visible in Dhaka’s sky at 11:23am.

Three-wheeler and battery-run easy-bike drivers of the town have demanded cancellation of tender bid for ‘illegally’ collecting toll from the vehicles.

With numerous potholes and cracks, the two-km-long road from Ghukarna to Chandalkhil area of Brahmanbaria town remains virtually off-limits to vehicles, thanks to the negligence of the authorities of the ‘A’ category municipality.

A Covid-19 patient apparently “died by suicide” in Dhaka’s Shyamoli early today after escaping from a hospital.

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Recruitment exams under the Khulna district administration were held in the district today despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Two children go missing while bathing in Jamuna river near Sariakandi upazila of Bogura.

From now on, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will have a close watch on the city’s traffic movement and crime detection as the authority increased four new Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officers’ posts in the Traffic Department and Detective Branch (DB) respectively.

His workplace and home are 150 yards apart, a distance that takes no more than five minutes to cover.

The Detective Branch of Police (DB) seized around 1.80 lakh yaba tablets worth around Tk 5.40 crore and arrested three alleged drug peddlers from Bandarban's Naikhanchhari and Cox's Bazar's Ramu upazilas early today.

Twenty lower court judges, 24 Supreme Court staff and 59 staff of subordinate courts across the country have so far been infected with Covid-19.

Halda River, the lone breeding ground for natural spawning of carp fish in South Asia, has seen second spawning -- a month after having the first laying of eggs by brood fish on May 22.

The lower courts across the country have granted bail to 6,047 people in five working days last week.

Renowned journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani, who tested Covid-19 positive, dies at a city hospital at the age of 86.

Former lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf) constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi has tested positive for coronavirus.