Bangladesh police have arrested around 52 people in 26 cases filed across the country so far over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28, Police Headquarters (PHQ) said in a statement today.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) today pressed charges against seven people for robbing Liberation War Museum trustee Dr Sarwar Ali’s house in the capital’s Uttara on January 5.

Sex workers in Bangladesh are facing a serious crisis amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and lockdown measures, with many having lost their incomes and surviving on very little.

The US has announced $173 million in new funding to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response efforts and the development and economic recovery plan in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will not increase the number of trains for now, rather it may reduce the number due to lack of passengers.

Government’s lack of planning and coordination in tackling the coronavirus crisis has thrown the country into a disastrous situation, says a study by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today.

The prime accused in a gang-rape case was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Noakhali’s Senbagh upazila last night.

All offices in only red zones will remain closed for a certain period, the Cabinet Division says in a revised circular.

The High Court today observed that no patient -- infected with Covid-19 or not -- can be denied treatment at any hospital of the country.

Former Sylhet mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran was laid to rest at the graveyard on the premises of Hazrat Manik Pir shrine in the city this afternoon, at around 2:45pm.

A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines repatriated 160 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in United Arab Emirates for over three months following suspension of regular flights due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has extended closure of all educational institutions till August 6 , as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its order of injunction on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (Wasa) decision to hike the price of water by 25 percent from April 1 this year.

The High Court has refused to pass any order on a writ petition that sought its directives on the government to take necessary steps to protect prisoners in jails and prison staff from Covid-19.

Two members of Bangladesh Police, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, died in Dhaka while undergoing treatment at two different hospitals today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she will not accept defeat against an invisible force like coronavirus, fearing death.

An official of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) dies with symptoms of coronavirus infection in Pabna.

A former Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death by his rivals following long-standing enmity in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna last night.

Former Sylhet city mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died with Covid-19 early today.

Three children died in separate incidents of drowning in Biral and Hakimpur upazilas of the district yesterday.