A woman, who was beaten mercilessly by her husband allegedly for dowry in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Saturday morning, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital the same afternoon.

A union parishad (UP) member and his associate have been arrested here on charge of beating two boys mercilessly on suspicion of phone theft at Deodha village in Pirganj upazila.

Kalihati upazila administration on Thursday in a drive demolished illegal structures on about 300 metres of embankment along the bank of the Jamuna river in the upazila.

Litchi is selling for good prices after it hit the market a week ago, much to the happiness of growers and traders who had earlier feared price fall of the popular summer fruit amid the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested five members of a gang of robbers for their involvement in stealing around Tk 80 lakh from Gazipur’s Kaliakoir on June 7.

A Bangladeshi man who went to Singapore to seek medical treatment that was not related to Covid-19 later tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the first imported case in the country since May 10.

The health ministry has written to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to blacklist 14 suppliers and proprietors for reported anomalies in procurement of medical equipment for different medical colleges and hospitals.

Authorities have categorised 45 areas in Dhaka city as red zones over coronavirus infections. Of those, 17 areas are under Dhaka North City Corporation while 28 are under Dhaka South City Corporation.

Authorities have categorised 11 areas under Chattogram City Corporation as red zones for Covid-19 infection.

Locals found an almost decomposed elephant covered by a mound of earth in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila today.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah was laid to rest at his family graveyard in Gopalganj this afternoon.

Three separate virtual courts in Dhaka refuse to hold hearings on bail petitions of detained photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol because he has not yet been shown arrested in the three cases filed under the Digital Security Act.

The whole world is currently in a war against the novel coronavirus, a potential threat to a stable and growing economy. The havoc wreaked by the virus has pushed people to go into quarantine and contact by and large with the outside world is at standstill.

The government is going extend the closure of all educational institutions in the country in a bid to curb further spread of Covid-19. The decision in this regard is to be taken tomorrow.

A Dhaka court today placed two members of a gang -- linked to the trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28 -- on a seven-day fresh remand each, in a case filed with Paltan Police Station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the parliament that the government would put the worst affected areas under lockdown to contain further spread of Covid-19.

Nine areas under Bogura municipality have been declared “red zone” to stop the rapid rise of Covid-19 infection.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to Sushanta Dasgupta, editor and publisher of local newspaper Dainik Amar Habiganj, in a case filed under Digital Security Act.

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

A doctor of Jemison Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in Chattogram died from a Covid-19 infection early today morning.