Forty people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government would reduce and rationally adjust the proposed 80 percent hike in bus fare, considering people’s present economic ability.

Students of 3,023 institutions have passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or equivalent examinations with a perfect pass rate of 100 percent.

A local journalist dies at the isolation ward of Chandpur Sadar Hospital with respiratory problems.

A total of 82.87 percent candidates have passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations with 1,35,898 students achieving GPA-5 across the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations through videoconference.

Train and launch services have resumed on a limited scale after being suspended more than two months back following the coronavirus outbreak.

The 26 Bangladeshi migrants, who were killed by kidnappers in Libya in the desert town of Mizdah on Thursday, have been buried there.

Not wearing a mask while in public is now illegal, according to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.

Primary textile millers in Bangladesh have called upon the government to impose anti-dumping duty on Indian yarn imports to protect the $8 billion domestic textile industry.

Maksudul Alam Khandaker Khorshed, councillor of Ward 13 in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), who has been helping arrange the last rites of Covid-19 victims, has tested positive for the virus.

An elderly couple died after showing symptoms associated with coronavirus 13 days after the death of their son to Covid-19 infection in Kachua upazila of Chandpur.

India has extended the nationwide shutdown till June 30 as coronavirus cases have spiked in the country.

The Sylhet Forest Division has filed a case accusing two named and eight unnamed persons for killing nine wild animals in Jaintiapur upazila of the district.

Terming the proposed bus fare hike “unacceptable”, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) in press statement says it is not a considerate decision, and urged the government to stop the move.

Brac University has announced that it would waive all non-tuition fees for summer 2020 and need-based financial aid will be given to students who have been particularly affected by the coronavirus crisis.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbul Ali today said that as all measures had been taken at airports around the country, following those one could travel safely.

The Bangladeshi clean energy company Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has won the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) award in the “Multilateral/International Organisation” category for its solar mini-grids project.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), assisted over 30,000 people of 6,000 families in urban areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts with a cash grant of BDT 4,500 each family affected by coronavirus pandemic.

Despite having Covid-19 like symptoms, Anisur Rahman has to wait a month to have a test done.