The Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli has provided the identities of the Bangladeshi nationals, who were either killed or injured in a revenge attack by human traffickers in Libya.

The government has directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to include mangoes, litchis and some vegetables in the list of relief items being distributed amid the Covid-19 situation.

Launch services on all the routes across the country will resume on Sunday, maintaining all health safety guidelines.

Bangladesh has demanded that the Libyan authorities quickly investigate the killings of 26 Bangladeshis, alongside four Africans, and punish those involved in the brutal incident which took place on Thursday.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad today expressed deep concern over reopening of government and private offices, and public transport amid a surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths in the country.

A pharmaceutical company in Pakistan said it plans to import the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating coronavirus patients, from Bangladesh.

A youth, suspected to be a robber, is killed in reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion at Teknaf Sadar upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

The local government ministry suspends vice-chairman of Tangail district’s Sadar upazila for his alleged involvement in obstructing relief distribution and assaulting a project implementation officer.

Operations of road transport, following all health guidelines, will resume from June 1, Road Transport and Highway Division Secretary Nazrul Islam say.

Rema Tea Garden in Chunarugat Upazila of Habiganj district has been closed since March. In order to meet the food crisis created in this situation, the children of tea workers have stood by the 480 families who depend on the garden for their livelihoods.

A total of 20,938 people -- including 287 children -- who were accused under criminal charges, have secured bail from the lower courts across the country in the past 10 working days.

A newborn baby has tested Covid-19 positive in Chattogram General Hospital.

Crocodile Juliet has laid 52 eggs at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Chandpai Range of the Eastern Sundarbans.

Police seized 15 tonnes of government rice which were allegedly being smuggled from a local supply depot in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila this morning.

One-third of a total of 4,544 police personnel who were infected while discharging their duties have made a recovery till today afternoon.

An octogenarian man who tested positive for Covid-19 infection, died at his village home in Panchagarh, while a 23-year-old youth died with coronavirus-like symptoms at Thakurgaon.

The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) write a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her intervention for early resumption of trade with Bangladesh through land ports, which has remained suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Police arrest a youth on charges of raping an adolescent girl at a village under Manirampur upazila of Jashore.

The National Technical Advisory Committee for Covid-19 has warned of the possibility of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases if health and safety measures are not implemented properly and strictly.

The family of a Libyan human trafficker killed 30 migrants, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, in revenge for his death, Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has said.