Public transport—road, rail, and waterway -- will resume but on a limited scale from May 31 with strict adherence to some conditions, according to a gazette issued by the Cabinet division today.

A 55-year-old man with coronavirus-like symptoms has died at the isolation ward of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital.

Around five lakh people in two coastal areas of Satkhira district have been living in submerged areas since May 20, as cyclone Amphan badly damaged large portions of two embankments in those areas.

A total of 876 people accused in different criminal cases has been secured bail from lower courts across the country.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is inflicting a shock to the employability of the vulnerable youth population in Bangladesh, according to a report of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

If the government decides to operate public transport on limited scale, then Bangladesh Railway will resume limited operations from May 31, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says.

National Bank Limited, a concern of Sikder Group of Companies, today sent an explanation to The Daily Star after the newspaper published on its online version a news report with the headline “Case filed over attempt to shoot Exim Bank top officials”.

At least 15 people have died of probable ethanol poisoning in Rangpur and Dinajpur between Monday night and Wednesday afternoon.

The government has decided not to extend the ongoing shutdown following May 30. And in a renewed decision, the government has also decided to start public transport—road, rail and waterways—on a limited scale starting May 31.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed to treat Covid-19 patients in all government and private hospitals in the country.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra's founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested Covid-19 positive according to the organisation's newly developed Rapid Dot Blot test, has been receiving plasma therapy.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Metropolitan Chambers and Commerce Industry (MCCI), Dhaka express their deep mourning over the passing of Niloufer Manzur, a renowned educationist and the founding principal of Sunbeams School.

Two people, undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Manikganj District Hospital, dies.

Rescue workers have recovered two more bodies from Jamuna, a day after a boat capsized in the river in Chowhali upazila of Sirajganj.

Three people including a child die from electrocution in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj this morning.

Cyclone Amphan causes damages worth Tk 1.67 crore in the eastern part of Sundarbans, under Bagerhat district, according to the Bangladesh Forest Department.

Five people, including a local Awami leader, are killed during two separate nor'westers in Joypurhat and Bogura districts.

A local leader of Awami League is hacked to death in Kalia upazila of Narail.

At least two people, including a teenager, were killed and 10 others injured as two rival groups clashed in Gutibari village under Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila.

A local Jubo League leader has been hacked to death in Bogura Sadar upazila.