A newborn was found on a road in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila tonight.

Staying mentally strong is of utmost importance in order to recover from Covid-19, an Awami League lawmaker who was diagnosed with the virus has said following his recovery.

The UK and Switzerland are calling for greater global collaboration to ensure access to digital remittance services to support people during the coronavirus outbreak.

A Dhaka University team has decoded genome sequence of five samples of Sars-CoV-2.

A total 279 Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (BAVDP) members have been infected with Covid-19 after 11 more of the force tested positive in the last 24 hours in the country.

Abu Hena Morshed Zaman, deputy secretary general (Additional Secretary) of the Bangladesh National Commission for Unesco, has been appointed as the director of the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD).

Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Monday) as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh on Saturday evening, said Md Nurul Islam, secretary to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

National and local NGOs working in coastal areas today asked the government to repair embankments damaged in Cyclone Amphan on an emergency basis to save crops in the upcoming monsoon.

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in prisons as four more jail guards and one inmate tested positive in last 24 hours in the country.

At least 1,364 current and retired members of armed forces and their family members have so far tested positive for Covid-19, according to Inter Services Public Relation Directorate.

The number of Covid-19 cases across India saw the biggest single-day spike, for the second consecutive day, with 6,654 new patients being reported in the last 24 hours.

About 2,000 educational institutions have been partially or completely damaged in super cyclone Amphan that ravaged the country’s coastal areas on May 20.

Two lower court judges have tested positive with Covid-19 while the condition of a High Court judge infected with the virus is improving, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.

A total of 722 police personnel who tested Covid-19 positive earlier made recovery till today.

A Bangladeshi national has been shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Jaflong border in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet.

An alleged criminal has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Tongi upazila of Gazipur.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has threatened to blacklist British clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) in Bangladesh for not paying suppliers and not responding to the call of the association.

About 13,000 drivers of CNG-run three-wheelers in the country are among this vulnerable group. They have mostly remained out of the radar of aid. The government’s assistance or wealthy people’s financial help have hardly reached them. Having exhausted meagre savings and loans from relatives, they’re bracing themselves for the seemingly inevitable.

The district agriculture extension office in Pabna says 22 to 25 percent of litchis -- worth around Tk 154 crore -- had been damaged by the strong winds whipped up by cyclone Amphan.

Nine more bodies have been recovered in Jashore, raising the death toll from super cyclone Amphan to 21 in Bangladesh.