M Shamsul Alam, one of the pioneers of the country’s insurance sector, breathed his last on May 20 at the age of 83.

Results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams will be published on May 31, education ministry officials say.

Police are considering “movement pass” for those who need to go out for valid reasons -- to curb the number of people going out and thus lower the possibility of Covid-19 transmission.

Two isolation and treatment centres for Covid-19 patients are inaugurated today in Cox’s Bazar -- one at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp and the other at Ukhiya upazila.

A total of 340 police personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 in 24 hours till 12:00pm today, the highest number of infection recorded among the law enforcers within the span of time in the country so far.

Robi, IPDC Finance and sManager (a Sheba Platform Limited venture) are partnering up with Mission Save Bangladesh to support 25,000 small and micro enterprises for business growth by extending working capital support for up to Tk 40 crore.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has teamed up with Brac to provide support packages to 25,000 people from 5,000 low-income families living in areas under lock down to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.

A total of 195 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in Canada following the Covid-19 pandemic departed for Dhaka from Toronto on Wednesday night (Canada time) by a chartered flight.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has introduced generic remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment.

Thirteen people were killed as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Rangpur highway under Palashbari upazila in Gaibandha today.

A total of 18,585 people, accused of criminal charges, have secured bail from the lower courts across the country in the last seven working days.

Around one crore consumers around the country have been out of electricity coverage, following the lashing of Cyclone Amphan.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $250 million loan to Bangladesh as the country grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus disease.

The embankment of 35/1 polder of Water Development Board (WDB) in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat collapses in many places after being hit by super cyclone Amphan.

A total of nine people have been killed in seven districts of the country as super cyclone Amphan battered Bangladesh’s south-western part in the early hours of today morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that although Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the economy along with public health, it has a silver lining in the form of changes in global efforts to deal with climate change and growing competition for natural resources.

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka’s Agargaon area.

Maritime ports of Mongla, Payra, Chattogramand Cox’s Bazar have been advised to lower local cautionary signal number to three as cyclone Amphan has weakened into a land depression, said a Met office bulletin.

A 65-day ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal has begun.

Approximately 53 lakh people in different districts are now out of electricity coverage as cyclone Amphan lashes coastal areas of the country.