Seven public representatives of Gopalpur Union Parishad under Faridpur’s Alfadanga upazila are suspended due to their alleged involvement in misappropriating relief items and rice.

The body of a local Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) leader has been recovered nine hours after he went missing following the capsizing of a boat in a canal in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.

Extremely severe cyclone Amphan has started crossing Bangladesh’s coastal districts, particularly the nearby areas of Sundarbans, with strong winds of over up to 180km per hour.

Eminent television actor Ajmeri Zaman Reshma has passed away, her son Rahber Khan and daughter-in-law Farhana Mithu say.

A five-year-old child died this evening while on the way to a cyclone centre in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali.

The government has appointed Prof Mizanur Rahman and Prof Shaikh Shamsuddin Ahmed of Dhaka University as new commissioners of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission.

Apart from couriers and trucks on roads, mango producers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj will be able to use parcel services of the railway at reduced rates for transporting mangoes to other districts this season.

The Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in a 10 percent decline in the government’s expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) coverage in Gazipur and adjacent areas in March compared to February, said a Care Bangladesh report.

The Shipping Ministry has launched a control room to deal with various issues centering cyclone Amphan.

The government has appointed Mosud Mannan as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Turkey.

The government has evacuated about 24,08,819 people in coastal districts of the country as super cyclone “Amphan” is likely to make landfall in Bangladesh tonight.

Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim on charges of illegally staying there for months, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) said today.

Extremely severe cyclone Amphan today slammed into the coastal districts of West Bengal, India, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. At the time of filing this story, there was no immediate reports of loss of lives.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is prepared to face cyclone ‘Amphan’.

A total of 472,068 people are moved to 3,677 cyclone shelters in three costal districts -- Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat -- as super cyclone storm Amphan is set to make landfall this evening.

Some 50 multipurpose shelters have been prepared, while 256 cyclone preparation programme volunteer units have provided early warning messages to the communities in the Rohingya camps as cyclone Amphan is unlikely to hit Cox's Bazar district.

A leader of a local Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) goes missing after a boat capsized in a canal in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali under the influence of super cyclone storm Amphan.

A total of 14,096 people, including around 200 children -- accused of criminal charges -- have secured bail from the courts across the country in last six working days through virtual process after a 46-day gap.

Amphan, one of the strongest cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to hit Bangladesh’s coast with the maximum storm surge of 15 feet height above normal astronomical tide.

Mongla and Payra maritime ports and nearby coastal districts have been advised to hoist great danger signal number 10 as super cyclone Amphan is heading towards Bangladesh and set to make landfall this evening.