Hundreds of people are stuck at the Shimulia-Kathalbari and Paturia-Daulatdia ferry terminals on their way to village homes, as the authorities suspended the ferry services to prevent crowding -- in an attempt to curb coronavirus transmission.

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has suspended ferry services on different routes due to super cyclone Amphan, which is likely to hit Bangladesh by Wednesday afternoon/evening.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to open all school and college buildings in the country’s coastal districts and adjacent areas as cyclone shelters.

A former union parishad chairman of Panchagarh who was detected with Covid-19 earlier has died at Designated Corona Isolation Hospital.

The music room of Baul Ranesh Thakur of Sunamganj’s Derai upazila -- a notable disciple of Baul Shah Abdul Karim -- has been burnt down allegedly by unidentified miscreants.

Some 303 medical teams and 26,213 volunteers are ready in three coastal districts -- Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira -- to face any situation over super cyclone storm Amphan.

The super cyclonic storm "Amphan" is laying over west-central Bay and adjoining area and moving north and northeast-wards.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Tangail under a project have been helping people grow vegetables on unused land around their house.

As many as 36 men and women, working as voluntary staff at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital for years, are passing days amid hardship as the authorities are yet to put them on the regular payroll.

The government has readied 12,278 shelters in the coastal districts as super cyclone Amphan nears the country, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman says.

A specialised laboratory for detecting Covid-19 was inaugurated today at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) around 3:00pm.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today directed that the final list of farmers, selected by lottery to sell paddy to the government, be displayed at government offices.

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad will go into its budget session on June 10.

Novoair today announced more than 3,000 free air tickets for doctors and other front line healthcare professionals battling the coronavirus outbreak.

Eighteen more people, including a Rohingya refugee from Ukhia, have tested positive for Covid-19 in tests conducted at Cox’s Bazar Govt Medical College.

Rashedul Haque, son of former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahabubul Haque Chisty, gets bail in one of two cases filed over the misappropriation of Tk 135 crore after a virtual hearing.

A total of 3,633 people secure bail from lower courts across the country today on the fifth day of virtual petition hearings.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) launches combing operation at different parts including Baridhara area of the capital to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes.

The name of the severe cyclonic storm “Amphan” was decided even before it had formed. It was given by Thailand back in 2004.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started air freight services using its passenger aircraft, after private operator US-Bangla Airlines did the same.