The High Court refuses to grant bail to contractor Shahadat Hossain in two separate cases filed over the much-discussed corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to protect 89,000 prisoners and the prison staff from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

With an aim to prevent spread of coronavirus, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has strengthened security at check-posts at the capital’s entry points so that no one can enter or leave the city without urgent need.

An alleged Rohingya drug peddler is killed in a gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The government has decided to appoint Md Mustafizur Rahman, current Bangladesh high commissioner to Singapore, as the next Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Offices and other international organisations in Geneva.

Fourteen people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Over a hundred makeshift households, some NGO run primary schools and a health centre are gutted by fire at Kutupalang Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar. This is the second fire in less than a week that occurred in the cramped Rohingya settlements.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal number 4 as cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ approaches.

Local influential people and some government officials are getting involved in irregularities in rice procurement and taking bribes from farmers, according to an intelligence report of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

A village doctor died of corona-like symptoms while in home quarantine in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali last night.

A total of 79 people, including an executive magistrate of Chattogram District Administration, a TV journalist and six police personnel, test positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram.

The “Digital Bangladesh” campaign of the ruling Awami League is paying off for the nation at the time of coronavirus pandemic, ministers say, as millions of people are availing different services online.

Twenty-four people, including a Rohingya refugee, tested positive for Covid-19 today in Cox’s Bazar. The latest positive case of a Rohingya refugee contracting the virus is increasingly worrying for the 900,000 Rohingya refugees living in 34 camps in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas of Cox’s Bazar.

Transparency International Bangladesh demands exemplary punishment for those involved in irregularities in preparing lists of beneficiaries of the government’s cash support for 50 lakh poor families.

Describing the sorry state of marketing of seasonal fruits due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministry today made 10 recommendations, including reduced toll at Bangabandhu Bridge on return food-laden truck and inclusion of seasonal fruits in relief items.

Migrant rights groups want a comprehensive plan and transparent mechanism to reintegrate the migrants who are returning from abroad after losing jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A group of youths under the banner of Bangladesh Chhatra Union of Cox’s Bazar district have come forward to provide free iftar and sehri to around 200 homeless people per day.

The traffic police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police who had Covid-19 symptoms and died at Chattogram General Hospital early on Friday was infected with the virus, test confirmed.

Within a matter of three days, a student of Dhaka University lost his father, who died after being diagnosed with Covid-19, and then his elder brother, who passed away after suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the ongoing closure for all courts across the country including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court till May 30.