A man and his daughter go through surgery to have their right legs amputated after they were severely injured in a road accident in Bogura’s Shajahanpur upazila.

The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel continues to grow daily with at least 90 officials testing positive in the last 24-hours across the country, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves an additional $500 million loan to strengthen the Bangladesh government’s efforts to manage the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the country’s economy and public health.

Private universities that have completed 70 percent of academic activities for outgoing semester and have been conducting online classes successfully for theoretical courses will be able to evaluate their students through online viva exams, keeping the video open and through virtual presentations.

A Dhaka court rejected the bail petition of Rashtrachinta activist Didarul Bhuiyan and Dhaka Stock Exchange director Minhaz Mannan Emon and sent them to jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Prof Nazmul Karim Chowdhury, vice chancellor of Fareast International University, dies at Dhaka Medical College’s burn unit, now dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients.

An alleged yaba trader is killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ukhiaupazila of Cox’s Bazar.

A 250-bed Hospital in Moulvibazar has been declared shut temporarily after ten of its doctors, nurses and healthcare providers tested positive for coronavirus.

Bangladesh and India discuss ways of working together to protect migrant workers of both countries who are employed in the overseas labour market, especially in the Middle East.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra will start giving 1,200 home-manufactured rapid testing kits in phases to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Saturday (May 9) for validation.

A Sri Lankan national has been tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram.

Bangladesh is going to repatriate at least 28,849 Bangladeshi migrants from Middle Eastern countries where they were either in the jail, deportation camps, or jobless, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Ten people, who were diagnosed with coronavirus in Sylhet and Bogura last month, leave hospitals after their recovery.

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque says nearly 90 percent Boro paddy in haor areas of the country have been harvested so far despite the Covid-19 pandemic across the country.

Jamuna Future Park mall in Dhaka will remain closed until the Covid-19 situation improves in the country. Bashundhara City Shopping Complex, also, will not open before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, despite the government allowing all markets to open from May 10.

Some 135 Bangladeshis, who returned from India today through Benapole border in Jashore, have been sent to institutional quarantine to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The government has given conditional permission to reopen mosques for all from tomorrow.

Some 4,249 women faced different forms of domestic violence in April this year during the nationwide shutdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the health secretary and the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, requesting them to take necessary steps in five days to set up Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) laboratories in every district of the country in order to quickly complete Covid-19 tests.

Three alleged robbers, including a pair of siblings, are killed in a “four-hour long gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.