Lying unused for long, the buildings and lands of two former sub-jails at Delduar and Sakhipur upazilas in Tangail are decaying while a plan to set up child development centres by the Department of Social Service is yet to be implemented.

More than six hundred goods-laden trucks remain stranded at Paturia ferry terminal for over five hours.

Three mobile courts fine an expatriate for violating home quarantine conditions and some shops for increasing prices of essentials during separate drives in Chattogram.

To support them and benefit the citizens, The Daily Star, Sheba.xyz and Samakal have launched an initiative, ‘Mission Save Bangladesh’, which aims to provide groceries to underprivileged communities, provide financial support for small businesses, and deliver community-based support.

Two persons have died in Khulna and Khagrachhari districts, after suffering from high fevers, colds and breathing complications.

Today is Bangladesh’s 49th Independence Day.

More than 2,500 army personnel divided in 290 teams are discharging their duties in 61 districts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

At a time when personal protective equipment (PPE) are in high demand by doctors and caregivers, administrative officials in Sylhet have been seen using those in violation of the directives circulated by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Two alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team are arrested from a madrasa in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.

A four-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her father at Newtown area in Jashore Sadar upazila.

A couple who returned from the UK is sent to the Coronavirus Isolation Centre at Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital from Sylhet Osmani International Airport.

A citizen of Belarus working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna has been sent to Dhaka for tests on suspicion of coronavirus infection.

The government appoints Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, a retired judge of the High Court, as chairman of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal for two years on a contractual basis.

A special flight from China carrying medical equipment to help combat the spread of coronavirus lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Government officials of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet have decided to donate their Baishakhi allowances in a bid to support the underprivileged local people during the coronavirus outbreak.

A total 364 Malaysia and Bhutan nationals stuck in Bangladesh returned to their countries through different flights between last night and this morning.

Five more people tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 44, according to the IEDCR.

A Bangladeshi doctor -- Misbahul Ferdous -- stationed at Fuwai Hospital in China, says the hospital received immediate help from a Bangladeshi cardiologist during their time of need, while tackling the coronavirus outbreak at its height in the country.

A seven-month-old baby, who was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus infection, was sent to Dhaka along with the mother for better treatment this afternoon.

A man is killed in a road accident at Tejgaon’s Satrasta area in Dhaka, despite roads in the city being vacant as the suspension of public transport services begin this morning.