A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by one of her neighbours at Itabaria village under Tiakhali union in Kalapara upazila on Thursday.

A man, who sustained severe injuries in an attack allegedly by his rivals centring a feud over recruiting of a muezzin at a local mosque in Sadar upazila on Friday, died at a hospital early yesterday.

Coconut grower Shahinur was shocked to see how a single green coconut was being sold for Tk 80 in Barishal city near Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital. But, at her village, in close proximity to the city, she recently sold each coconut to traders for only Tk 12.

“All the 35 families in our village have to collect water daily from a distant chhara [spring in the hills]. Our sufferings mount during the dry season,” said Karna Rani Tanchangya, 32, of Debotachari village under Ghagra union of Rangamati’s Kawkhali upazila.

At least 12 people are killed and several others injured as a human-haulier and a salt-laden truck collided head first on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway.

A metal object that fell from the sky created at least a 15 feet hole at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.

The Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) calls upon the government to waive all kinds of aeronautical/non- aeronautical charges of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh incurred from February till improvement of the coronavirus situation.

Describing the coronavirus as national and global disaster, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon people irrespective of political and religious faiths to work together to curb and prevent the spread of the virus in the country.

Around two decades ago, Joynal Abedin would not have thought of owning a property or business institution as he was struggling to earn a livelihood. The man, hailing from Shimulia village under Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, worked his land and had a small business.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undertakes a number of measures including operating mobile courts to compel the people who are advised to stay in quarantine to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Special Session of Jatiya Sangsad has been postponed following outbreak of the coronavirus across the country, Joynal Abedin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests Bangladesh government take urgent action to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Bangladesh in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, said Manmohan Parkash, ADB country director for Bangladesh.

Election Commission postpones Chattogram City Corporation election and by-polls to two constituencies due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the government will soon import 10,000 testing kits and 10,000 protective equipment from China to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges everyone to not hoard food and other essential items out of panic, as the country has enough stock of everything.

A suspected drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Santhia upazila of Pabna.

Popular mountaineer and social activist Wasfia Nazreen has tested positive for the coronavirus and is currently in quarantine, she claimed in a Facebook post today.

Voting in Dhaka-10, Bagerhat-4 and Gaibandha-3 by-polls begin amid public health concerns over coronavirus.

Mobile courts conduct drives in different kitchen markets in five upazilas of Noakhali and fined some 38 traders nearly Tk 2 lakh for selling essential items at high prices following the coronavirus outbreak.