Air Vice Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan took over charges as the chief of Bangladesh Air Force this afternoon.

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no. three as a low pressure has formed over northwest Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.

Awami League has announced candidates for the upcoming by-polls to three parliamentary constituencies -- Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3 and Cumilla-5.

The education ministry has decided to extend the ongoing closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till June 30, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

Over 500 vehicles, mostly loaded trucks, are stranded at Kazirhat ferry ghat in Pabna, and Aricha ferry ghat in Manikganj due to shortage of ferries.

Two people were killed and one was seriously injured when an ambulance hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj Sadar upazila this morning.

Four people died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital -- the lowest single-day death toll in a week -- in 24 hours till this morning.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today recalled the "very difficult and challenging time" when he had launched a movement in Boston and New York for freeing Sheikh Hasina during the military-backed caretaker government in the country.

The tributary where gentle waves from Padma and Ichamati used to merge is now full of brick fields, houses, and croplands.

A parliamentary body today recommended respective ministries and departments to be more careful about the appointment of project directors in the implementation of various projects.

Workers of two garment factories blocked the Dhaka-Joydebpur road in Gazipur city for nine hours since this morning demanding due salaries and arrears.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today formally charged Awami League leader Enamul Haque Enu and three others, including his brother Rupon Bhuiyan, with illegal amassing of assets worth around Tk 69 crore.

A parliamentary body today recommended that informal modes of transport such as Nosimon, Korimon and easy-bikes should be brought under registration.

Migrant workers undergoing mandatory institutional quarantine in Saudi Arabia will get Tk 25,000 as subsidy -- provided by the Bangladesh government, Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry said today.

Around 45 homes, accommodating nearly 23,000 people in two unions of Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali got electricity connection today through a submarine cable line from Bhola’s Char Fasson upazila.

Lieutenant General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, quarter master general of the Bangladesh Army, has been named as the new chief of the force for the next three years.

Election Commission has postponed elections to 163 union parishads in Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.

A forum observed half-day strike from 6 am to 2 pm today, raising four-point demand for justice for trader Hasan Ali’s murder, whose body was found in an AL leader’s house by police.

A Sylhet-bound train from Dhaka got delayed for an hour after a tree fell on its locomotive in Lawachhara National Park area of Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila this afternoon.

The Ministry of Industries has suspended the operation of a ship-breaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila over its failure to ensure workers' safety.