A woman died after the auto-rickshaw carrying her was hit by a speeding covered van this morning at Sitakunda on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

A 5 kilometre long tailback has been created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Burichong upazila in Cumilla district ahead of a “strict lockdown”, to be imposed from tomorrow.

Awami League lawmaker and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Matin Khasru, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, has been put on life support at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

Valiant freedom fighter Abdus Sabur Khan Bir Bikram passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka last night. He was 87.

Around seven hundred vehicles -- 500 light and 200 goods-carrying -- are waiting at Paturia Ghat (ferry terminal) to cross the river as thousands of people are leaving Dhaka for their village homes ahead of the weeklong strict restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation at 7:15pm today on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh (Bangla New Year), said PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.

A foreman died this morning after iron sheet fell on him while working at RA Shipbreaking Yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said it would take at least five to six months to fix everything, including Brahmanbaria Railway Station, damaged during the mayhem by Hefajat-e-Islam supporters and activists last month.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged the authorities concerned to remain alert so that goods-laden transport do not carry passengers during “lockdown”.

In total 409 pedestrians were killed on roads and highways in 398 accidents in January-March this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said ensuring global peace has become far more challenging than in the past due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government today issued a gazette notification with details on the strict restrictions to be imposed from 6:00am on April 14 to April 21 midnight -- to curb the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Almost all the men in 70 villages of Faridpur’s Saltha have gone into hiding following cases filed in connection with violence on April 5 in the area.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has handed over an Indian citizen who was critically injured after being shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while trying to illegally enter Bangladesh through Kurigram’s Fulbari border.

Qawmi madrasa-based organisation Hefajat-e-Islam announced today that it will convene Ulama-Mashayek conference on May 29 at Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.

Three workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion while cutting a pipe of a ship at Jamuna Shipbreakers Yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot and injured a citizen of the country when he was entering Bangladesh through Kurigram’s Fulbari border last night.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has tested positive for coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer and Ekushey Padak awardee Mita Huq.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said they are planning to suspend regular flight operations on international routes from Dhaka amid countrywide full lockdown, slated to begin from April 14, to curb spread of Covid-19.