The government sets fees for coronavirus testing which were earlier free under the state-owned facilities.

The High Court today directed the United Hospital authorities to provide compensation through amicable settlement to families of the victims who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

Flood situation in Jamalpur has worsened further as the Jamuna river was flowing 84 cm above danger mark (19.5m) at Bahadurabad Ghat point in Dewanganj upazila.

Grameenphone has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of BTRC’s decision that imposed two new restrictions on the country’s leading mobile operator.

The forest department has decided to ban the netting of fishes from all rivers and canals in the Sundarbans for the next two months, starting July 1.

Forty-five people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, said during a briefing.

Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday but security forces killed them all, police say.

The government has given permission to two more foreign air operators -- Turkish Airlines and Air Arabia -- to operate regular flights to and from Dhaka from July 1.

India reports nearly 20,000 new coronavirus infections, a new record for the country, as several states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus.

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children.

Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, senior secretary of the defence ministry, dies of Covid-19 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

The death toll from Covid-19 surpasses half a million people according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.

Layla Arjumand Banu, wife of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, has died of coronavirus at the age of 71.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people after a launch capsized in Buriganga river at Dhaka's Shyambazar.

Tobibur Rahman Masum, chief reporter of Rajshahi-based daily Sonali Sangbad died at the coronavirus unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night.

Two girls were allegedly raped in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur and Chattogram city’s Bayezid Bostami Debarpar since yesterday evening.

International relations analysts have called for a move to strengthen South Asian integration for the sake of improving the lives of its huge population, and ensure human rights and protection of the environment.

As face coverings become the norm amid the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese startup Donut Robotics has developed an internet-connected "smart mask" that can transmit messages and translate from Japanese into eight other languages.

Jatiya Party today relieved the much-talked-about JP leader and a former MP from Laxmipur-2 Mohammad Noman, as he left the election field in the 2018 national election in support of independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam (Papul), in exchange for a huge amount of money from the latter, who stands accused in Kuwait of multiple charges including human trafficking.

The European Union has not included Bangladesh as one of the countries whose citizens will be eligible to get Schengen visa, as EU begins reopening its borders by the beginning of July.