The LGRD ministry today suspended two more union parishad chairmen on charges of forgery in preparing list of beneficiaries of the prime minister’s cash assistance programme and VGD cards.

Bangladesh Law Association (BLA) signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universal Medical College Hospital Ltd for providing treatment to its members and their families infected with Covid-19 at free and low cost.

A 60-bed isolation and treatment centre has been set up in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar to provide healthcare to Covid-19 patients from the Rohingya refugee camps and the local community.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the government has no plan or roadmap to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Bangladesh has announced a contribution of 50,000 US dollars to ‘Global Citizen’ fund for supporting the development and deployment of vaccines in an equitable manner for all those in need.

The total number of police personnel infected with Covid-19 across the country crossed 10,000, according to a tally by the Police Headquarters.

Three people were killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) termed a gunfight in the Sundarbans. Two more people were injured in the incident. Rab members rescued two fishermen from there.

Superintendent of Jashore Police Muhammad Ashraf Hossain today submitted a probe report to the High Court, saying that three police personnel of Kotwali Police Station had taken “unethical benefits” from the father of college student Imran Hossain for releasing him from their custody.

Gas supply is suspended in some areas of Dhaka -- including Jatrabari, Demra, Shyampur and Kadamtali -- from 2:30pm to 7:00pm today due to emergency repair work.

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

Heavy rainfall and rising water from the upstream caused flash floods in char areas under six upazilas of Bogura and Gaibandha over last couple of days.

After receiving complaint on social media, police in a special drive, have arrested a human trafficker from Mymensingh district.

A virtual court in Dhaka has placed photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

The flood situation has aggravated in Sirajganj, as Jamuna River is flowing above danger level, leaving over 50,000 families in five upazilas of the district marooned.

India registered its highest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with 19,906 new patients, pushing the tally to 528,859, the health ministry said today.

Three day labourers were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Mirzapur upazila early today.

Two people are killed and at least four people were in fair condition at a hospital Saturday after a man drove into a distribution center and started shooting at people.

Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.

Another police personnel, who was infected with Covid-19, died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka last night.

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