Environmental groups YouthNet for Climate Justice and 350.org issued a joint statement protesting the deaths of five coal power plant workers in Banshkhali for demanding due wages and workers’ rights.

Hefajat-e Islam Amir Junayed Babunagari today demanded unconditional release of all “Ulema-Masayek” of Hefajat and all its leaders, including the party’s joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and organising secretary Azizul Haque Islamabadi, who had been arrested in the last few days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government gives immense importance to the development of agriculture as it can take Bangladesh forward.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) declared eight areas under three police stations in the port city as “highly infected” areas for Covid-19 today.

In a major decision to widen the Covid-19 vaccination drive, India today announced that people above the age of 18 would be eligible for the jabs from May 1, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioning that the pandemic was spreading fast in smaller Tier 2 and 3 cities.

Former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur early today apologised for his statement on Facebook live after at least two Digital Security Act cases were filed against him on charge of hurting the religious sentiment of Awami League activists and supporters.

April 17. Five workers were shot dead by police in Chattogram's Banshkhali.

The volunteers of an organisation in Patuakhali are arranging iftar for the poor and low-income people in Patuakhali town. Pictures of this initiative recently went viral on social media platforms.

Mymensingh police has started selling subsidised iftar packets among low-income people at Tk 5 each during the ongoing countrywide “strict lockdown”.

Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed in a road accident in Oman on Sunday morning.

Faced with shortage of oxygen supply to treat an unprecedented rise in critical Covid patients across the country, India tonight decided to ban the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes from April 22 till further order.

A case has been filed against former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur for hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists, supporters and defaming the party with derogatory comments during a Facebook live session on April 14.

Many outgoing passengers especially those wishing to visit United Arab Emirates are facing difficulty after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh issued a directive for such passengers to obtain BMET card or clearance. Not only this, related organisations and Probashi Kalyan Desk at the airport have been facing unexpected complexities in dealing with them. BMET’s district offices are also facing problems.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today said the number of judicial officials (lower court judges) needs to be doubled to tripled to reduce the increasing backlog of cases.

Criticising the police firing on agitating workers during a protest in the coal-based power plant in Banshkhali of Chattogram yesterday, several organisations, including trade bodies and left-leaning party, today protested the killing and demanded justice for the workers, who were killed in the incident.

BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas today said media distorted his statement on disappearance of former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali.

Four out of 12 special flights, scheduled for today, left the Dhaka airport as of 3:00pm today.

In total, 512 poor families received rice relief from the district administration in Chandpur today.

A mobile court in Patuakhali seized 22 maund of jatka (young hilsa) along with a truck from Sheikh Kamal Bridge Toll plaza on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway today.

NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the agency said.