Three more doctors have died from Covid-19 infections in Dhaka and Chattogram.

The High Court, in a full judgement, has observed that the mobile court law has not empowered executive magistrates to conduct trial of children.

India records the highest-ever single-day surge of 16,922 Covid-19 cases as the country’s total tally goes up to 4,73,105 in the last 24 hours.

Thirty-nine Covid-19 patients died, 3,946 were infected and 1,829 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shoot dead an alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler at Shamsernagar border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Three people showing symptoms of coronavirus died at the Flu Corner of Khulna Medical College Hospital early today.

About 13 percent people have become unemployed in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

Three robbers were killed and another injured during a "gunfight" with police following a robbery incident in Feni’s Daganbhuiyan upazila early today.

A fire that broke out at a polythene factory in the city’s Suarighat area is brought under control.

The Attorney General of Kuwait has decided to imprison Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul -- accused in money laundering, human trafficking, visa trading and bribery -- for 21 days in the central prison, said Arab Times.

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.

With 3,788 fresh cases, Delhi’s coronavirus tally has risen to over 70,000 as it became the country’s worst-hit city, overtaking Mumbai, the country’s financial hub.

The cabinet has adopted a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as Bangladesh won the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award 2020 (UNPSA 2020) in the category of “Developing Transparent and Accountable Public Institutions”.

The Local Government Department under the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has formed a 15-member coordination cell to prevent the coronavirus transmission.

Bangladesh has joined the United Nations “Alliance for Poverty Eradication”, which was formed to support actions geared towards poverty eradication and implementation of the SDGs.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will not help any loan defaulters in availing funds from the government’s stimulus packages, the president of the apex trade body has said.

Ferdous Ahmed, judge of Lalmonirhat District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, died of Covid-19.

Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure their reintegration in their home countries, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said in a statement.

A retired doctor named Upendra Nath Paul (75) died of coronavirus infection in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat yesterday.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today brought 262 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Singapore.