A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines repatriated 160 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in United Arab Emirates for over three months following suspension of regular flights due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Rapid Action Battalion seizes 500 grams of heroin hidden inside a basket of mangoes and a pressure cooker from a courier service centre in Dhaka’s Elephant Road area.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its order of injunction on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (Wasa) decision to hike the price of water by 25 percent from April 1 this year.

Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), has been appointed as a special envoy to the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s (CVF) Presidency.

Thirty-eight patients died, 3,099 were infected in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

The High Court has refused to pass any order on a writ petition that sought its directives on the government to take necessary steps to protect prisoners in jails and prison staff from Covid-19.

As the total number of coronavirus cases went up across India by more than 11,000 for the third straight day, a study has predicted that the country will reach the peak stage of the contagion’s spread around mid-November of 2020.

Two members of Bangladesh Police, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, died in Dhaka while undergoing treatment at two different hospitals today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she will not accept defeat against an invisible force like coronavirus, fearing death.

"That's not what we do!" Reuters photographer Dylan Martinez heard the words ring out during chaotic scenes in London when mostly peaceful anti-racist demonstrations turn into violent scuffles with counter-protesters in the area.

An official of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) dies with symptoms of coronavirus infection in Pabna.

A former Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death by his rivals following long-standing enmity in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna last night.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to expand the coverage of an ongoing rural road network improvement project in Bangladesh, connecting the rural population to agricultural development zones.

Former Sylhet city mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died with Covid-19 early today.

Social distancing, using face masks and face shields and ensuring proper hygiene are important points to remember in the effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested five members of a gang of robbers for their involvement in stealing around Tk 80 lakh from Gazipur’s Kaliakoir on June 7.

A Bangladeshi man who went to Singapore to seek medical treatment that was not related to Covid-19 later tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the first imported case in the country since May 10.

The health ministry has written to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to blacklist 14 suppliers and proprietors for reported anomalies in procurement of medical equipment for different medical colleges and hospitals.

The Indian health ministry has recommended use of anti-viral drug remdesivir under emergency use authorisation to treat Covid-19 patients in moderate stage as the country emerged as fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic with more than 3.20 lakh cases.

Authorities have categorised 45 areas in Dhaka city as red zones over coronavirus infections. Of those, 17 areas are under Dhaka North City Corporation while 28 are under Dhaka South City Corporation.