Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has directed five Supreme Court officials including its registrar general to discharge duty round the clock for taking necessary measures for Covid-19 treatment to its judges during the pandemic.

The government has allocated Tk 95,574 crore in the social safety net programmes, which is 16.83 percent of total budget and 3.01 percent of GDP in FY 2020-21. In last year’s revised budget, the allocation was Tk. 81,865 crore.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has submitted an application to show expelled Jubo League's Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan arrested in a money laundering case.

The fire at corona unit of United Hospital originated from short circuit of an air conditioner (AC), Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hossain said today.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh today decided to resume regular flights on international routes on a limited scale from June 16, after around three months of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States tops two million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Expressing dismay over the slow pace of trading through Benapole-Petrapole border, Benapole Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agents' Association -- in a letter to Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO -- said it has led to a crisis of raw material in Bangladeshi industries and soaring prices of perishable goods.

The High Court has directed the government to continue selling essential commodities through Trading Corporation Bangladesh to people at upazila level, beyond the city corporations and municipality areas, until the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Thirty-seven people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of suspended sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station Zahidur Rahman Zahid in a case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in 2014.

An official of Rupali Bank died with Covid-19 like symptoms at his home in Patuakhali early today.

Moslem Uddin Chowdhury, lawmaker of Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgao), and nine of his family members test positive for coronavirus.

President Donald Trump rules out a change to US military bases named after Civil War Confederate leaders, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments honoring the once pro-slavery South.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police say, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonisers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests.

Following webinars on Bangladesh’s Healthcare and Agriculture Sectors and the Social Protection (SP) system, Youth Policy Forum (YPF) hosted one on June 4th discussing policy-driven mechanisms for increasing competitiveness of small and medium businesses in Bangladesh. The webinar titled ‘Small and Medium Businesses: Way Forward Amid the Pandemic’ was the sixth one in its series.

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The High Court has cancelled its earlier order that granted bail to five accused in a murder case in Khulna as they were found to have manipulated documents and hidden information about the charge sheet and confessional statements to this court while securing bail.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the time to pay delayed gas and electricity bills without surcharge will not be extended further after June 30.

A Bangladeshi man has been found dead at a water pumpkin farm at Jalan Ara Kuda in Tasek Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has served notices to Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP of Laxmipur- 2 constituency (independent) and his family members, seeking their wealth statements.