Thousands of people have taken to the streets in European and Asian cities, demonstrating in support of US protests against police brutality.

Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has tested positive for Covid-19.

One worker has been killed and four others were critically burned in an accident at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) factory in Jorarganj area of Mirsharai in Chattogram.

The third episode of Youth Policy Forum’s flagship series “Talking Policies with Dr. Akhtar Mahmood” is a journey through history that explores economics, politics, and policies through the eyes of Professor Nurul Islam, Deputy Chairman of the First Planning Commission of Bangladesh. The session titled “The Quest for an Egalitarian Bangladesh” aired on June 13, 2020, and has been viewed over 6200 times since.

The third episode of Youth Policy Forum’s flagship series “Talking Policies with Dr. Akhtar Mahmood” is a journey through history that explores economics, politics, and policies through the eyes of Professor Nurul Islam, Deputy Chairman of the First Planning Commission of Bangladesh. The session titled “The Quest for an Egalitarian Bangladesh” aired on June 13, 2020, and has been viewed over 6200 times since.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written an article marking the historic Six-Point Day to be observed in the country tomorrow.

To stem the spread of coronavirus, the government has set different parameters to designate areas according to coloured zones -- red, yellow and green.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for coronavirus, received plasma therapy for the third time on Friday night alongside the regular kidney dialysis.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) finds Aedes mosquito larvae in 131 houses and establishments during the first day of the combing operation to destroy breeding grounds of the mosquitoes.

A massive “Black Lives Matter” mural has been painted in yellow letters on a street near the White House, ahead of expected large demonstrations to protest racism and police brutality in the United States.

Bangladesh has called for global solidarity and cooperation to address the challenges of the migrants who are disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic globally.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has said in a statement that the BGMEA president recently did not announce any job cut of garment workers, rather she expressed deep concerns and apprehension over possible job losses because of fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) today issued four directives to hospital authorities over collecting samples from patients for Covid-19 tests.

A drug dealer has been arrested in Benapole while trying to smuggle in 96 bottles of phensidyl from Putkhali border area.

One person died and over a hundred houses were damaged and trees were uprooted as a storm, followed by torrential rain, lashed out in Nasirnagar and Sarailupazilas of Brahmanbaria this morning.

Although the coronavirus situation in Cox’s Bazar is deteriorating with sharp rise in the number of detected cases, no step has yet been taken to install intensive care facility at the dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the district, with the hospitals ill-equipped for oxygen supply and ventilator support in treating patients in critical condition.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam has sought transfer of a joint commissioner from the unit, on charge of offering him bribe.

A 55-year-old man with Covid-19-like symptoms died today after reportedly being denied treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) in Bogura.

Infected with Covid-19 and later suffering a stroke, former health minister and Awami League MP Mohammed Nasim is now in a “deep coma” as his condition has deteriorated further.

A sub-inspector of Chattogram’s Sitakunda Police Station, who had been suffering from fever and cough, was found dead at his home in Sitakunda upazila this morning.