As many as 20 people have reportedly died due to landslides in three southern districts of Assam as incessant rains lashed the northeastern state in the wake of pre-monsoon floods.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Covid-19 has slowed the country’s economic advancement to some extent but the nation will move forward, defying all hurdles.

The Public Relations Association of Banks (PRAB) has produced an awareness video about the Covid-19 situation titled “Alo Ashbei”.

Thirty-seven people died, 2,911 were infected and 523 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) urologist Monzoor Rashid Chowdhury dies from Covid-19.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of Meftahul Islam Zion, a 15th batch student of naval architecture and marine engineering department, in connection with the killing of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad in October last year.

The High Court has wanted to know the situation of inmates in jails and prisons staff across the country following the coronavirus pandemic.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded the Trade Finance Programme (TFP) to support the private sector in Bangladesh, by raising its financing limit to $755 million from $518 million at the end of last year.

As India entered the second day of the phased exit from coronavirus-induced lockdown, the death toll due to the contagion rises to 5,598 across the country.

Detectives yesterday arrested four people from different parts of Dhaka in connection with a case filed over National Bank’s missing Tk 80 lakh on May 10.

President Donald Trump vows to order a military crackdown on once-in-a-generation violent protests gripping the United States, saying he was sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called upon Jordanian authorities to immediately release Bangladeshi journalist Selim Akash and drop any charges against him.

A man has been hacked to death by “rivals” in Pabna’s Santhia upazila.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has sent some medicine to Pakistan for critically ill Covid-19 patients by a special cargo flight.

Bangladesh Bank authorities have filed a fresh civil case against 17 Philippines entities, including the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, in a bid to recover 81 million USD lost in a cyber-heist in 2016, CNN reports.

Former health minister Mohammed Nasim, also a presidium member of the ruling Awami League, tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka's Shyamoli.

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a member of a human trafficking syndicate from Bishwanath upazila in Sylhet.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to conduct necessary tests including that of Covid-19 and provide treatments to expecting women on priority basis at all government and private hospitals across the country.

Despite testing positive for Covid-19, a man in Tangail rejoined his workplace and worked for six days before returning to his village to celebrate Eid with family.

Fires burned near the White House, stores were looted in New York City and Southern California, and a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis as the United States struggled to contain chaotic protests over race and policing.