The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$ 732 million (BDT 6,222 crore) emergency assistance for Bangladesh to help the country address the challenges posed by Covid-19.

President Md Abdul Hamid has confirmed the service of 18 additional judges of the High Court, who were appointed two years ago.

A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities say.

A Minneapolis police officer who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the throat before the man died has been arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said, after three nights of violent protests in the Midwestern city sparked by the death.

A senior staff nurse of Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital died at the hospital, several days after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb has said ships from the state and Bangladesh will begin to ply the new waterways on the river Gomati within three months.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to stop looters in Minneapolis with deadly military force, after that city weathered a third night of arson and rioting over the police killing of an unarmed black man.

Nine wild animals, including six golden jackals, were killed by villagers at Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet.

A 23-year-old woman, who died from coronavirus-like symptoms at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital, was buried by volunteers in a donated parcel of land, away from her family and her village.

Police have recovered the body of a farmer from a village in Sonatal upazila of Bogura, 11 months after he allegedly went missing.

Major modes of transport will begin operations across the country as early as Sunday, when the nationwide shutdowns are lifted.

Noted chartered accountant Kanchi Lal Das passed away at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after he was diagnosed with Covid-19. He was 77.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina decided, in consultation with experts, not to prolong the nationwide general holidays amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis considering the livelihoods of people, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Bangladesh Railway will start selling train tickets from tomorrow afternoon, as the authority is set to resume operation from Sunday on a limited scale.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private airline Novoair will each operate seven flights while US-Bangla Airlines will operate 10 flights daily on the Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Saidpur routes from June 1.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli has provided the identities of the Bangladeshi nationals, who were either killed or injured in a revenge attack by human traffickers in Libya.

The government has directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to include mangoes, litchis and some vegetables in the list of relief items being distributed amid the Covid-19 situation.

While I read the memorials for Niloufer Manzur by her children around the world, I can personally connect with many of the anecdotes, as I am sure can many.

At least seven people are shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by police who broke down her door.

Launch services on all the routes across the country will resume on Sunday, maintaining all health safety guidelines.