The High Court has extended its earlier directive staying a lower court order that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a Tk 159 crore money laundering case.

Bodies of four people, who went missing following a boat capsize in Brahmaputra river in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram, were recovered today.

The civil aviation ministry has decided to resume domestic passenger flights on a limited scale from June 1, more than two months after imposing a suspension on almost all international and domestic flights to contain outbreak of Covid-19.

Bangladeshi singer Mainul Ahsan Noble has been sued in Indian state Tripura for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media.

Another police officer, who was tested Covid-19 positive, died at Impulse Hospital in Dhaka.

Vernon Anthony Paul was one of the five patients who died in the fire at United Hospital. Choked in anguish, his son narrates his harrowing experience.

The five patients, who died in a fire at United Hospital last night, were kept at a makeshift isolation centre which was "very risky", a top official of Fire Service and Civil Defence has claimed.

The High Court today wanted to know what steps the committee led by the deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram has taken to protect the biodiversity, environment and the aquatic life, including fish and dolphins, in the Halda River in the district.

China's parliament approves a decision to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists in the city and Western countries fear could jeopardise its special autonomy and freedoms.

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

Action will be taken against United Hospital, if the probe committee finds any negligence by the authorities in yesterday’s fire incident, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam has warned.

Public transport—road, rail, and waterway -- will resume but on a limited scale from May 31 with strict adherence to some conditions, according to a gazette issued by the Cabinet division today.

A 55-year-old man with coronavirus-like symptoms has died at the isolation ward of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital.

Around five lakh people in two coastal areas of Satkhira district have been living in submerged areas since May 20, as cyclone Amphan badly damaged large portions of two embankments in those areas.

Anisur Rahman Selim, an assistant engineer of Gazipur City Corporation, yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he was the mastermind behind the murder of his senior colleague, executive engineer Delwar Hossain.

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) provides food assistance to some 7,000 families who work at different ongoing economic zones and whose livelihoods are affected by the prolonged nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Indian security forces have averted a major car bomb attack by detecting and defusing a vehicle fitted with improvised explosive devices (IED) in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

A total of 876 people accused in different criminal cases has been secured bail from lower courts across the country.

The Fire Service and Civil Defence authority has formed a committee to investigate the fire at United Hospital in Gulshan, Dhaka that left five patients dead last night.

US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 100,000 on Wednesday even as the daily average death toll declines, businesses reopen and Americans emerge from lockdowns across the country.