A constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has died at Chattogram General Hospital with Covid-19 like symptoms.

An alleged criminal has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Tongi upazila of Gazipur.

NRB Global Bank and S Alam Group's Director Morshedul Alam (65) has died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Chattogram General Hospital.

A police officer, who was infected with coronavirus, has died at Rajshahi Christian Mission Hospital.

The flight data recorder from the Pakistani airliner that crashed into a residential neighbourhood of Karachi has been found, an official said on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 97.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has threatened to blacklist British clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) in Bangladesh for not paying suppliers and not responding to the call of the association.

Eid-ul-Fitr will begin on Sunday (May 24), authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced.

Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury was in charge of almost all the mammoth infrastructure development projects in Bangladesh that have taken place in the last two decades or are coming soon. He has proved that Bangladeshi engineers can lead the challenging mega-projects and complete them with confidence. Bangladesh will remember his contribution to infrastructure projects for decades to come. Bangladesh lost a legendary engineer who was dedicated to improving the quality of life of Bangladeshis.

About 13,000 drivers of CNG-run three-wheelers in the country are among this vulnerable group. They have mostly remained out of the radar of aid. The government’s assistance or wealthy people’s financial help have hardly reached them. Having exhausted meagre savings and loans from relatives, they’re bracing themselves for the seemingly inevitable.

The district agriculture extension office in Pabna says 22 to 25 percent of litchis -- worth around Tk 154 crore -- had been damaged by the strong winds whipped up by cyclone Amphan.

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Bangladesh continues to assist the government in providing support that is directly benefitting approximately 60,000 people across the country.

Nine more bodies have been recovered in Jashore, raising the death toll from super cyclone Amphan to 21 in Bangladesh.

Law Minister Anisul Huq distributes relief materials worth Tk 2.81 crore among 40,000 poor and helpless families at his Kasba and Akhaura constituency in Brahmanbaria since March 24 to tackle the crisis stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.

The government is releasing 17 prisoners, who were serving time for minor offences, ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Some 87 percent of returnee migrant workers do not have income opportunities now amid the shutdown enforced to contain coronavirus spread, says a survey report of Brac Migration Programme.

Evaly, an e-commerce based online marketplace, has provided health care and safety equipment to the authorities of National Emergency Services Centre (999).

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issues a 14-point instruction, signed by DMP Commissioner Shafiqul Islam, for devotees and mosque committees for observing the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and attending Eid prayers.

An additional secretary of the government, who was infected with Covid-19, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning.

Egg collectors in Halda River have been delighted by what is this decade’s record haul of eggs in the lone natural breeding ground of carp-like fish in South Asia.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to work together to preserve biodiversity and help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).