The government has appointed Mosud Mannan as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Turkey.

The government has evacuated about 24,08,819 people in coastal districts of the country as super cyclone “Amphan” is likely to make landfall in Bangladesh tonight.

Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim on charges of illegally staying there for months, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) said today.

Extremely severe cyclone Amphan today slammed into the coastal districts of West Bengal, India, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. At the time of filing this story, there was no immediate reports of loss of lives.

Bangladesh and India have added five more ports of call that would augment the trade and provide a stimulus to the economic development of the new locations and their hinterland.

The High Court has stayed till May 28 a lower court order that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of the former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a Tk 159 crore money laundering case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is prepared to face cyclone ‘Amphan’.

A total of 472,068 people are moved to 3,677 cyclone shelters in three costal districts -- Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat -- as super cyclone storm Amphan is set to make landfall this evening.

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

Some 50 multipurpose shelters have been prepared, while 256 cyclone preparation programme volunteer units have provided early warning messages to the communities in the Rohingya camps as cyclone Amphan is unlikely to hit Cox's Bazar district.

A leader of a local Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) goes missing after a boat capsized in a canal in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali under the influence of super cyclone storm Amphan.

A total of 14,096 people, including around 200 children -- accused of criminal charges -- have secured bail from the courts across the country in last six working days through virtual process after a 46-day gap.

Amphan, one of the strongest cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to hit Bangladesh’s coast with the maximum storm surge of 15 feet height above normal astronomical tide.

Chattogram Port has been put on alert number 4 -- its highest security alert -- after the Meteorological Department issued danger signal number nine at the port due to super cyclone Amphan.

As extremely severe cyclone Amphan is set to make landfall, forest authorities in West Bengal, India keep a close watch on the protection of Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans.

Mongla and Payra maritime ports and nearby coastal districts have been advised to hoist great danger signal number 10 as super cyclone Amphan is heading towards Bangladesh and set to make landfall this evening.

Cyclone Amphan -- a storm promising to break many an old record -- is expected to make landfall in India and Bangladesh on May 20 late in the afternoon.

Police have sent the homebound people, who thronged the Mawa ferry terminal area for crossing Padma River, back to the capital.

A total of 1,010 people in the country have died after showing symptoms similar in coronavirus, said the latest report of the Centre for Genocide Studies of Dhaka University today. It tallied the numbers until May 16.

A total of 4,063 more people secure bail from virtual courts across the country including the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.