To curb the spread of Covid-19, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to suspend all domestic flights in Bangladesh from Monday (April 5), Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman told The Daily Star today.

Some 199 women and 153 girls were subjected to different forms of violence in March this year in the country, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Many people are leaving Dhaka and thronged to the inter-district bus terminals and Sadarghat launch terminal in the city, after the news of possible lockdown from Monday was published in the media today, as they think once the lockdown is imposed it would be extended.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said they will not operate passenger trains once lockdown is imposed.

Terming Hefajat-e-Islam an "anti-Islamic" group, Awami League MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim today told the Parliament that Hefajat is a "militant and anti-liberation" element.

Fifty-eight people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In an effort to prevent coronavirus transmission, the Khulna district administration today issued a directive asking concerned authorities to keep all types of shops and markets closed by 7:00pm on a regular basis.

Australia will continue its inoculation programme with AstraZeneca PLC, health officials said on Saturday, after a blood clotting case raised concern about the safety of the vaccine.

At least 250 people were sued in a case filed over yesterday’s clash between police and Hefajat supporters on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur.

Mystery shrouds over the death of a housewife after a car driven by her husband hit a road divider in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area this morning.

All professional final examinations of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday) under the Dhaka University-affiliated medical colleges have been postponed.

Child Daycare Centre Bill-2021 was placed in the parliament today to support the children of working women.

A Bill titled “The Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Bill, 2021” was placed in parliament today for mandating tour operators and guides to get registered.

The ‘Mongla Port Authority Bill, 2021’ was placed in the Parliament today with a provision for tougher punishment for polluting environment.

The government has decided to impose a seven-day countrywide lockdown from Monday (April 5), considering the current Covid-19 situation, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

The mayor of Washington DC has declared March 26, the Independence Day of Bangladesh, as "Bangladesh Day."

Attempts by Myanmar’s military to end dissent are turning to the virtual world with internet blocks and arrest warrants for online critics as big rallies become rare in the face of relentless repression by the security forces.

The World Bank on Friday announced a new Climate Change Action Plan aimed at helping developing countries achieve measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and pledging to mobilize large-scale resources to aid the transition out of coal.

A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the US Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Chattogram district administration yesterday instructed that all sorts of shops and restaurants will close by 6:00pm till April 14 to curb the spread of coronavirus.