In 2020, climate disasters overstrained Bangladesh. First, the cyclone Amphan with winds up to 150 kmph crossed 26 districts from South to North on May 20.

A record surge in fresh Covid-19 cases in the country has forced authorities concerned to close the Bangladesh National Zoo in the capital's Mirpur as well as Rangpur Zoo.

At least 20 people, including seven police personnel, were injured in a clash between Hefajat-e-Islam activists and police in Gazipur today.

Shaṭ Gambuj Mosque and the eastern part of the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, in Bagerhat district will be closed to visitors till April 15 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Police yesterday arrested a man in connection with a case filed under the Digital Security Act over spreading distorted photos of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook.

Police today arrested three people in connection with a case filed over attacking Aruail Police camp in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila on March 27.

A two-year-old boy who tested positive for Covid-19 on March 27 died today at a hospital in Chuadanga.

Autism expert and Shuchona Foundation Chair Saima Wazed Hossain today announced the publication of "Pracheer Periye," the Bangla translation of Dr Stephen Shore's book "Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome”.

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi expressed confidence that the Bangladesh government would address the challenges posed by protests of Hefajat-e-Islam during and after the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A bank official was left critically injured after he was abducted and assaulted with hammers in Mirzapur Bypass area on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway last night.

Two people were killed today and another one was injured when a bus hit the motorbike the victims were on at Mathiura Tea Garden area in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar.

Fifty 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).

The Anti-Corruption Commission last night arrested a sub-registrar of the Chakaria Sub-registry Office with bribe money from Cox’s Bazar.

Visitors from Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan and Kenya will be banned from traveling to UK from 4:00am of April 9, according to a news story on the GOV.UK website.

In a protest rally in Chattogram today, leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam demand withdrawal of cases filed against them and a total of Tk 50 crore in compensation for members who died and were injured during the recent anti-Modi protests.

India reported 81,466 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, the highest daily number in six months, as several states were hit by a second wave of the coronavirus.

Three people were accused in a case filed for the rape of a woman in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila last night.

Police today detained a hotel staff of Hotel Noorjahan Grand in Sylhet for sexually harassing a woman staying in the hotel for mandatory institutional quarantine for Covid-19 upon her return from the UK.

Two Royal Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA) artists who tested positive for Covid-19 while in Bangladesh during Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering’s recent visit are recovering in a hospital in Dhaka, reports Kuensel Online.

Three Rohingya refugees were burnt to death today in a fire that gutted eight shops at the bazar near the Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar.