Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a Cabinet reshuffle following a series of damaging allegations.

Indonesian state oil company Pertamina has said it was trying to control a massive fire at its Balongan oil refinery in West Java that injured five people and led to the evacuation of 950 nearby residents.

Five people were killed and one injured in a helicopter crash at a glacier near Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.

A journalist alleged that leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam assaulted him and forced him to prove his Muslim identity when he was covering the demonstrations of the organisation on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Narayanganj’s Shimrail area yesterday.

One of the less talked-about downsides of the pandemic-induced lull has been the increasing financial stress on the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). According to a study last year by the Ohio-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis,

Bangladesh’s economy has been on a fast-paced journey in recent years, except of course during the ongoing pandemic. With high growth, the country has achieved several positive economic and social milestones.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all to establish the spirit of Islam at personal, social and national levels and shun religious prejudice and narrow-mindedness.

Chattogram-Khagrachhari regional highway, which was blocked since Friday after the clash between police and Hefazat activist, was opened to traffic after 72 hours.

Miscreants today set fire to Music maestro Ustad Alauddin Khan’s music academy “Sur Samrat Alauddin Sangeetangon” in Brahmanbaria’s Kumarshil area.

The nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam today, was marked with sporadic incidents of clashes, vandalism, arson attacks and roads blockades in different parts of the country.

Around 50 people, including 10 policemen, were injured in separate clashes in Kishoreganj town during the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefajat-e Islam today.

Nipun Roy Chowdhury, a member of the BNP Central Executive Committee, was arrested on charge of conspiracy to carry out sabotage by torching buses during Hefajat-e-Islam’s shutdown.

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Sunday, witnesses said, at people gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests since the military coup on Feb. 1.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they will open educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities, after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr in view of the sudden surge in the Covid-19 infection.

15 people, including the officer-in-charge of Sirajdikhan Police Station, were injured in a clash between police and Hefajat-e-Islam activists in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj this noon during the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Hefajat-e Islam.

The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 27 to roll out three online-based reporting platforms to help upskill and protect migrant workers.

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

Claiming that today’s hartal has been successful, Hefajat-e-Islam Amir Junayed Babunagari said they will announce their next course of action soon after their internal meeting.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested three councillors -- former and incumbent -- along with a Cox’s Bazar municipality office assistant, today for helping some Rohingyas get enrolled in the voter list through forgery.

A ninth-grader was injured in an acid attack in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday, family sources said.