Passenger travel from India to Bangladesh via land will remain closed from tomorrow for 14 days, amid severe surge in Covid-19 infections in the neighbouring county, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today.

The High Court has set tomorrow for hearing a writ petition that sought its directive for a judicial enquiry into the killings of workers at SS Power I Plant at Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila on April 17.

A Dhaka court today placed two leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on different terms of remand in two separate cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government will be forced to impose strict lockdown again if people do not follow health guidelines once public transport services are resumed after ongoing lockdown ends.

The number of private vehicles, rickshaws and auto-rickshaws saw a significant rise on Dhaka roads today as the government allowed to reopen shops and shopping malls on a limited scale.

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of ongoing lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Dhaka has refloated an idea of getting a share of Indian hydropower in exchange of letting the neighbour set up transmission lines from its northeastern Arunachal Pradesh to northwestern regions through Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year.

Two imams have been arrested for allegedly spreading rumour and taking part in Hefajat-incited violence in Brahmanbaria, according to a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.

Another person burnt in the chemical storage fire in Dhaka's Armanitola on Friday, died this morning.

Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday, highlighting the "steady and rapid progress" in Bangladesh-China military cooperation in recent years.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia tested positive for Coronavirus again after she underwent another test yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Barrister Ziaur Rahman passed away with Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka last night.

Eight years have passed since the biggest industrial accident in the country – Rana Plaza collapse – took 1,138 lives and left over 2,500 injured. The survivors are still carrying immense trauma.

Five Bangladeshis have been apprehended by the BSF at Jhorpara outpost in West Bengal's Nadia district, the border guarding force said today.

A new convening committee of the Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB), a platform of Dhaka-based journalists working for foreign media outlets, was announced on Saturday.

Ziaul Hasan of Jhalakathi, who carried an oxygen cylinder tied to his back while taking his Covid-19 infected mother to hospital on his motorcycle, has tested Covid-19 positive.

Terming Hefajat-e Islam an extremist and militant group, top 551 alam-ulema of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat today called upon the government to ban the Qawmi-madrasa based organisation.

At least two people were injured today in a fire at MM shipbreaking yard at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Hefajat-e-Islam's Nayed-e-Ameer Ahmad Abdul Quader from Dhaka’s Agargaon area this evening.