Mymensingh police has started selling subsidised iftar packets among low-income people at Tk 5 each during the ongoing countrywide “strict lockdown”.

Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed in a road accident in Oman on Sunday morning.

A case has been filed against former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur for hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists, supporters and defaming the party with derogatory comments during a Facebook live session on April 14.

From now on, Dhaka North City Corporation will not provide trade licences or holding numbers to those buildings that fail to install separate fire safety systems, said Mayor Atiqul Islam today.

A man in Barishal yesterday had to carry his Covid-19 infected mother on his motorbike with an oxygen cylinder tied to his back.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today said the number of judicial officials (lower court judges) needs to be doubled to tripled to reduce the increasing backlog of cases.

Criticising the police firing on agitating workers during a protest in the coal-based power plant in Banshkhali of Chattogram yesterday, several organisations, including trade bodies and left-leaning party, today protested the killing and demanded justice for the workers, who were killed in the incident.

A rickshaw puller had to travel at least 110km to admit his daughter to a hospital for treatment, as ambulance drivers demanded high fare amid the ongoing countrywide lockdown.

BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas today said media distorted his statement on disappearance of former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali.

Police today arrested a man in a case filed over raping his fifth grader cousin in Bagerhat.

Police today recovered the burnt body of a worker from a bakery that caught fire in Nager Bazar of Bagerhat town last night.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said 36.25 lakh poor families will get financial assistance as gift from the Prime Minister on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today refused to increase the number of High Court benches for dealing with more cases, saying that safety of life is the first priority in this difficult period of coronavirus pandemic.

In total, 512 poor families received rice relief from the district administration in Chandpur today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken Bangladesh to a new height of international diplomacy with her characteristic conviction and patience.

A mobile court in Patuakhali seized 22 maund of jatka (young hilsa) along with a truck from Sheikh Kamal Bridge Toll plaza on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway today.

All the High Court orders of ad-interim bail have been extended for the next two weeks because of the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

The commerce ministry today launched a $7.5 million Covid-19 response fund to help private enterprises procure plant equipment and produce medical and personal protective equipment in the country.

A Dhaka court today placed two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on a seven-day remand each in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Detectives today arrested four people of a narcotics syndicate who reserved yaba tablets after smuggling those from Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka.