A fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar this afternoon has been doused.

Four members of Hefajat-e-Islam were placed on remand in Narayanganj today, a day after their arrest in two cases filed over the mayhem centering the "confinement" of Hefajat's Joint General Secretary Mamunul Haque at a resort in Sonargaon upazila of the district.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said ensuring global peace has become far more challenging than in the past due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

An employee of Ekushey Television was run over by a train, while talking on mobile phone, in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area this morning.

A man died in the Double Mooring area of Agrabad in Chattogram this morning after a wall collapsed on him while painting it.

The government today issued a gazette notification with details on the strict restrictions to be imposed from 6:00am on April 14 to April 21 midnight -- to curb the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court formed 14 virtual courts today, which will function digitally to deal with bail petitions and other urgent matters between April 12 and 19.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) fixed the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) today. Now, the retail price of 12.5kg LPG cylinder provided by the state-owned Liquid Petroleum Gas Limited (LPGL) will cost Tk 591 while the 12kg variety of private companies will cost Tk 975.

A woman was killed and two others were injured in a gun attack in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.

Police held a man on charges of sexually assaulting three children in Lalmonirhat yesterday.

Almost all the men in 70 villages of Faridpur’s Saltha have gone into hiding following cases filed in connection with violence on April 5 in the area.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has handed over an Indian citizen who was critically injured after being shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while trying to illegally enter Bangladesh through Kurigram’s Fulbari border.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is going to announce the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) today.

Two people suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion in a multi-storey building in Narayanganj city last night.

Police today arrested Rupganj Jubo Dal leader Delwar Hossain Delu in a case filed over vandalism in Narayanganj on March 26 centring the March 28 hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam.

All public, private and autonomous offices will remain closed for a week from April 14, says a Cabinet Division proposal aimed at curbing the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said the nature of peacekeeping has changed due to the use of advanced technology and sophisticated weapons, the misuse of social media and the ongoing global epidemic.

A woman construction worker was killed and 12 of her co-workers were injured when a human hauler carrying them overturned on a road in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj today.

The High Court today refused to allow Gazi Belayet Hossain, a businessman having dual citizenship, to leave the country as an inquiry into the allegation against him of his involvement in misappropriating Tk 300 core from BASIC Bank is going on.

Five magistrates of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court in Dhaka have been infected with Covid-19 recently.