The expatriates' welfare ministry yesterday said outbound migrant workers have to be registered with Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) first to have access to the Surokkha app for Covid-19 vaccine registration.

Envoys of various countries to Bangladesh, police officials, people of all walks of life and relatives have paid tributes to those killed in the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital's Gulshan on July 1, 2016.

Mohammed Tanweer Karim passed away on June 29 in Dallas, Texas in USA. He was 74, says a press release.

Most of the streets and intersections in the cities outside the capital were largely empty on the first day of the seven-day "strict lockdown" yesterday, but the alleys remained crowded with people.

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Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday urged students to prepare their national ID cards immediately, if they do not have one, to get Covid-19 vaccine.

Bangladesh has appointed Md Delwar Hossain, director general of Myanmar wing at the foreign ministry, as the next ambassador to South Korea.

Switzerland has committed an additional 9.8 million Swiss Francs (Tk 90 crore) to scale up its support for an effective community-based response as Covid-19 cases are again on the rise in Bangladesh.

BNP yesterday said there is no reason for its Chairperson Khaleda Zia to seek clemency from the president since she did not commit any crime.

A Chattogram court yesterday asked the district administrations of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram to appoint receivers to look after suspended OC Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife Chumki Karan’s property.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to Uttara Club Limited’s former president Nasir Uddin Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in an attempted rape and murder case filed by actress Pori Moni.

A team of Bogura cyber police early yesterday arrested two, including a student, for allegedly spreading an old video on social media and stating that it is recent footage.

The High Court yesterday summoned two investigation officers of a child murder case in Bogura to appear before it to place their explanations over allegation of forcibly taking confessional statement from the deceased’s brother, who is also a minor.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know the government’s decision about the old trees at capital’s historic Suhrawardy Udyan, an integral part of Liberation War history.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday told parliament that Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office has identified irregularities amounting to Tk 59,466 crore in the short span of 2018-2021.

The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 300 million to the Bangladesh government as loan to implement a five-year project to improve livelihood, which is scheduled to begin from July.

Former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday blamed the current DSCC mayor, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, for the court order on freezing eight bank accounts belonging to Khokon and his family members.

Authorities were supposed to open Kalarpool bridge in Chattogram -- which was initially planned to open in 2018 -- today, but an accident on Friday evening has delayed it for at least six months.

A 32-year-old man was killed and four others injured in a clash between two groups in Narayanganj city last night.

The decision to scrap 10 coal-fired power plants was taken as they were either not being financed by foreign investors or the sponsoring companies were moving away, said Prof Anu Muhammad at a virtual press conference yesterday.