Police recovered the body of a four-year-old from a bathroom in Dhaka’s Karail slum this morning.

With the hope of building confidence in engineers and workers, the metro rail project authorities today opened two field hospitals for employees infected with coronavirus.

For the last two days, migrant worker Jahed Hasan has bene trying to confirm his return ticket to Saudi Arabia from a Saudi Airlines office in the capital.

An acute shortage of water at the Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has persisted for close to a month, putting several thousand people in severe woes.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday harshly criticised the government for permitting import of rapid testing kit for Covid-19 instead of giving nod to the kit developed by his organisation.

Majeda Begum, mother of Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim, died on Monday, at age 73.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze two bank accounts of suspended DIG of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Although 93 percent of commutes in Dhaka are on foot, bicycle, rickshaw and public transport, they get least priority in transport planning, speakers at a webinar said yesterday.

A platform for migrant worker rights demanded the body of 14-year-old Umme Kulsum, who was tortured to death in Saudi Arabia, be exhumed for autopsy, to investigate violence the underage migrant worker went through.

The High Court has directed the government to take steps to recognise those who had received training inside the country for participating in 1971 Liberation War, as freedom fighters.

Ordinary and Advanced level examinations for the October-November session will not be assessed based on predicted grades, British Council Bangladesh has said quoting Cambridge Assessment International Education and Pearson’s Edexcel examination boards.

Recently, the High Court Division ruled that Hindu widows will be entitled to inherit both agricultural and non-agricultural lands belonging to the husbands if they die intestate.

Coal-based power plants being constructed in Cox’s Bazar could be responsible for 30,000 deaths over 30 years. The plants will be releasing hazardous elements, emitting pollutants 800 percent higher than the international average.

The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted Md Humayun Kabir, who had been in the condemned cell for the last 14 years after being convicted and sentenced to death by the trial court, in connection with a case filed for abduction and murder of an eight-year-old in 2004.

Activists of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad staged a demonstration in Dhaka city today, protesting “false cases, detention and police action” against them including former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur.

The High Court has directed the government to take necessary steps to recognise the people who had received training inside the country for the purpose of participating in 1971 Liberation War, as freedom fighters.

Several thousand migrant workers demonstrated in front of Saudi Airlines office in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area this morning, due to shortage of tickets to Saudi Arabia.

Former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur was sued in another case filed with Kotwali Police Station last night.

The prosecution yesterday concluded arguments and sought capital punishment for all five accused in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu murder case.

A schoolgirl was stabbed to death allegedly by a stalker inside an abandoned house in Savar’s Dakkhin Para area on Sunday night.