Launch service on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes resumed this morning, 24 hours after suspension due to bad weather.

Marking World Humanitarian Day (WHD), which falls on August 19 annually, the United Nations has recognised four Bangladeshi youths as “real life heroes” to acknowledge their contribution in humanitarian services.

Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub yesterday offered unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for posting a derogatory status about Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and the judiciary on Facebook on August 11.

A Dhaka court yesterday set September 17 for the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in Barapukuria coalmine graft case.

The High Court yesterday rejected two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in connection with two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to Dhaka Bank’s Dhanmondi branch Vice President Md Aminul Islam in a corruption case filed on the charge of misappropriating Tk 22 crore.

The Supreme Court yesterday extended its chamber judge’s order that stayed a High Court directive asking the United Hospital to pay Tk 30 lakh as initial payment to the families of the four victims, who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

A fake doctor and owner of an illegally operating clinic was sent to jail yesterday for molesting a woman attendee of a patient at Satla area under Ujirpur Upazila of Barishal.

Nineteen organisations working on migration yesterday demanded unconditional and immediate release of 255 migrant workers who were detained and sent to jail upon their return home recently.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against eight people including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

Expressing concern over poor health coverage in Chattogram Hill Tracts, speakers yesterday underscored the need for providing training to women in CHT areas on primary health care and midwifery as a solution.

The Indian authorities have finally taken initiatives to take back more than 2,500 of their citizens who got stranded in Bangladesh due to the Covid-19 situation.

More than 2.69 lakh students who passed SSC and dakhil examinations this year are yet to apply for getting enrolled in HSC level, until nine hours before closing the first phase of admission process yesterday.

Container handling was hampered at a jetty of Chattogram port today after a container vessel hit a quayside gantry crane, damaging it partially.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has pressed charges against nine members of banned outfit Ansar-al-Islam in a case filed over the killing of Jagannath University student and secular online activist Nazim Uddin Samad.

Forty-one people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The High Court today refused bail to Dhaka Bank's Dhanmondi branch Vice President Md Aminul Islam in a corruption case filed for misappropriating Tk 22 crore.

The Supreme Court has extended its chamber judge's order that stayed a High Court directive asking United Hospital to pay Tk 30 lakh as initial payment to each of the families of the four victims, who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised an online seminar titled “Bangabandhu’s Vision of a Secular Bangladesh” on Monday, as part of his birth centenary celebration, said a press release.

A motorcyclist was killed after a bus knocked down his bike in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra area yesterday morning.The deceased was identified as Masud Hossain (45), an iron sheet trader.