Just before heading to Cox’s Bazar a month ago, Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University in Dhaka, told her brother Suvojit Debnath: “I will direct a documentary.”

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Sirajum Munira, a suspended teacher from Begum Rokeya University Rangpur (BRUR), in a case under the Digital Security Act.

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque yesterday urged banks to come forward with easy loans to help create entrepreneurs in both agriculture and non-agriculture sectors.

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The 8th death anniversary of Advocate Alhaj Kamaluddin Ahmed Khan, a former member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, was observed on August 1, says a press release.

Two people were killed and five persons injured in a road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway at Jagannathpur in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday submitted a petition to show three Awami League leaders of Faridpur town unit arrested in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has started a mobile court drive against illegal television cable lines set up haphazardly around DSCC areas.

Japan will provide 329 million US dollars (equivalent to 35 billion yen) to Bangladesh as grant to help the country combat coronavirus.

A lighter vessel carrying 950 tonnes of raw sugar capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Bhasanchar this morning.

Police arrested TikTok celebrity Yasin Arafat Opu, also known as ‘Opu Vai’ on social media, along with one of his accomplices, on charges of assaulting, harassing and beating people at the capital’s Uttara area.

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday asked officials concerned to visit flood-hit areas as soon as possible, and monitor and supervise field activities to recoup farmers’ losses.

The World Food Programme (WFP), Oxfam Bangladesh and Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd have launched a new insurance scheme to help protect casual agricultural labourers in the country from the floods during this monsoon.

A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday again rejected the bail petition of two officials of JKG Health Care, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The country witnessed at least seven road accidents during Eid vacation, leaving 11 people dead and four persons injured, according to reports from our correspondents.

The mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and his wife have tested positive of Covid-19, an RCC official confirmed yesterday.

Holidaymakers from the southern region have started returning to their workplaces in Dhaka after spending Eid-ul-Adha with their families.

Khorshed Alam Sujon has been appointed administrator of the Chattogram City Corporation.

Despite the ongoing pandemic situation, Kumudini Hospital in Tangail’s Mirzapur has been continuing its health care services through various initiatives to help people in need.

After Eid-ul-Azha, Dhaka city could be cleaned within three days through the efforts of the city corporations and city dwellers.