Despite law enforcers’ vigilance, the number of narcotics cases are increasing across the country amid the pandemic.

Managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital Faisal Al Islam and two others were sent to jail yesterday in a case filed over using unauthorised Covid-19 test kits and forging Covid-19 test reports at the hospital.

The government is planning to shorten the primary school syllabus as coronavirus pandemic is badly affecting academic activities and with no certainty over school reopening.

The average monthly household expenditure of migrant workers’ families has dropped to Tk 7,300 during the Covid-19 pandemic from Tk 17,000 earlier, said a report.

On July 22, a mobile court sentenced three employees of a diagnostic centre in Jordan Road area of Barishal city to six months’ imprisonment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the youth to be part of the decision-making steps with their ideas and innovations to build a future which would be resilient and sustainable both at this Covid-19 pandemic period and also the post-pandemic one.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said leaders of Bangladesh and India pledged on the noble vision of inclusive socioeconomic development, scripting a golden chapter in partnership over the past few years.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh directs the lessees of all the 11 cattle markets, which are set to open tomorrow, to strictly follow health guidelines.

A Dhaka court today issued two separate arrest warrants against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Managing Director Masud Parvez in connection with two fraud cases.

Rab claimed to have arrested five alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhamria upazila in Dhaka district earlier today.

Faisal Al Islam, managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH), and two others have been sent to jail in a case filed over conducting unauthorised antibody tests to detect Covid-19 and test report forgery.

Four people, including a police constable, were arrested on charge of extortion in Savar, Rapid Action Battalion said today.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed as well as former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty and two others, for their involvement in misappropriating about Tk 2.71 crore in 2015.

Two alleged robbers have been killed in “shootout” with Rab members in Gazipur city.

The University of Asia Pacific (UAP) yesterday organised a virtual discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on opportunities of higher education and studying abroad.

A rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to refund the money and fees received from the patients who were cheated by Regent Hospital in the name of Covid-19 test and treatment.

A total of 67,229 persons accused in criminal cases, including 755 children, have secured bail in 50 working days between May 12 and July 23.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock yesterday formed eight monitoring teams to observe the activities of veterinary medical teams and other health related issues at all the cattle markets of two Dhaka city corporations ahead of Eid.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam yesterday asked the leaseholders not to allow hawkers or makeshift shops inside the cattle markets.

Detectives have submitted a petition before a Dhaka court to show photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol arrested in another case filed under the Digital Security Act.