At least a hundred locals joined a demonstration in Rajshahi city yesterday, demanding increase in testing facilities and proper care for Covid-19 patients at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Over 48 hours have passed since three people were shot dead and another was beaten to death over the management of a local madrasa committee in Atra-Gilatola Eastern Gate area of Khulna city on Thursday, but no case has been filed yet.

Police yesterday detained a couple from the capital’s Rupnagar area on charges of torturing their domestic help. During the drive, police also rescued the victim, a minor, with injury marks on various parts of her body.

Family members of the murdered Delwar Hossain, executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC), yesterday demanded arrest of masterminds behind the murder and an in-depth investigation to ensure justice.

Speakers during a webinar yesterday said the country’s green rights campaigns like Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) have vital contribution raising mass awareness on the importance of nature and environment.

Convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam’s lawyers have prepared a 23-page review petition containing 14 grounds for seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court verdict, that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Abdullah M Hasan, a senior journalist and news editor of The Financial Express, has been laid to rest yesterday.

People homebound during Eid to the southwestern region of the country are likely to face hassles this time, as authorities are failing to operate most of the ferries on Shimulia-Kathalbari route due to strong current in the Padma River.

The number of patients at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) is gradually increasing following the withdrawal of shutdown last month.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today surprised Covid-19 patients in the city’s locked down Wari area with gifts of fruit baskets.

A human chain organised by a non-political platform in Narayanganj’s Chasara area today demanded making Covid-19 tests free and ridding the country’s health sector of corruption.

Police today detained a couple on charge of torturing their domestic help in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area and rescued the victim with injury marks.

War criminal ATM Azharul Islam's lawyers have prepared a 23-page review petition containing 14 grounds for seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

Chowdhury Md Afzal Hossain Nisar, vice chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, died from coronavirus at a private hospital in Dhaka last night. He was 58.

Former whip Md Ashraf Hossain has passed away at a private hospital in the capital at the age of 79.

A former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases dies with Covid-19 at a private hospital.

Directorate of Registration has collected about Tk 530 crore as revenue by facilitating registrations of 2,47,780 deeds between May 31 and June 30.

In a bid to save jatka (fish fry) and increase production of hilsa, the government has banned all kinds of gill nets with mesh smaller than 6.6 centimeters or 2.6 inches.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police claimed to have arrested an Indian national, for her alleged involvement with militant outfit Neo-JMB.

A special team of police in a drive arrested four robbers from different areas of Dhaka on Thursday night, less than a week after a case was filed.