National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 on Friday suggested not to set up cattle markets in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram cities as a preventive measure against the pandemic.

Nurul Islam, chairman of Jamuna Group, one of the biggest conglomerates in the country, was laid to eternal rest with state honour in the capital’s Banani graveyard yesterday.

The Ministry of Fisheries and livestock yesterday decided to take strict steps to stop smuggling of sacrificial animals from India.

Shabab Chowdhury, son of lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury of Noakhali-4 constituency, has rammed a police patrol van with his car in Chattogram city’s Lalkhan Bazar area, and locked into an altercation with police personnel.

Jatiya Party yesterday observed the first death anniversary of its founder HM Ershad through various programmes maintaining social distance and health directives in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A fire broke out at an electric bulb factory in Bongshal area of Dhaka tonight.

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested Masud Parvez, managing director of Regent Group, from Gazipur this evening.

Shabab Chowdhury, son of lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury of Noakhali-4 constituency, rammed a police patrol van with his car in Chattogram city’s Lalkhan Bazar area under Khulshi police station, and was locked into an altercation with police personnel.

The government has taken up four projects costing Tk 8,000 crore to construct sustainable embankments to protect the lives and properties of people in the coastal areas of the southwestern part of the country, Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem said today.

Jatiya Party today observed the first death anniversary of its founder HM Ershad with various programmes maintaining social distancing and health directives in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run the virtual judicial functions of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for five days a week from July 19 in order to hear and dispose of urgent cases.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved eight projects with an overall estimated cost of Taka 10,102.03 crore, including a Tk 4,025.62 crore project to develop road infrastructures and drainage system in the 18 new wards under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).

Former minister and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj has died of cancer at the age of 77.

The High Court today denied bail to a detained accused, Mohammad Ali, in the sensational Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case in Tangail.

Gynaecologist Dr Irin Jaman of Chattogram Ma O Shishu Hospital has died of coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Maruf Reza, an accused in a 30 year old murder case of Sagira Morshed.

Abul Bashar Mollah, the master of Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in Buriganga river on June 29 killing at least 34 persons, has been placed on a three-day remand by a Dhaka court.

Around three and a half lakh people living in the chars and shores of Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla rivers of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are affected by floods.

Vice Chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University Prof Dr Harun-Or-Rashid and his wife Kanika Mahfuz have been airlifted to Dhaka and admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital with breathing problems.

Detectives have been tasked with investigation of a case filed against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and some others over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.