The Directorate General of Health Services has suspended Covid-19 testing approval of five healthcare service providers as those are yet to start the process.

There will be no Eid jamaat at Eidgah or open grounds this Eid-ul-Azha due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, people have been asked to offer Eid prayers at nearby mosques, following health guidelines and special instructions.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) direct banks to freeze all accounts of Regent Group chairman Md Shahed, JKG Healthcare Chief Executive Ariful Chowdhury, Ariful’s spouse and firms related to both (Shahed and Ariful).

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summons Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam's wife and sister-in-law for quizzing over amassing wealth illegally.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says people are astonished at the fraudulence of two hospitals in coronavirus sample testing.

Forty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.

A Rohingya man, allegedly involved in yaba smuggling, was killed in a reported gunfight with paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox’s Bazar early today.

Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary of Law Ministry Naren Das and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus.

Internationally acclaimed historian Prof Abul Bashar Mosarraf Hossain of Rajshahi University passed away at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka yesterday.

The general secretary of Sylhet district unit of Tank Lorry Workers Union died at hospital an hour after being stabbed by a group of miscreants at Babna point area of Dakshin Surma in Sylhet on Friday night.

Regular flight operations between Dhaka and Barishal will resume today, ensuring health guidelines.

Chattogram District Administration yesterday fined a factory owner Tk 20,000 and sealed off another factory for producing and selling substandard hand-sanitisers in Chattogram city without approval of the drug administration department.

Twenty-one civil society organisations working on migration and development yesterday expressed deep concern over the Malaysian government’s recent “harassment of journalists and migrant workers”.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), under its BYLC Ventures programme, organised a three-day-long virtual bootcamp that ended yesterday.

Maj (retd) Khaled Akhtar, chairman of HM Ershad Trust and former presidium member of Jatiya Party, passed away yesterday after a battle with Covid-19.”He died at around 6am at Dhaka CMH while undergoing treatment,” Khandaker Deloar Jalali, JP chairman’s deputy press secretary, told the media.

Police arrested seven members of a motorbike theft gang in Chattogram yesterday, in possession with four stolen motorcycles.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday condemned the removal of the body of a baby belonging to Ahmadiyya community from a grave in Brahmanbaria, and demanded punishment of the culprits behind the incident.

Former home minister and trusted aide of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sahara Khatun was laid to final rest at Banani graveyard in the capital yesterday, in the presence of Awami League leaders, activists, well-wishers and relatives.

To boost food safety, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been advocating for preserving arable land for a long time.

Six journalists were awarded yesterday for their work highlighting issues related to family planning by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP).