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.

Maj (retd) Khaled Akhtar, chairman of HM Ershad Trust and former presidium member of Jatiya Party (JP), dies after a battle with Covid-19.

Former home minister Sahara Khatun was laid to rest at Banani graveyard in Dhaka today.

Internationally acclaimed historian Professor Abul Bashar Mosarraf Hossain of Rajshahi University (RU) passed away at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka, Prof Fazlul Haque, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at RU, says.

Gas supply in some areas of Dhaka will remain suspended for 12 hours -- from 8:00am -- tomorrow due to gas pipeline relocation work.

Twenty-seven cattle markets, including two permanent ones, are being mulled by the two Dhaka city corporations ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, scheduled for later this month.

Awami League Presidium Member and former home minister Sahara Khatun will be buried beside her parents’ graves at Banani graveyard tomorrow.

With the doom and gloom surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic slowly subsiding, the west bank of Barishal’s Kirtankhola river has started to see increased activity.

ATM Salehuddin Chowdhury, former director of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, passed away at Combined Military Hospital at 6:30pm on Thursday.

At least 1,667 people have died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms from March 22 to July 4 in the country, said a report of Dhaka University’s Centre for Genocide Studies.

Anti-Corruption Commission will bolster its drive against those involved in corruption in relief and health sectors, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood.

Although train services remained suspended for more than two months, at least 113 people were killed and 15 others injured in 105-rail related accidents across the country in the last six months, said a joint report of two rights bodies.

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and contractor of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project are apparently at loggerheads over the use of Dhaka-Mawa Expressway for transporting construction materials.

This Eid-ul-Azha, those planning to buy sacrificial animals will be able to do so with just a few clicks on their computer or smartphone, as Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is all set to introduce an online platform for cattle sale in light of the pandemic.

The pond was irresistible, beckoning me every day.

A total of 157 Bangladeshi citizens, stranded in the Maldives for several months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, returns home on a special flight of the US-Bangla Airlines.

The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 suggests not to set up cattle market in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram cities ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha in a bid to prevent further transmission of the novel coronavirus.

Detectives have arrested a youth while he was carrying a bag with 10,000 yaba pills in Dhaka’s Bangshal area.

Speakers at a virtual seminar today urged the government to scrap the speedy energy supply act, officially known as the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010, terming it “unconstitutional”.