Malaysia is planning to introduce e-wages system, which will alert the government in case foreign workers are not paid, as part of its new measures to protect the migrants.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has officially protested a news published in the Indian newspaper Anandabazar on July 7, under the headline “Bangladeshis stepping into unprotected land”.

Sixteen Indian sailors, who had been stranded in Bangladesh due to the coronavirus outbreak, leave Dhaka on a special flight of Novoair.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to temporarily convert all school and college buildings into flood-shelters.

Although train service 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, says a report jointly made by two rights bodies.

The budget and eighth session of 11th parliament was prorogued yesterday due to the pandemic. With only nine working days, this was the shortest parliament session in recent history.

Cyber police teams of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested 22 alleged frauds including 16 Nigerian nationals, in connection with two fraudulent activities.

Dhaka Central International Medical College and Hospital Chairman Motazzerul Islam Mithu, who allegedly committed corruption in mask and PPE procurement, yesterday skipped interrogation by Anti-Corruption Commission on health ground.

All 11 recent Vietnam returnees to Bangladesh, who were trafficked by some unscrupulous recruiting agencies with a promise of attractive jobs, had permit cards from the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) which showed them as entrepreneurs.

The Ministy of Education has not taken any decision to automatically promote students to further their education to the next grade.

Police arrested a suspected smuggler in possession of three gold bars weighing around 65 bhori worth Tk 33.3 lakh from a Chattogram Railway Station platform early Wednesday night.

Ambassador of Thailand to Bangladesh Arunrung Phothong Humphreys yesterday handed over items worth Tk 1 lakh to Bidyanondo Foundation to support its emergency response in flood-affected areas during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A bill titled “The Bangladesh Bank (Amendment) Bill, 2020” was passed in Parliament yesterday aimed at extending the age limit of the governor of the central bank to 67 years.

A man was killed in a road accident in Dhaka’s Tejgain early yesterday.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim yesterday said the government won’t allow import of sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

The public prosecutors, government pleaders and individual lawyers across the country will be provided training about the technical and information technology in order to increase their competence in moving cases before the courts through virtual system.

Two people were killed in road accidents in two districts during the last two days.

The US embassy has provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Police as part of continued US support for Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response efforts.

Many Bangladeshi migrant workers in Maldives have not been paid their due wages and allowances by their companies and employers, Bangladesh High Commissioner in Maldives M Nazmul Hassan said yesterday.

A former leader of the banned East Bengal Communist Party was shot dead by unknown criminals in broad daylight in Monirampur upazila of Jashore this afternoon.