Bangladesh Bank today asked all banks to freeze the accounts Regent Group chairman Md Shahed and accounts of his business establishments for 30 days.

The Ministry of Education has not taken any decision yet to provide any kind of “auto promotion” to any students to promote them into the next classes.

Public prosecutors, government pleaders and individual lawyers across the country will be provided training in order to increase their competence in moving cases before the courts through a virtual system.

Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today told parliament that Bangladesh has been affected very much due to fake Covid-19 test certificates as different countries have put restrictions on Bangladeshi passengers in entering their countries.

Twenty-seven police personnel who recovered from Covid-19 infections in Cumilla have started for Dhaka to donate plasma for treatment of severely ill coronavirus patients.

Bangladeshi lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul is not a Kuwaiti citizen, Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has said, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in the parliament that his seat would be vacated if it is found that Papul secured Kuwaiti citizenship.

Authorities have asked the immigration police to remain alert so that Regent Group chairman Md Shahed, who is accused in a case filed over Covid-19 certificate forgery, cannot leave the country.

A rickshaw puller dies when an unidentified vehicle hits him in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area.

The owner of Moyur-2, a launch that hit another and caused it to capsize at Buriganga leaving 34 people dead, have been arrested.

Veteran journalist AKM Rashid Un Nabi Babu dies at a hospital in the capital. He was 64.

Avoid gatherings and follow health guidelines during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha in order to contain Covid-19 transmission, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

A lighter vessel, carrying some 1,400 tonnes of scrap iron capsized in the Karnaphuli river yesterday morning.

A large number of paved roads in Barishal city are in poor shape, with the monsoon season is bringing out the worst in these.

The parliament yesterday passed a bill titled “Adalat Kartrik Tathya Projukti Byabohar Bill 2020” [use of information communication technology by court] in a bid to empower country’s courts in carrying out trial proceedings through videoconferences and other digital means.Law Minister Anisul Huq placed the bill which was passed by voice votes.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume flights on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi route from today, paving way for stranded Bangladeshi workers to return to workplaces in UAE.

Repatriation of Rohingyas in a quick, safe and sustainable manner will be beneficial for all, India has said.

Legendary playback singer Andrew Kishore’s funeral will be held on July 15, his brother-in-law Dr Patrick Bipul Biswas said yesterday.

A section of guardians demanded 50 percent tuition waiver from all English-medium schools, as authorities are only conducting online classes.

A total of 211 lower court judges and court staffers across the country have been infected with Covid-19 till 10pm on Sunday.

A strong coordination among the government institutions and NGOs is needed to tackle the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, speakers said at a virtual dialogue yesterday.