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.

Veteran journalist and former chief editor and managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Deba Priya Barua died at his residence in the capital early today.

The Mirpur branch of Regent Hospital was sealed off by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today on charges of its management issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates and charging money to treat coronavirus patients despite agreeing to do it for free.

A section of guardians demanded 50 percent waiver of tuition fees at all English medium schools due to the ongoing coronavirus situation as the authorities are conducting online classes for their students.

A bill titled “The Fish and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Bill, 2020” was placed in the parliament in a bid to ensure tougher punishment for marketing and exporting fish products mixed with harmful chemicals.

A virtual court in Dhaka has placed seven officials and employees of Regent Group on a five-day remand each in a case filed overissuing fake Covid-19 test results and charging patients for the test and treatment.

A lighter vessel with 1,400 tonnes of scrap iron capsized at Karnaphuli River this morning.

Mentioning that there is diplomatic pressure for bringing back Bangladeshi expatriate workers from the Middle Eastern countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken multifaceted diplomatic initiatives to deal with it.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court to take legal action against Proshanti Hospital in Dhaka’s Malibagh area for allegedly not releasing the dead body of a Covid-19 patient to realise dues of Tk 1.56 lakh.

Yesterday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) directed the authorities of Regent Hospital to shut down their Uttara and Mirpur branches after a mobile court found discrepancies and sealed off the head office and Uttara branch of the private hospital.

Malaysian Immigration Department yesterday circulated a notice seeking public information on a Bangladeshi migrant for investigation, after he spoke of mistreatment of migrants during Covid-19 lockdown in an Al Jazeera documentary aired last week.

Following investigation in connection with a double murder in Barishal, police yesterday revealed that robbers killed the man and his son for money.

Detectives on Monday arrested the chairman of Crest Securities limited Md Shahid Ullah and his wife Nipa Sultana Nupur, who is a director company, on charges of embezzling a huge amount of their clients’ fund.

Family members and colleagues of Rajshahi journalist Tobibur Rahman Masum could not believe it when his coronavirus test results came back negative shortly after his death with Covid-19 like symptoms on the night of June 28.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will use trains to carry sacrificial animals to different regions ahead of Eid-ul Ahza to facilitate cattle traders.

Photos taken by activists at a shelter called Kalua’s Homes at Baruikhali of the capital’s Rayerbazar area have revealed a dismal picture. Scores of well and unwell dogs were photographed cramped inside a small shed, while paralysed cats were found in cages. Some of the dogs were all skin and bones, as the food given to them were inedible and covered with mould.

A large part of a century-old pond has been filled up in Chattogram city’s Halishahar area, ignoring instruction of the Department of Environment (DoE).

Mojibur Rahman Biswas, former Bangladesh Public Service Commission member and professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), died at a hospital on Monday.

The fifth death anniversary of Maj Gen (Retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, a pioneer of Bangladesh’s agro-processing industry and founder of Pran-RFL Group, will be observed today. Milad and doa-mahfil will be held at the organisation’s head office in Dhaka and factories across the country, said a

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) held its first ever online orientation programme for summer semester on Saturday, said a press release.