Rab has detained eight staffers of Regent Hospital, including a director and its manager, on charge of issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates and collecting money from Covid-19 patients while violating agreements with the government.

A fire that broke out at a dyeing factory in Dhaka’s Demra area has been brought under control.

Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of Dhaka city from 12:00pm to 6:00pm (six hours) tomorrow (Tuesday) for gas pipeline relocation work under Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project.

Eleven people, including two children, are killed in three separate incidents of road crashes in Dinajpur and Mymensingh districts.

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a total of nine projects worth Tk 2,744.44 crore.

Lee Jang-keun, ambassador-designate of Korea to Bangladesh, has arrived in Dhaka, says the Korean embassy in a statement.

Two alleged muggers were killed in “shootout” with detectives in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area early today.

Speakers at a virtual discussion lauded the government’s advance planning and joint efforts with the UN and humanitarian partners to limit the transmission of coronavirus in the Rohingya camps, saying that this story must be heard globally.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes larvae in 91 houses and establishments during the second day of the 10-day “combing operation” to destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes.The operation began in all the 54 wards under the city corporation simultaneously to protect city dwellers from the menace.

Visually impaired graduates have urged the government to ensure their employment so that they can live a decent life with an honest livelihood.

The government has taken all-out measures with priority on agriculture sector, to tackle the food crisis amid the coronavirus situation, said Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque.

With the recent creation of 215 superintendents of police (SP) rank posts, different police units have reorganised their structure by brining a change to the organogram.

A day before resuming its flights on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi route from today, Biman Bangladesh Airlines decided not to operate its regular flights on the two high-demand destinations.

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas in a money laundering case.

The budget allocation in health and family welfare has seen a steady increase in the past few years. This year, the amount increased by 13.66 percent, standing at Tk 29,247 crore.

A total of 219 people, who have returned home from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain recently, were shown arrested under Section 54 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for their alleged involvement in tarnishing the image of the government.

Seven days have already passed since the capsize of a launch in the Buriganga that claimed 34 lives, but police could not arrest anyone allegedly liable for the deaths.

Former member of Indo-Bangla Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) Tauhidul Anwar Khan passed away early yesterday at Dhaka’s Comfort Hospital, from kidney and heart-related complications. He was 73, said a press release.

S A Shahriar Ripon, CEO of media house Together Communi-cations and consultant of real estate company Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd has passed away on Saturday at Dhaka’s Square Hospital.

Five people, including a woman, died with fever and cold-related problems at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in the last 24 hours until yesterday morning.