Parts of Wari in Old Dhaka is set to be locked down from July 4, authorities said yesterday.

The High Court is yet to start hearing on the death reference and appeals of the sensational Holey Artisan Bakery attack case, although the trial court has finished the case proceedings and delivered the verdict seven months ago.

Unwanted pregnancy and abortion could see a rise in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic as use of modern contraceptives has gone down, said the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday.

The government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed two agreements for the improvement of country’s road and rail networks.

Government is set to put Dhaka's Wari area under a 21-day complete lockdown from July 4 to curb coronavirus transmission there.

A field hospital -- jointly set up by Bidyanondo Foundation and Chattogram Metropolitan Police -- is going to be inaugurated tomorrow amid increasing number of Covid-19 patients in the port city.

Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal, suspected leader of a human trafficking gang, has been shown arrested today in two cases filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.6 years in 2019, as compared to 72.3 years in 2018, according to a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The government will convert a temporary ordinance into a permanent law in order to continue operating virtual court systems after the Covid-19 pandemic, said Law Minister Anisul Huq.

MA Kashem, an eminent industrialist and patron of education, philanthropist, a dynamic social worker and one of the promoters and founder members of North South University (NSU), has been elected unanimously as the chairman of Board of Trustees (BOT) of North South University recently.

Rescue workers today recovered one more body from the Buriganga river, taking the death toll in the launch capsize to 34.

Seven people including the owner of Moyur-2 -- the launch that hit another in Buriganga river yesterday and caused the latter to capsize -- have been sued over the deaths of 32 people.

The Directorate General of Health Services has requested Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital and five other hospitals to take necessary measures to provide Covid-19 treatment to the members of Dhaka Bar Association (DBA) and their families.

Detectives arrested an alleged member of a human trafficker gang in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh early yesterday.

Layla Arjumand Banu, wife of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, died of coronavirus this morning. She was 71.

Rab yesterday pressed charges against Jubo Mohila League’s expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman in an arms case.Sub-inspector Arifuzzaman, who is also the case’s investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet against the couple to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Australian High Commission jointly handed over personal protective equipment to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday.

The government approved two more foreign airlines -- Turkish Airlines and Air Arabia -- to operate regular flights to and from Dhaka.

Khondaker Mozammel Huq, famous for his column Gedu Chachar Khola Chithi in the nineties and chief editor of online platform ajkersurjadoy24.com, passed away in Dhaka at the age of 71.

South Point School and College authorities admitted that they have made a mistake by holding admission test, disregarding the government’s directives on keeping all educational institutions shut to contain the spread of coronavirus.