Migration experts from across South Asian countries yesterday stressed for regional cooperation and action from governments to address problems of migrant workers in distress during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sylhet residents have sought attention of prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday for necessary steps to combat the pandemic in the district, as the situation is worsening.

A joint drive conducted by seven authority bodies yesterday knocked down 350 illegal structures in Chattogram.

The University Grants Commission is likely to urge public universities to ensure online education to minimise possible session jams, despite students’ and teachers’ consensus shifting momentum against it.

On Tuesday, Saudi Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten said the Kingdom will only allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing inside the Kingdom to perform hajj this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reported the country’s media outlets.

Amid severe crisis of ICU beds equipped with lifesaving ventilators at most of the hospitals in Chattogram, a group of individuals and business groups have come forward to support coronavirus patients.

Defying official order, all kitchen markets in Barishal city are bustling with people as vendors have opened shop again, a month after they were shifted to open spaces due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mustafa Kamal, chairman of Dhaka Sangbadpatra Hawkers Union Limited, passed away at a city hospital in Dhaka, yesterday. He was 70, says a press release.

Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) yesterday demanded workplace security for all professional

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam yesterday called upon everyone to use bicycles to present a beautiful Dhaka city to the future generation.

Dhaka Newspaper Hawkers' Multipurpose Cooperative Associations Limited's president Mustafa Kamal passed away at a hospital in Dhaka today.

Dr Samirul Islam, an associate professor and head of the Orthopaedics Department of Chattogram Medical College Hospital, has died in a private hospital in the port city.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to two contractors accused in a corruption case involving Tk 10 crore in supplying machinery and equipment to Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH).

Eminent Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammad Idrisur Rahman has died from Covid-19.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts.

Amid a shortage of ICU beds equipped with lifesaving ventilators in most hospitals in Chattogram, Premier Cement has provided seven medical ventilators to the recently introduced Covid-19 unit at Chattogram Maa O Shishu Hospital.

Mashuk Chowdhury, a renowned poet and Chief News Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, has died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka.

Abdul Mannan, director of Agrani Bank Ltd’s board of directors and a former district and sessions judge, died at Square Hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 70, says a press release.

A total of 269 people, mostly Bangladeshi expatriates, left Dhaka for Italy aboard a special flight of Biman yesterday.