Dhaka University authorities are set to resume coronavirus testing facilities at it’s laboratories from today.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union’s (Ducsu) incumbent committee’s extended 90-day tenure ended yesterday. However, vice president Nurul Haque Nur has asked for further extension.

Private universities in a statement yesterday called for introduction of special and affordable internet packages for students’ convenience in attending online classes.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday said every union parishad will be marked as a police beat to take services to people’s doorsteps.

Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka has been designated for priority treatment of coronavirus-positive health workers.

As a major labour-exporting country, Bangladesh should raise its voice to realise unpaid dues of migrant workers, since many of them were repatriated arbitrarily in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, migration experts and advocacy groups said yesterday.

Pran-RFL Group donated a consignment of protective equipment among police personnel and health workers in Chattogram on Sunday, said a press release.

Badiuzzaman Tunu Bir Protik, a prominent freedom fighter from Rajshahi, passed away early yesterday. He was 91.

Local administration decides to lock down three areas in Khulna City Corporation and Rupsha upazila from June 25 till June 16 following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

A number of Narayanganj city dwellers form a human chain in the Khanpur area demanding immediate installation of ICUs and PCR lab at Narayanganj 300-bed Hospital for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities will resume coronavirus testing facilities at its lab from tomorrow.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Bogura's Sramik League convenor Tufan Sarker in a sensational case filed for abducting and raping a female student and torturing her mother in 2017.

Rights organisation Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has urged the religious affairs ministry to spread awareness on violence against women and children through different religious institutions during the coronavirus pandemic.

A virtual court in Dhaka today refused to hold hearing on a petition seeking bail for photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, as he is yet to be shown arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

The High Court has deferred to June 29 the delivery of its order on a writ petition filed seeking action against those responsible for the deadly fire at the isolation unit in United Hospital, where five people were killed on May 27.

Brac University is creating an online learning platform that is built on a world-class platform developed by MIT and Harvard -- named ‘buX’.

The High Court has issued injunction till August 10 on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (Wasa) decision of hiking water price by 25 percent from April 1 this year.

Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka is designated for priority treatment of coronavirus-positive health workers.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday said every union parishad will be marked as a police beat to take services to people's doorsteps.

A four-year-old child was raped allegedly by a man in Jashore town yesterday, said police.