Another moderate earthquake with 5.8 magnitude jolted Dhaka and some other parts of the country early today.

Three people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in two districts during the last two days, according to reports from our local correspondents.

Rohingya children in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar face heightened risk of violence including child trafficking, child labour and child marriage amid worsening socioeconomic conditions caused by Covid-19, said child rights organisation Educo.

A lighter vessel carrying 940 tonnes of chickpea to Khulna from Chattogram capsized at the Bay of Bengal yesterday morning.All 12 crew members of “MV Golam Rahman” were rescued by the staff of another lighter vessel, while the ship master managed to run the vessel aground to a submerged land mass near Patenga beach.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the orders issued by the lower court and the High Court in connection with a Tk 159 crore money laundering case filed against Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of Farmers Bank’s former audit committee chairman Mahbubul Haque Chisty.

The officer-in-charge of Khulna Sadar Police Station was closed yesterday for negligence of duty over the murder of Dr Abdur Rakib Khan, who was beaten to death by the relatives of a patient.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) has received the 2020 Tang Prize in “Rule of Law” for its “efforts in furthering the rule of law and its institutions through education and advocacy”.

Renowned journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani was laid to rest with state honours at his family graveyard in Shantala village of Sirajganj’s Ullahpara upazila on Saturday night.

Rights activists have pointed out that women working in the beauty industry of the country, many of whom belong to indigenous communities, have been in severe hardship amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Five people have been named winners of a review competition on books of renowned writer-journalist-politician Abul Mansur Ahmad.

The country’s economy is going to face a double blow due to the Covid-19 pandemic and recurring natural calamities owing to climate change, speakers said yesterday.

Barishal District Administration realised fines worth Tk 51 lakh after drives against violation of Covid-19 regulations in the district during the last three months.

Amid growing demand of face masks and sanitisers, unscrupulous producers and contractors are pushing unauthorised and off-brand products into the markets, raising alarm about public health and safety.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh warns of actions against Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) if it dumps waste from sewerage lines on the streets.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and some other parts of the country this afternoon.

The six-storey DNCC market in Dhaka’s Mohakhali area would be turned into a 1000-bed isolation centre under the supervision of Armed Forces Division and with support of the health ministry.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested seven members of the militant group Allah'r Dal from Dhaka’s Dakkinkhan area.

The national flag carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, resumed operations of regular flights on international routes today -- around three months after a nationwide closure and international air-travel ban were imposed due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

The High Court has granted bail to two contractors in a corruption case involving Tk 10 crore in supplying machines and equipment to Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH).

A lighter vessel carrying 940 tonnes of peas to Khulna from Chattogram capsized at the bay this morning.