Magistrates across the country can now virtually hold hearings on remand prayers of accused without physical presence in courts.

Expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan had laundered at least Tk 8.5 crore in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, according to a primary investigation conducted by Criminal Investigation Department.

Three people have died in road accidents over the last 24 hours across two districts, report our correspondents.

Shahan Ara Begum, a freedom fighter, politician, cultural activist and a witness of the heinous August 15 killings, has passed away at the age of 72.

East Rajabazar area of Dhaka will be locked down as a red zone from Tuesday night to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A 10-member Chinese medical team with expertise in treating Covid-19 patients reached Dhaka.

Doctors will carry out “brain stem function” test on Awami League Leader Mohammed Nasim to take final decision on whether they will remove his life support system.

The High Court has stayed a lower court order that granted bail to Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza -- which collapsed killing at least 1,135 people in April, 2013 -- in a corruption case.

A group of drug peddlers allegedly attacked members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during the seizure of phensidyl bottles from Daulatpur frontier earlier today.

Expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan had laundered at least Tk 8.5 crore in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, according to a primary investigation conducted by Criminal Investigation Department.

Another doctor who was infected with Covid-19 has died at a hospital in Dhaka.

Many Bangladeshi migrant workers are going through a tough time in Iraq due to the shutdown enforced in the country.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday inaugurated their yearlong anti-mosquito drives at Nababganj park in Lalbagh, with an aim to bring the whole mosquito control activities under a system and eradicate mosquitoes, including Aedes.

A masterplan is in the offing to bring the capital under planned forestation.

NGOs and civil society groups have demanded that the government take up a long-term plan and involve the NGOs in tackling novel coronavirus that is likely to stay for long and heavily impact the lives and livelihood of people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday donated Tk 10 crore to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) to continue its healthcare and other services.

With deaths due to Covid-19 rising in Chattogram, bereaved families are facing yet another grim reality -- not being able to bury their loved ones with full rituals due to the fear of exposing themselves to the virus. In many cases, families and community members have not been able to attend the funeral prayers either because of physical distancing measures or due to fear of the infection.

Sub-inspector Ekramul Islam of Sitakunda Model Police Station under Chattogram district police, who died with Covid-19-like symptoms on Saturday, later tested positive.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for 17 lawyers of Gaibandha to practice law.

Two more workers, who suffered burns in an accident at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) on Saturday, died while they were being shifted to Dhaka from Chattogram for better treatment yesterday.