Rajshahi division recorded its highest number of Covid-19 patients yesterday, a number that has more than doubled since the previous days.

Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested 13 members of a fraud gang, who had misappropriated more than Tk 1 crore from mobile banking users in the last two months.

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.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has inaugurated a year-long programme on eradicating the mosquito menace in the city.

Local administration declares three areas in Narayanganj to be red zones, and imposed lockdown for the next 15 days starting today, to contain the growing number of coronavirus cases in those areas.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected bail petitions of five accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Forty-two people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Sohel Rana, suspended manager of Farmers Bank's Tangail branch, in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from the bank.

Responding to the much-discussed report run by The Economist over the number of Covid-19 infections in the capital city, Dr John D Clemens, who was mentioned in the report as reference, has clarified his position saying his statement was taken out of context.

Sacked from their jobs or facing loss in their small businesses, the families now collect, cook, and share meals together.

Dividing Covid-19 containment zones after reopening everything, is like locking the stable door after the steed is already stolen, Workers’ Party President Rashed Khan Menon said yesterday.

Various socio-cultural and civil organisations have protested the initiative taken by Mymensingh divisional administration for “beautification and development” of century-old Mymensingh Circuit House ground.

A group of youths from different walks of life brought out a procession in Sylhet city yesterday, protesting the deaths of patients after being turned away by hospitals.

The orthopaedic department of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has been put under lockdown after 11 doctors and nurses tested positive for coronavirus.

The government has arranged a second special flight from London to bring back Bangladeshi citizens stranded in the UK due to suspension of regular passenger flights.

A sixth-grader was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man in Homna upazila of Cumilla last Thursday morning.

The government has started working on introducing a toll-free hotline for students so they can get assistance from teachers over phone.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 131 houses and establishments on the first day of its 10-day combined operation.

The lower courts across the country have granted bail to 6,542 people including 63 children in five working days last week.