The Department of Environment (Chattogram) fines two people Tk 28 lakh for illegally cutting through a portion of a hill, locally known as Greenledge Bank hill, in Askar Dighirpar area in Chattogram.

Two major ride-sharing companies have written to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to allow them operate their services like other public transport.

A 29-year-old police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) died with Covid-19 like symptoms at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) this morning.

The High Court has rejected a bail petition of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in a case against him on charge of amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known source of income.

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association has expressed condolences at the death of Prof Shakil Uddin Ahmed of Soil, Water and Environment department of the university who died with Covid-19 last night.

A 19-year-old pregnant woman died with Covid-19 symptoms one hour after her admission at Bogura’s Mohammad Ali Hospital last night.

Local airlines saw very few passengers on the first day of resumption of regular passenger flight operation on three domestic routes this morning after more than two months of flight suspension, sources at different airlines said.

A rights organisation has filed a writ petition with the high court, challenging the government’s decision to increase bus fares by 60 percent.

An alleged drug peddler has been killed in a "shootout" with members of Rab in Gazipur’s Kashimpur area.

Road transport services, including buses and minibuses, resumed today morning after being suspended more than two months back to slow the transmission of Covid-19 in the country.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has further administered oath to 18 High Court judges on Saturday night, hours after they were virtually sworn in.

Bangladesh Forestry Industry Development Corporation (BFIDC), a government organisation under ministry of forest, environment and climate change, has razed 1.5- kilometre stretch of hills to make access for a proposed rubber plantation at Raozan upazila of Chattogram.

While all other road transport services including buses and minibuses are about to resume operations from today, people planning on availing ridesharing services in the capital and other major cities will have to contend with bad news.

All 1,203 Bangladeshis who returned to the country in 24 hours till yesterday -- most of whom migrant workers who had remained in detention camps or prisons of Middle Eastern countries -- were allowed to stay in home quarantine, causing concerns over spread of Covid-19.

At least 225 journalists and media employees from 76 national and regional media houses have tested coronavirus positive across the country as of yesterday.

Indiscriminate catching of fish fry in the haors of Sylhet region, including the protected Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj, has been posing a serious threat to the area’s ecosystem. Due to this illegal practice, many local breeds are becoming extinct, said fisheries experts and elderly fishers.

Bazlul Karim Chowdhury, a retired bureaucrat, passed away yesterday, said a condolence message by M Shahidul Islam, deputy commissioner of Tangail.

Trade body Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Friday organised a remembrance and doa mahfil to pay tribute to late Niloufer Manzur, renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School.

Sixteen noted citizens yesterday demanded justice for the attacks on minority communities, violence against women, land grabbing, harassment of common people, and torture of journalists, all of which took place during the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has received World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director’s Special Recognition Award for excellent contributions to tobacco control in Bangladesh.