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

Former secretary M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury, who tested positive with coronavirus, dies at Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka.

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

A total of 82.87 percent candidates have passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations with 1,35,898 students achieving GPA-5 across the country.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has further administered oath to 18 High Court judges although they were already sworn in virtually.

The 30th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge was installed yesterday, bringing 4.5 kilometres of the structure into view.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) yesterday expressed deep concern on the recent killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Mizdah, a town close to Libya’s capital Tripoli.

Brac University has announced it will waive all non-tuition fees for Summer semester while giving out need-based financial aid to students affected by the coronavirus crisis.

Eighteen High Court judges, whose services were confirmed recently, were sworn in yesterday.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a grant of $231,178 to augment novel coronavirus disease related facilities in 134 urban primary health centres, called Nogor Swastho Kendro, across the country.

Bangladesh Railway (BR), set to resume train operations from today on a limited scale, started selling all tickets online from yesterday afternoon, to ensure health safety of passengers and staffers.

A Narayanganj court on Friday sent a man to jail on the charge of raping a mentally challenged woman.

Imamul Kabir Shanto, a freedom fighter and Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology (SMUCT) founding chairman, died from coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in the city yesterday morning. He was 66, says a press release.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run the functions of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court virtually without physical presence (of lawyers) from today (May 31) till June 15, in light of the coronavirus situation.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday inaugurated excavation work of a 1.8km canal -- stretching from Ashkona Hajj camp to Banorupa Housing at Khilkhet -- to reduce waterlogging problem of adjoining area

Zebunnessa Khatun, wife of late Dr Jamshed Bakht, a renowned physician of Sylhet, and mother of Dr Zaid Bakht, chairman of Agrani Bank, died at a city hospital on May 29.

On the occasion of the “2020 International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers (Peacekeepers Day)” on May 29, the UN Postal Administration, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, issued a set of commemorative stamps as a tribute to the UN peacekeepers and marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Eighteen High Court judges, whose services were confirmed recently, are sworn in.

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology (SMUCT) founding chairman and freedom fighter, Imamul Kabir Shanto, dies of coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in the city.

The UN Postal Administration, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, has issued a set of commemorative stamps as a tribute to UN peacekeepers and marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.