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

A Covid-19 patient who escaped from Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal was found at his house in Bhola today.

Another police officer, who was tested Covid-19 positive, died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka this morning.

Thirty-three more people have tested positive with Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar.

The Royal Thai Embassy has arranged the third repatriation flight today for 154 Thai nationals in Bangladesh via Thai Lion Air special flight SL2225.

A drug peddler has been stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Sabujbagh area of Dhaka last night.

Cancellation of readymade garment orders by Western brands is unfair, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen as he called upon expatriate Bangladeshis to stand against such actions.

“I’m trying to stay upbeat and move forward in the struggle of life with vigour. God help me win this battle,” read a Facebook post by Sharif Mahmud Apu, public relations officer of the home ministry yesterday, after he was diagnosed with both dengue and the novel coronavirus.

When my father passed away twelve years ago, he left behind a plantation where, for forty years, he had grown many types of plants.

Bobita Dalboth was supposed to stay busy with customers during this time of the year. Pre-Eid is the most profitable time for beauticians like her. On the busiest days, clients would have to line up and wait for their turn to get some last minute grooming done.

Researchers have found five points of mutation in the genome structure of novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) in Chattogram.

A total of 195 Bangladeshis stranded in Canada, due to the pandemic, returned to Dhaka yesterday by a special chartered flight of Qatar Airways.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) had unveiled a new platform of its online learning academy, BYLCx, with 45 free courses making online learning more accessible to youth across Bangladesh.

An additional secretary, who contracted Covid-19, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday morning.

Despite rising Covid-19 infections and deaths, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun yesterday said there seems to be no need for a curfew-like situation.

Nine more bodies have been recovered in Jashore, raising the death toll from super cyclone Amphan to 21 in Bangladesh.

The government is releasing 17 prisoners, who were serving time for minor offences, ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issues a 14-point instruction, signed by DMP Commissioner Shafiqul Islam, for devotees and mosque committees for observing the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and attending Eid prayers.

An additional secretary of the government, who was infected with Covid-19, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning.

Police arrested an 80-year-old man on charges of raping a six-year-old in Narayanganj Sadar upazila early today.