The severe cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ may cross Bangladesh coast, between Khulna-Chattogram, between Tuesday late night and Wednesday evening.

Mamtaz Begum, chairperson of the Jatiyo Mohila Sangstha and wife of Awami League Advisory Council member and Chairman of Bar Council Executive Committee Advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman, passed away at her Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early yesterday. She was 74.

The government has decided to appoint Md Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladesh high commissioner to Singapore, as the next permanent representative of Bangladesh to United Nations Offices and other international organisations in Geneva.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to contractor Shahadat Hossain in two separate cases filed over much-talked about corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

The High Court is yet to deliver any order over the “partial negligence” of Dhaka city corporations regarding last year’s dengue outbreak in the capital, although a judicial inquiry report on the issue was submitted to the court two months back.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government authorities concerned to take necessary steps to protect 89,000 prisoners and the prison staff from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Social unrest across the country has gradually increased during the lockdown period, a study on the socio-economic dynamics amid the Covid-19 crisis has found.

A number of anti-tobacco organisations yesterday urged the government to raise taxes and prices of tobacco in the next national budget, in a bid to make up revenue to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health officials in port city are showing apathy towards collecting samples of family members of Covid-19 positive persons by going to their residences even after they are developing coronavirus-like symptoms, alleged family members.

On the first day at work yesterday, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said he would free the city corporation of corruption.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has imposed restrictions at all entry and exit points to prevent anyone entering or leaving the port city until further notice in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

A virtual court in Dhaka has refused to entertain the bail petitions of Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and Writer Mushtaq Ahmed as a seven-day remand prayer is currently pending against them in connection with a case filed against them under the Digital Security Act.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to contractor Shahadat Hossain in two separate cases filed over the much-discussed corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to protect 89,000 prisoners and the prison staff from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh pays tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal number 4 as cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ approaches.

A total of 243 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in the US amid the coronavirus pandemic have landed in Dhaka early today by a special flight of Qatar Airways.

Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, Grameen Fabrics and Fashions has been producing PPE gowns for health workers, with financial support from Grameen Telecom, said a press release.

As part of Japan’s initiative to support Bangladesh contain the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Embassy of Japan in Dhaka and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) jointly handed over high quality personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, gowns and goggles to the government of Bangladesh.