Action will be taken against those who will misuse the Digital Security Act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

With the number of Covid-19 patients increasing everyday, the beds dedicated for them in Chattogram are going to be filled up soon; so the authorities must take immediate steps, said health experts and concerned citizens.

Health condition of National Professor Anisuzzaman is developing from concerning to critical level, his family said yesterday.

Film producer, director and actor Rana Hamid passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday night.

Mahfuza Arief, a teacher of SFX Green-Herald International School, passes away at the age of 61.

A mobile court jailed 32 fishermen for attempting to catch shrimp spawn in the river Meghna in Hijla upazila of Barishal early yesterday.

240 more Bangladeshi citizens returned home from India by two separate special flights yesterday.

All educational institutions in the country have remained closed since March 17 to contain the spread of Covid-19. As the situation shows no signs of relenting, the government has now extended the closure till May 16 .

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday constituted three single-judge benches of the High Court for holding virtual hearing and disposing of urgent cases through digital services during the ongoing closure.

At least 72 police personnel who were tested Covid-19 positive earlier made a recovery yesterday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates health service for Covid-19 patients at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital in Dhaka by announcing it a “designated hospital”.

Another 154 British citizens who were stranded in Bangladesh due to the suspension of regular flights amid the Covid-19 pandemic, have left Dhaka for London aboard a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

A youth has been arrested for raping a fourth-grade student in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat.

A total of 322 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India and Australia returned home yesterday by two separate special flights of US-Bangla Airlines and a Sri Lanka Airlines flight.

Expressing concerns over the fallout of Covid-19 pandemic on society, speakers at a webinar yesterday called on the government to take necessary steps to address the unemployment problems of youth.

Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) is set to begin holding classes of polytechnic institutes through Facebook live, to minimise academic loss of students as those are closed due to coronavirus pandemic.

A faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists yesterday demanded repeal of the Digital Security Act, alleging countrymen’s freedom of expression has been curbed through the law’s misuse.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the Digital Security Act is being misused rampantly during the crisis period of coronavirus outbreak across the country.

The government has started using the Rayerbazar graveyard as the designated place of burial for Covid-19 victims in the capital since April 30 as the previously assigned Khilgaon-Taltola graveyard has a waterlogging problem.

Waliur Rahman Reza, a former lawmaker and member of ruling Awami League’s national committee, passed away following a cardiac arrest at his residence in Gaibandha yesterday. He was 85.