A policeman -- who recently tested negative for Covid-19 -- was found dead in front of his house in the capital’s Khilgaon yesterday.

A rights organisation yesterday sent an application to the government requesting it to take necessary steps so that the academic institutions don’t collect the monthly tuition fees from the students for the period of closure caused due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak.z

Over one month after the introduction of televised classroom lectures for school students, guardians are still not happy about the quality of the lessons.

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will provide Tk 30,000 to maximum Tk 75,000 as loans without any interest for three years to its lawyers in need, in order to tackle the ongoing crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Japan has extended a grant amounting to approximately Tk 24 million to three Bangladeshi NGOs -- Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), Prism Bangladesh Foundation (PRISM) and Trust for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (TRP).

Mayor-elect Atiqul Islam of Dhaka North City Corporation hasn’t taken over office yet, and the city is already undergoing a huge challenge in the form of a coronavirus outbreak. The Daily Star spoke to Atiqul recently about his work during the Covid-19 crisis, as well as plans for the city.

President Md Abdul Hamid has reappointed Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a sitting judge of the Appellate Division, as the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC). The law ministry issued a gazette to this effect on Sunday.

While the entire country works to contain the spread of coronavirus, drug peddlers are finding ways to dodge law enforcers to continue their business in the port city, even during the lockdown.

The economic hardships due to the countrywide shutdown are pushing many towards extreme poverty. As unemployment mounts, many are being forced to innovate to find a way to sustain their lives.

Kotwali Police Station in Rangpur city was put under lockdown yesterday after one of its officers tested positive for Covid-19.

Militants who allegedly carried out a bomb blast at a traffic police box of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) in February learned bomb-making online, said Counter Terrorism unit of CMP yesterday.

Prof Abu Zafar, an eminent cardiologist and former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases passed away at a local hospital on Sunday afternoon.

A fugitive in a child murder case was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Gazipur early today.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will provide Tk 30,000 to maximum Tk 75,000 as loans without any interest for three years to its lawyers in need, in order to tackle the ongoing crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A Turkish national has been found dead in a room of a residential hotel in Cox’s Bazar town.

This year’s minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 70 per person.

A policeman who recently tested negative for Covid-19 reportedly dies by suicide in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area.

Kotwali Police Station in Rangpur city has been put under lockdown as its officer-in-charge tested positive for Covid-19.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government has decided to reopen markets before Eid-ul-Fitr and instruction has been given in this regard.

Dhaka Bank Limited has donated Tk 1 crore to Bangladesh Police to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) and masks, says a press release.