Thousands of people in five upazilas of Bagerhat -- a coastal district where fresh drinking water is scarce due to high salinity in groundwater -- are once again getting their hopes up on a probable solution to their longstanding water crisis.

A business icon of the country, Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, has been laid to eternal rest at the city's Banani graveyard beside his daughter Shazneen Tasnim Rahman and grandson Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain.

The Cox’s Bazar Civil Society Organisations and NGO Forum (CCNF), a network of more than 50 local and national NGOs, has urged the UN to revise the conditions of allocating a $4 million USD emergency coronavirus fund to ensure participation of local NGOs in the humanitarian response for Rohingyas.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) today said there were 308 reports of torture and sexual violence against women in the month of June.

Authorities have suspended an additional superintendent of Naval Police for allegedly assaulting officials of the environment department in Faridpur.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has asked the lower courts concerned across the country to deal with civil and criminal cases virtually, by using information and communication technology amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flights on Dubai and Abu Dhabi routes from July 6, paving the way for expatriate Bangladeshi workers stranded in the country to join their workplaces in the UAE.

Mangoes produced organically in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati are being exported to several European countries including Italy and the United Kingdom for the first time.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of a gang member linked to trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28.

With the death of founding chairman and CEO of Transcom Group Latifur Rahman, the country has lost a business leader who lived by the highest standards of business integrity and was a protector of professional and independent media.

A traffic police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) died with coronavirus-like symptoms at a hospital in the port city today.

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has taken up a special project worth Tk 35crore to build 12 bridges in Patuakhali municipality. The bridges will be designed to emulate bridges in Dhaka's Hatirjheel area.

Forty-one people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.

Apprehending a rise in coronavirus cases due to cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today urged authorities concerned to take necessary steps in this regard and reduce the number of cattle markets if needed.

The Supreme Court today stayed for 16 weeks a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

A teenage boy was arrested on charges of raping a madrasa student in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila yesterday, said police.

The government has issued an order extending its restrictions on public activities and movement across the country until August 3 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Dataful, a Bangladeshi startup, has secured a place among the top nine startups to compete in the finale of the accelerator programme of Startup Istanbul 2020, a global startup event based in Turkey.

Unsold stock of country’s favourite Srimangal pineapple continues to grow larger at wholesale warehouses in Moulvibazar’s Srimangal upazila town.

Almost two-thirds of the treatment seekers, who died after admission to the Corona unit of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) during the last four months, were actually suffering from diseases other than Covid-19.