If Laxmipur-2 MP Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul is found to be a Kuwaiti citizen, his seat will be declared vacant, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said in the parliament.

The government borrowed a staggering amount from banks last fiscal year mainly due to the ongoing economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, a development that is poised for a macroeconomic imbalance in the country.

Six members, including Bandarban district unit president and two central leaders, of the MN Larma faction of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) were shot dead by a group of assailants in Baghmara area of Bandarban Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

The Covid-19 outbreak may prolong for the next several years as the country is not taking scientific measures to control it, said a public health expert.

The government is set to distribute 10-kilogramme rice for free to each of over one crore “ultra-poor and destitute families” ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday directed the authorities of Regent Hospital to shut their Uttara and Mirpur branches immediately over their alleged involvement in issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and taking money from coronavirus patients for treatment.

Around 20 percent roads under the Roads and Highways Department are in “poor, bad or very bad” condition and Tk 14,622 crore would be required to fix those in the current fiscal year, according an RHD survey.

More than five lakh Covid-19 testing kits have been lying in the warehouses of several companies in the capital for the last couple of months.

Only 1 percent of Boro farmers have been able to sell their produce at the government-set purchase price of Tk 1,040 per maund this year, according to a study by Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).

Eminent playback singer Andrew Kishore, who had been battling cancer for months, passed away at his hometown Rajshahi at 7:00pm yesterday, confirmed his brother-in-law, Dr Patrick Bipul Biswas.

China has withdrawn its troops by at least a kilometre in the tense Galwan river valley in eastern Ladakh, where 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a deadly brawl with Chinese troops on June 15, Indian sources said yesterday.

At a time when Bangladeshi migrant workers all over the world are having tough times amid Covid-19 fallout, Malaysia gives good news.

More and more frontline healthcare workers are getting infected, making the country’s battle against the deadly coronavirus harder.

Another 44 people died of Covid-19 and 3,201 tested positive for the virus in the country in 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday.

Shahid Islam, the Laxmipur lawmaker now detained in Kuwait, was defended by the Bangladesh ambassador to the Gulf country in a February letter to the foreign ministry following media reports on his alleged criminal activities.

Two masters and two drivers of Mayur-2 launch, which hit a smaller vessel and caused it to sink and drown 34 people in the Buriganga, were responsible for the accident, a probe committee finds.

The government has decided to provide food assistance to the migrant workers who returned home from different countries during coronavirus pandemic.

While a key recommendation of experts has been quickly rolling out rapid antigen and antibody tests, this is yet to be translated into action despite RT-PCR labs remaining overburdened.

The number of Covid-19 deaths reported in a single day saw an unexpected surge, when it jumped to 55 from the 40 that remained stagnant for five days prior.

Over 1.50 lakh Bangladeshis are eagerly waiting to return to their workplaces and studies abroad amid a shortage of tickets for the limited number of flights leaving Dhaka.