Around 10,000 Bangladeshis in South Africa are now living in fear after several hundred shops of expatriates were vandalised, torched, and looted by mobs in Free State’s Bloemfontein last week.

Bangladesh registered their first-ever bilateral series win over Sri Lanka, thanks to a magnificent century from Mushfiqur Rahim in a 103-run win in the second match of the three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

The current state of global vaccine distribution is “unacceptable” and “horrifying”, the UN General Assembly president said yesterday, pointing at the nationalistic attitude of developed countries and vaccine manufacturing nations.

Bangladesh will purchase 1.5 crore Sinopharm vaccines from China, and its first consignment is likely to arrive in Dhaka in June, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Amid allegations of poor quality of tap water in the mega city, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has once again increased the price of water by 5 percent for residential and commercial uses.

Two cases of black fungus have been detected at Birdem Hospital in patients who have recovered from Covid-19, a worrying sign as neighbouring India reports widespread infections.

The Dhaka University student’s death remains shrouded in mystery as his family members and friends demand an impartial investigation.

After a day of heat at Bhasan Char yesterday, the winds began to pick up towards the evening and there was some rain.

Cyclone Yaas, over 600km away from Bangladesh, is gaining momentum and is likely to make landfall somewhere on Odissa-West Bengal coast tomorrow, according to the Met office.

Bangladeshis are facing huge obstacles to joining work in Saudi Arabia following a travel advisory from the Middle Eastern country. The expatriates’ welfare ministry has not yet taken any visible steps to address their issues.

The cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises, who were among the worst hit for the pandemic, appears to have started seeing the stimulus funds of late after initial reluctance from banks in disbursing credit to the sector.

With the Covid positivity rate rising above 30 percent yesterday in three districts bordering India, health officials warned that the virus transmission may surge again in the country due to increased public movement and disregard for the health safety rules.

Although long-haul bus services remained suspended since early last month, it had very little impact on the number of vehicles which travelled between Dhaka and the north-western districts via Bangabandhu Bridge last month.

As black fungus infections emerge as a new threat to public health in India, health officials in Dhaka yesterday said they will soon release a guideline on preventing and treating the infection.

The outgoing vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University has violated the constitution, university law, and a government embargo by appointing 137 teachers and staffers on the last day of his office, found a probe committee.

Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam walked out of jail yesterday afternoon, seven days after she was arrested in a case filed by the health ministry.

The government has said Bangladeshi passport-holders’ travel ban remains in force after news reports and a tweet by an Israeli official said Bangladesh had removed the travel ban.

The first match of the three-match ODI series started with some uncertainty due to coronavirus threat, but Bangladesh brushed aside everything and returned to winning ways in the fifty-over format, beating Sri Lanka by 33 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

The government is taking adequate precautionary measures to weather Cyclone Yaas, which is approaching the Southwest region near the Indian border and will likely make landfall on Wednesday afternoon.

Inter-district bus, train and launch services will resume across the country on the condition that they operate at half their capacity for a week.