Eid is in a day or two, no? You have to ask just to be sure.

Those returning to the country from India will be released from institutional quarantine only upon completing the 14-day quarantine period and testing negative for Covid-19.

The Covid-driven school closure of over a year has put millions of the country’s students at risk of learning loss, a new study has said.

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote yesterday, triggering fresh political uncertainty just as the Himalayan nation reels from the pandemic.

Keeping in mind the possible impacts of the second Covid-19 wave, the government is going to attach top priority to vaccination, economic recovery, and life and livelihood of the poor in the upcoming national budget.

Family of the college girl found dead in a Gulshan flat has expressed frustration and dissatisfaction as police have not yet arrested or even interrogated Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, who stands accused of abetting her suicide.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said Bangladesh should not join “Quad”, a US-led initiative, and Dhaka’s relations with Beijing will “substantially get damaged” if it joins the initiative.

As Eid draws nearer, people desperate to go back to their home districts have continued to leave Dhaka despite all difficulties and while ignoring the restrictions the government imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The authorities may begin a test run of the country’s first metro rail service later this month.

Bangladesh reported 56 more coronavirus-related deaths and 1,386 new cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning.

The recent arrival of the double mutant Indian Covid-19 variant in Bangladesh is due to the lack of strict enforcement of institutional quarantine for those returning from India.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the countrymen not to put their near and dear ones’ lives under threat by rushing to village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.

The government has turned down the plea from Khaleda Zia’s family for allowing her to go abroad for better treatment, citing legal grounds.

Around 77 percent local and international migrant workers, who returned home, struggled to find work between April and November last year due to the pandemic, says a new survey report.

People are heading home for Eid in droves.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia tested negative for Covid-19 last night and her condition improved slightly.

The primary design of the Shadhinota Stambha (third phase) in Suhrawardy Udyan had no provision for cutting down trees but many were chopped down for walkways that were included in the design later, said architects involved in the project.

The detection of an Indian variant of the coronavirus and a its subtype called double-mutant in Bangladesh is a worrying sign, especially since the country is just recovering from the second wave of Covid-19.

Rajshahi University’s Prof Abdus Sobhan spent a good many years fighting for educational causes and against unlawful recruitment and corruption by the university authorities, and he even had to go to jail.

“Where will you go? Up to the [Paturia ferry] ghat or further?” “Do you need a car or a microbus?” “You can go alone or share it with other passengers.”