Four Rohingyas, including two children and a woman, were reportedly killed and hundreds of others were injured in deadly fires that burned several thousand shanties at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, yesterday.

Dhaka Wasa has again proposed hiking water prices by five percent for residential and commercial uses from July 1.

As deaths from Covid-19 and the number of new cases continue rising, experts fear the transmission rate may rise further in the coming weeks.

Eminent journalist and Editor and Publisher of the daily Janakantha Mohammad Atiqullah Khan Masud passed away yesterday morning.

Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari is arriving in Dhaka today on a two-day visit to attend the celebrations of Mujib Borsho and golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.

SARS COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh from April to the first week of December last year, and of the mutations, 34 were unique meaning they do not match any other mutations found in other parts of the world.

The country saw a sharp rise in Covid-19 infection rate yesterday.

World leaders have frequently used the word “war” to describe the fight against the coronavirus primarily to emphasise how precious every second, every minute or every strategic decision is in combating the invisible killer.

Roksana Khatun moves aside dirt and floating leaves from a pond, slowly lowers her earthen pitcher into it and fills it with around 20 litres of water.

Police Bureau of Investigation yesterday arrested Shahidul Islam Swadhin, the prime accused in two cases filed over the Wednesday’s attack on Hindu houses in Noagaon village of Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila.

Dhaka and Colombo have agreed to improve air and sea connectivity to boost trade and tourism.

There is no reason for any security concerns for the agitation by some people against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

Bangladesh’s daily Covid-19 infection rate fell slightly to 9.39 percent yesterday compared with 10.04 percent the previous day.

A rural farmer, who does not have access to the internet, let alone have a Facebook account, has been on the run since he was sued under the Digital Security Act five months ago over a post on the social media platform.

A 40-year-old woman was sitting in a shared kitchen in Korail Bosti, where a pan of catfish stewed away on the stove. But it wasn’t hers -- it was her neighbour’s lunch.

In the space of two years, Rubel Miah has seen the value of his wages at his job in Beirut plummet to one-fifth of what he could earlier convert to US dollars and send home to his family.

The success of Bangladesh and its people is the best honour to the name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

As coronavirus transmission has been rising from the second week of this month, the demand for ICU beds in the capital’s hospitals has also increased.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2021 in the capital. She joined the inaugural ceremony at Bangla Academy virtually from the Gono Bhaban in the afternoon.

Police recently submitted a charge sheet with the court claiming that photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol’s main purpose was to tarnish the images of ruling party leaders and activists and extort money by uploading fake information.