Health officials have detected over 10 people with the UK variant of the coronavirus.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday urged city dwellers not to hold any political and social programme in the capital during the 10-day state celebrations, starting on March 17, marking the country’s golden jubilee of independence and Mujib Borsho.

At least six workers, including three Chinese nationals, involved in construction of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 were injured as a part of a launching girder fell on them while they were working near Dhaka airport yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe into a case filed over the torture of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore while he was in custody.

A sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in the country has sparked fresh fears, forcing the authorities to issue official instructions and take up measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

An organised syndicate of sand and earth lifters has been wreaking havoc on the Halda river at the upstream in Fatikchhari upazila while the local administration turned a blind eye to the menace.

With the goal of bringing fresh water from the Sutang river to irrigate surrounding villages, the authorities re-excavated the Shoiljura canal in Habiganj. Seven years later, the canal has become a means of hazard for nearby villagers and the river itself.

Bangladesh Railway has been asked to plug news leaks about projects being implemented under government-to-government initiative between Bangladesh and China.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said many agreements and MoUs would be signed with a number of countries during the visits of their heads of state and government, including that of India, this month.

The soaring prices of daily essentials, including chicken, edible oil, onion and vegetables, have added to the woes of the people living on a fixed income.

The number of patients at the intensive care units in hospitals, getting treatment for Covid-19, has been on the rise.

The Myanmar junta’s crackdown on peaceful protests has led to likely crimes against humanity, said UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, calling for a united global response.

Two lives have been cut short, caught in the crossfire of gunfights between the two groups of the ruling Awami League in Noakhali’s Companiganj in recent weeks.

The state of liberal democracy in the country has worsened significantly over the last 10 years.

The government has planned to build 30,000 homes for insolvent valiant freedom fighters and family members of the martyred and deceased war heroes in a bid to uplift their socioeconomic status.

Bangladesh recorded 13 novel coronavirus deaths and 1,066 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The government will reconsider its decision to reopen educational institutions on March 30 if the Covid-19 infection rate keeps rising in the country.

Deshbandhu Group plans to raise $250 million (more than Tk 2,100 crore) from international investors through a Sukuk bond as the conglomerate looks to expand its business and repay its local debts.

The United Nations is going to send a delegation to visit Bhasan Char, where the government has developed a housing facility for 100,000 Rohingyas but faced reservations from aid agencies about the move.

A Dhaka tribunal will decide on March 24 whether to accept the charges pressed against photographer Shafiqul Islam Kajol who has been accused of circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and false information about several ministers, MPs and Jubo Mohila League leaders on Facebook.