Former Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as her condition deteriorated at United Hospital in the city this morning.

Mokabbir Khan, member of the parliament from Sylhet-2 constituency, was admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka today with breathing problem.

Former Sylhet city mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died with Covid-19 early today.

Veteran Awami League leader and former health minister Mohammed Nasim has been laid to rest at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard, after receiving a guard of honour.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah passed away tonight after going into cardiac arrest.

Veteran politician and Awami League presidium member Mohammed Nasim will be buried at Banani graveyard, after namaz-e-janaza at Banani Jam-e-Mosque at 10:30am tomorrow, Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak has said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the death of Awami League presidium member and spokesperson of 14-Party Mohammed Nasim.

Veteran politician and Awami League presidium member Mohammed Nasim has passed away while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital at the age 72.

BNP, the main opposition political party, says the government has placed an unimplementable national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal without taking any special measures to improve people’s lives and economy amid the prevailing coronavirus crisis.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has said good governance must be ensured so that the money allocated to different sectors in the proposed budget is spent properly.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury says that people’s lives and livelihoods had been ignored in the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

BNP calls upon the government to prioritise people’s lives and livelihoods in the context of the coronavirus pandemic over economic growth in the national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the historic six-point demand declared by Bangabandhu blossomed as Bangalees’ demand for freedom at that time.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written an article marking the historic Six-Point Day to be observed in the country tomorrow.

This year’s budget session will take place with the presence of only those lawmakers who are essential for the day-to-day activities of the parliament in a bid to maintain social distancing and curb the risk of coronavirus infection.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a televised speech to the countrymen on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious celebration of the Muslims, has stressed on following health guidelines amid the Covid-19 outbreak on an individual level to stay safe.

Law Minister Anisul Huq distributes relief materials worth Tk 2.81 crore among 40,000 poor and helpless families at his Kasba and Akhaura constituency in Brahmanbaria since March 24 to tackle the crisis stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the digital security act is being rampantly misused during the crisis period of coronavirus outbreak across the country.

Bangladesh has sought the support of the United States for the country’s RMG sector, which has been badly hit by fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

At this time when countrymen are in distress amid the nationwide shutdown but many MPs are not seen in their constituencies, one lawmaker from Sylhet -- Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, parliamentarian for Sylhet-3 constituency -- has been an exception.