Three of the people taken hostage by a man on a bus in western Ukraine have been released, officials say.

Naeem Ara Hussain, a former teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College who tested negative for Covid-19 after initially testing positive on May 29, died at a hospital in Dhaka today. She was 65.

Amid severe criticism and scams related to Covid-19 tests, Prof Abul Kalam Azad has stepped down as the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Fears over the coronavirus will see the Nobel prize banquet cancelled for the first time in over half a century, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reports.

Bangladesh Railways will not make any special arrangement for carrying additional passengers during Eid-ul-Azha and train operations will remain normal maintaining the health guidelines in wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The US Justice Department has indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, Covid-19 researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide.

The Awami League will take virtual programmes marking the month of mourning that begins on the first day of August on a limited scale.

European Union leaders have clinched an historic deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-throttled economies after a fractious summit lasting almost five days.

The Barber’s Station, a men’s grooming centre of international standard, has launched officially in Dhaka’s Gulshan Avenue.

A Dhaka court places former Faridpur town unit Awami League general secretary and his brother on a three-days fresh remand each in connection with a case filed for laundering Tk 2,000 crore abroad.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today indicated that her Trinamool Congress party would make the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) a major plank in the assembly polls in the state next year.

Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary of Law Ministry Naren Das dies from coronavirus infection.

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 1 (Saturday), as the new moon was not sighted in Bangladesh today.

The ministry of health today issued a circular making the use of masks mandatory in all institutions and public settings.

With the support of Armed Forces Division (AFD), the Health Directorate has started collecting samples of Bangladeshi citizens going abroad at the temporary coronavirus isolation center at DNCC market at city’s Mohakhali area.

Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad tendered his resignation today.

Dhaka city was inundated for the second day in the row due to the torrential rains which started Monday, once again exposing the capital’s poor drainage system.

A one-storey structure being constructed using plastic bottles at Rajihar in Barishal’s Agailjhara upazila is fast becoming the talk of the entire district.

British government borrowing surged to a record 128 billion pounds ($162 billion) in the first three months of the 2020/21 financial year, when COVID-19 lockdown measures were tightest, more than double the entire previous year’s borrowing.

Expressing dissatisfaction at the delay in implementation of development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks different departments concerned to strengthen coordination to pick up the pace.