Cattle owners in Tangail are fearing fall in prices of sacrificial animals due to lack of buyers in the local markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, amid coronavirus pandemic.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved eight projects with an overall estimated cost of Taka 10,102.03 crore, including a Tk 4,025.62 crore project to develop road infrastructures and drainage system in the 18 new wards under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).

Virtual memorial event to remember the life and works of Latifur Rahman, an iconic business leader and CEO of Transcom Group, who passed away on July 1.

Jamuna Group Chairman Md Nurul Islam Babul was laid to eternal rest with state honour in the capital’s Banani graveyard on Tuesday.

A Dhaka court rejects bail petitions of seven officials and employees of Regent Group, and sent them to jail in a case filed over the issuing of fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.

Former minister and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj has died of cancer at the age of 77.

The High Court today denied bail to a detained accused, Mohammad Ali, in the sensational Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case in Tangail.

Gynaecologist Dr Irin Jaman of Chattogram Ma O Shishu Hospital has died of coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Maruf Reza, an accused in a 30 year old murder case of Sagira Morshed.

Abul Bashar Mollah, the master of Mayur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel in Buriganga river on June 29 killing at least 34 persons, has been placed on a three-day remand by a Dhaka court.

Around three and a half lakh people living in the chars and shores of Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla rivers of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are affected by floods.

Vice Chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University Prof Dr Harun-Or-Rashid and his wife Kanika Mahfuz have been airlifted to Dhaka and admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital with breathing problems.

A robber has been arrested with bullet wounds after a gunfight with police in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila

Thirty-three people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

Detectives have been tasked with investigation of a case filed against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and some others over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.

Police have recovered a handcuffed body from the embankment area of Sangu River under Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

India’s Supreme Court says it will hear on July 24 the pleas filed by foreigners, challenging the federal government’s orders that blacklisted more than 2,700 citizens of 35 countries from travelling to India for 10 years for alleged involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities.

President Donald Trump takes a swipe at health experts in his government leading the US response to the coronavirus, and one of them, Dr Anthony Fauci, answers with an appeal for states to stick to guidelines to snuff out a surge in cases.

President of the UN General Assembly stated that the response during Covid-19 pandemic must focus on “the two-thirds of the world’s population at risk of being left behind”.

Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official says.