Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 140 cyclone and flood shelters besides laying foundation of 50 Mujib Killas across the country tomorrow, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Mohammad Enamur Rahman has said.

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has announced providing AU$ 5 million (Tk 330 million) to the Red Crescent to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 preparedness and response.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the youths to take up fish farming as their livelihood to exploit the huge scope of employment in this sector.

At least 314 people were killed and 291 were injured in 239 road accidents in the country from May 7 to 20, Road Safety Foundation said today.

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam today said punitive measures will be taken against those found responsible in Aedes mosquito breeding through water accumulated in and around their homes, despite repeated warnings.

A total of 3,350 Bangladeshis returned from India through Benapole land port from April 26 till this afternoon, according to sources at Benapole Immigration.

At least two people died and five were injured when a truck veered off the road in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram today.

Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner ANM Faizul Haque has asked to keep 344 centres ready so that locals can take shelter as cyclone “Yaas” is expected to cross the coast of Odisha in India and coastal districts of Bangladesh by May 26.

Two people were killed and three were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a truck in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila.

Five workers sustained burn injuries in a fire at a knitting factory in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila early today.

Women journalists today started a token hunger strike, demanding withdrawal of case against Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam and her immediate unconditional release.

A low-pressure area is brewing over the north Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, which could intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Met office has said.

The boat, which capsized in the Mediterranean Sea with 90 migrants including 81 Bangladeshis, was caught in a storm and sank after travelling for 16 hours from Libya’s Tripoli to Europe, said victims rescued off the Tunisian coast.

After its request to the United States, Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom to provide Covid-19 vaccine doses to meet its emergency needs as immunization programme is disrupted in Bangladesh.

The government has extended restrictions on the movement of passengers through land ports with India up to May 31, as India's surge in coronavirus cases continues.

Bangladesh has been elected chair of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) technical committee on Covid-19 to steer negotiations on a draft Covid-19 outcome document that was formulated through a discussion of the organisation's member states recently.

Bangladesh Army’s Brigadier General Mohammad Nazmul Haque has been appointed as the Chief of Staff at the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations (DPO), at the United Nations Headquarters.

Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) has suspended the broadcasting of private television channels “SATV” and “Channel 9” due to non-payment of arrears.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam will get fair treatment and judgement and emphasised that Bangladesh's judiciary is very independent.

Demanding the immediate release of Prothom Alo’s Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who was arrested on Monday in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act 1923, journalists today threatened to wage tougher demonstration along with all the journalists’ organisations if Rozina is not be released within Sunday.