People working in different districts are trying to return home, causing traffic jam on the Aricha-Kazirhat ferry ghat on the Jamuna river over the last couple of days.

Two people were killed and three were injured as a car collided with an onion-laden truck, which was parked beside Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar, this morning.

The “strict lockdown” does not start till 6:00am tomorrow. Yet, on an average 15,000 people are registering every minute after police launched a “movement pass” app to be able to go out during the seven-day restrictions.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed today said police do not want to see anyone on the streets or outside from tomorrow (April 14).

A woman died after the auto-rickshaw carrying her was hit by a speeding covered van this morning at Sitakunda on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

A 5 kilometre long tailback has been created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Burichong upazila in Cumilla district ahead of a “strict lockdown”, to be imposed from tomorrow.

Valiant freedom fighter Abdus Sabur Khan Bir Bikram passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka last night. He was 87.

Around seven hundred vehicles -- 500 light and 200 goods-carrying -- are waiting at Paturia Ghat (ferry terminal) to cross the river as thousands of people are leaving Dhaka for their village homes ahead of the weeklong strict restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation at 7:15pm today on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh (Bangla New Year), said PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.

A foreman died this morning after iron sheet fell on him while working at RA Shipbreaking Yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

For the second year in a row, Chhayanaut announced that it will organise virtual programmes with Bangladesh Television (BTV) marking Pahela Baishakh instead of staging its traditional gathering at the capital's Ramna Batamul to usher in the Bengali 1428 calendar year, due to the ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Religious Affairs today said a maximum of 20 people, including the khatib, imam, hafez, muezzin and khadim, can attend Tarabi prayers at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's physical condition is stable and she is showing no symptoms of the coronavirus.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said it would take at least five to six months to fix everything, including Brahmanbaria Railway Station, damaged during the mayhem by Hefajat-e-Islam supporters and activists last month.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged the authorities concerned to remain alert so that goods-laden transport do not carry passengers during “lockdown”.

In total 409 pedestrians were killed on roads and highways in 398 accidents in January-March this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said ensuring global peace has become far more challenging than in the past due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government today issued a gazette notification with details on the strict restrictions to be imposed from 6:00am on April 14 to April 21 midnight -- to curb the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Almost all the men in 70 villages of Faridpur’s Saltha have gone into hiding following cases filed in connection with violence on April 5 in the area.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has handed over an Indian citizen who was critically injured after being shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while trying to illegally enter Bangladesh through Kurigram’s Fulbari border.