A total of 45 cases have been registered in various police stations in Brahmanbaria till tonight in connection with the mayhem Hefajat-e-Islam men unleashed in the district from March 26 to March 28.

Ride-sharing service Uber has resumed operating cars as the government decided to allow public transport services in 11 major cities in the country from today amid the weeklong restrictions to curb coronavirus spread.

Three people, including a couple, were killed on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw today.

The Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Irrigation Project has been able to resume full-fledged supply of irrigation water for Irri-Boro cultivation in four south-western districts of the country from yesterday, following 11 days of stoppage of water supply.

No meeting or rally will be allowed before prayers and after munajat in mosques or any other place of worship, Religious Affairs Ministry said today in an emergency circular.

Motorcyclists operating their vehicles under ride-sharing services demonstrated in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka this morning, protesting cases filed against them for operating amid the government’s weeklong restriction on public movement and transports.

Eight persons were injured in an explosion at a plant of Bengal Drugs and Chemical Works (pharmaceuticals) Ltd in Cumilla this morning.

The government has asked the authorities of all kinds of madrasas, including Qawmi Madrasas (residential and non-residential), to close their institutions till further notice to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country.

Family members of the six people who were found dead in a suburban Dallas home in Texas early Monday demanded proper investigation into the deaths.

People of Narayanganj and Munshiganj don't have gas at home due to sudden suspension of supply for repair work.

Five more bodies were recovered from Shitalakkhya river this morning, after Sunday's passenger launch capsize.

A mild earthquake jolted the northern districts of Bangladesh including Rajshahi and Dinajpur tonight.

The death toll from yesterday’s launch capsize in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj reached 29 after two more bodies were recovered from the river this evening.

At least 513 people, including 63 children, were killed and 598 were injured in 409 road accidents across the country in March, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said today.

Mobile courts in Khulna and Savar today conducted drives and handed down sentences and fine for those found violating the restrictions placed by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that establishing peace is a prerequisite to ensure development.

Twenty-two more bodies were recovered after a Munshiganj-bound launch, which capsized in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj with over 50 passengers yesterday, was pulled out from the water this morning.

No public transports are plying Dhaka streets, and markets, shops on the main thoroughfares remain closed as the government-imposed weeklong restrictions on transport and public movement began today to check the spread of coronavirus.

Most shops on the main thoroughfares of Chattogram city remained closed as the weeklong restrictions imposed by the government on transport and public movement started since this morning.

Two separate probe committees have been formed to investigate the launch capsize in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj yesterday evening.