When Hamida Parvin returned home to Bangladesh for a month’s holiday from her job as a nanny in Qatar last February, she was excited to see her 17-year-old son after a year apart.

Hefajat-e-Islam will be resisted the same way BNP-Jamaat was in 2013, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said today.

Eleven distinguished personalities today issued a statement urging the government and people of Bangladesh to boldly resist the destructive attempts and activities by Hefajat-e-Islam and anti-liberation forces as the nation celebrates Mujib Borsho and golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind at some places of the country in the next 24 hours (starting from 9:00am today).

A 60 percent hike in bus fare will come into effect from tomorrow, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal yesterday due to old age complications. He was 91.

A trail of damage could be seen everywhere in Brahmanbaria, resulting from the mayhem centring the daylong hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam.

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed in the country with due religious fervour.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for ambitious and concentrated global action plans to address the liquidity crisis and sovereign debt burdens now and during the post-Covid-19 era.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the extreme poverty rate will come down to 3 percent by 2030 and that the country will be free of poverty after 2041.

The vessel carrying the first set of metro train (Mass Rapid Transit) will anchor at the Mongla port tomorrow afternoon.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has extended the deadline for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service exam applications till June 30 from March 31.

Admission tests for MBBS and BDS courses will be held as per previous schedule, maintaining health guidelines, though the government has restricted all kinds of mass gatherings to curb the virus transmission, a health official said today.

Rail communication on Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet, and Dhaka-Noakhali routes resumed 12 hours after suspension yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all to establish the spirit of Islam at personal, social and national levels and shun religious prejudice and narrow-mindedness.

The nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam today, was marked with sporadic incidents of clashes, vandalism, arson attacks and roads blockades in different parts of the country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has warned that no one involved in mayhem across the country will be spared.

Hefajat-e-Islam today announced to hold nationwide demonstration on April 2, protesting deaths of its activists during clashes with law enforcers over three days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they will open educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities, after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr in view of the sudden surge in the Covid-19 infection.

Three people were killed in two separate clashes between Hefajat-e-Islam activists and police in Sarail upazila and Brahmanbaria district town today.