Zead Al Malum, a freedom fighter and senior prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), was laid to rest at Mirpur martyred intellectual graveyard yesterday.

Police arrested 31 Rohingya people, who fled from the different camps in Cox’s Bazar and took jobs in households, from Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

A court in Chattogram yesterday put the personal secretary of Chattogram Election Commission (EC) office assistant Joynal on one-day police

Unidentified miscreants issued 18 dubious birth registration certificates in Chattogram, after accessing the server when it was disabled for upgradation work.

Members banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam attempted to recruit Rohingya refugees in guise of providing aid in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit claimed yesterday.

BNP yesterday described the nationwide lockdown announced by the government to contain coronavirus spread as a “joke”, since it repeatedly failed to fully enforce such restrictions in recent times.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, the only large medical facility in Barishal division, is in derelict condition as the number of patients continue to swell amid rising Covid-19 infections.

Dhaka Education Board has postponed the process of form fill-up for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination 2021, considering the surge in Covid-19 cases.

A youth has been hospitalised after he was attacked with sharp weapon and sticks allegedly by his neighbours four days ago in Mymensingh.

The mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury yesterday declared a Tk 2,463.96 crore budget for CCC in the 2021-22 fiscal.

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, a pioneer of the movement for promotion of classical music in the country, according to a press release.

Chief of Special Branch and additional inspector general of police Md Monirul Islam has been elected president and deputy commissioner of Dhaka

Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a three-day visit.

Five were killed and another was injured in three separate road crashes in Mymensingh and Jamalpur during the last two days.

Different platforms of recruiting agencies yesterday urged the government to keep labour migration sector out of the purview of “lockdown” to be enforced from Monday.

Police yesterday arrested another Indian citizen on charge of entering Bangladesh without proper documents and visiting the Padma bridge site in Shariatpur’s Jajira late at night.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government will set up a vaccine production plant in Gopalganj soon.

Jatiya Party chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader yesterday said lockdown will never be successful without ensuring food security for the extremely poor and working people.

No one will be allowed to build structures on the banks of river Karnaphuli, said Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday.

As the Covid-19 situation has deteriorated in the country, Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to take its postponed examinations online instead of in-person.