Most archaeological sites in Sylhet, even the protected ones, have been left uncared for as neither the Department of Archaeology nor the local administration are being able to take proper care of them due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Last Monday, there was a fire on the ground floor of coronavirus unit at Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. While there were thankfully no casualties, the incident exposed the hospital’s unpreparedness in the case of fires.

For me, the eighties was a decade of rediscovery. Completing my studies in the United States in 1983, I started working as a software engineer in an emergent area in California that someone had nicknamed Silicon Valley. I came home to Bangladesh every time I had earned a vacation. While here, I spent most of my free time on the streets of Dhaka.

Gas supply to Dhaka’s Mirpur, Mohammadpur and surrounding areas resume after around eight hours of disruption due to a fire at Mirpur’s West Shewrapara.

Khairunnesa Afsar, a freedom fighter from Mymensingh, passed away from old-age complications at a Dhaka hospital yesterday. She was 97.

Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) rallied in Barishal city yesterday, to press home its eight-point demand including turning the 18-bed ICU unit to a 100-bed one at the coronavirus unit of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Leading consumer product conglomerate Unilever Bangladesh Limited has announced of rebranding its flagship brand ‘Fair & Lovely’ yesterday, says a press release.

Prof Satya Prasad Majumder has been appointed the vice chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) while Prof ASM Maksud Kamal the pro-VC (education) of Dhaka University

The government has decided to extend pre-primary education to two years from the existing one year.

Study hours of students in the country have declined by 80 percent due to school closure, said a survey report of Brac Institute of Governance and Development.

This three-storey threadbare structure in Old Dhaka’s Islambagh area is still home to at least 30 families, where life, no matter how hard and risky,

Police on Wednesday arrested five persons who defrauded people by providing fake job appointment letters of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA).

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is collecting tax from people pushing them towards extreme sufferings.

Three persons were found dead along rail tracks in the capital’s Kuril area since Wednesday evening.

The government has decided to use Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital’s Chankharpul for treatment of coronavirus patients.

A fire that broke out at a polythene factory in the city’s Suarighat area is brought under control.

Sylhet residents have sought attention of prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday for necessary steps to combat the pandemic in the district, as the situation is worsening.

A joint drive conducted by seven authority bodies yesterday knocked down 350 illegal structures in Chattogram.

The University Grants Commission is likely to urge public universities to ensure online education to minimise possible session jams, despite students’ and teachers’ consensus shifting momentum against it.

On Tuesday, Saudi Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten said the Kingdom will only allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing inside the Kingdom to perform hajj this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reported the country’s media outlets.