Doctors will carry out “brain stem function” test on Awami League Leader Mohammed Nasim to take final decision on whether they will remove his life support system.

Expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan had laundered at least Tk 8.5 crore in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, according to a primary investigation conducted by Criminal Investigation Department.

Another doctor who was infected with Covid-19 has died at a hospital in Dhaka.

A masterplan is in the offing to bring the capital under planned forestation.

NGOs and civil society groups have demanded that the government take up a long-term plan and involve the NGOs in tackling novel coronavirus that is likely to stay for long and heavily impact the lives and livelihood of people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday donated Tk 10 crore to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) to continue its healthcare and other services.

With deaths due to Covid-19 rising in Chattogram, bereaved families are facing yet another grim reality -- not being able to bury their loved ones with full rituals due to the fear of exposing themselves to the virus. In many cases, families and community members have not been able to attend the funeral prayers either because of physical distancing measures or due to fear of the infection.

Sub-inspector Ekramul Islam of Sitakunda Model Police Station under Chattogram district police, who died with Covid-19-like symptoms on Saturday, later tested positive.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for 17 lawyers of Gaibandha to practice law.

Two more workers, who suffered burns in an accident at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) on Saturday, died while they were being shifted to Dhaka from Chattogram for better treatment yesterday.

A special deck has been introduced on a passenger launch running on Barguna-Dhaka route, to maintain social distancing among passengers.

Fourteen retired and three serving members of the army died of Covid-19 so far, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate said yesterday.

Rajshahi division recorded its highest number of Covid-19 patients yesterday, a number that has more than doubled since the previous days.

Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested 13 members of a fraud gang, who had misappropriated more than Tk 1 crore from mobile banking users in the last two months.

Many Bangladeshi migrant workers are going through a tough time in Iraq due to the shutdown enforced in the country.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday inaugurated their yearlong anti-mosquito drives at Nababganj park in Lalbagh, with an aim to bring the whole mosquito control activities under a system and eradicate mosquitoes, including Aedes.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has inaugurated a year-long programme on eradicating the mosquito menace in the city.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected bail petitions of five accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Responding to the much-discussed report run by The Economist over the number of Covid-19 infections in the capital city, Dr John D Clemens, who was mentioned in the report as reference, has clarified his position saying his statement was taken out of context.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 131 houses and establishments on the first day of its 10-day combined operation.