The High Court yesterday stayed till May 28 a lower court order that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of Farmers Bank audit committee’s former chairman Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a Tk 159 crore money laundering case.

To survive the financial crunch brought along by the coronavirus pandemic, the Advertising Agencies Association of Bangladesh (AAAB) has demanded immediate payment of arrears being withheld by government agencies. The organisation also asked the government to facilitate loans at two per cent interest to keep businesses afloat.

The Covid-19 outbreak caused a 10 percent decline in the government’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) coverage in Gazipur and its adjacent urban areas in March compared to February, said a Care Bangladesh report.

For the last three months, Belal Hossain (30) failed to pay his house or shop rent as the salon owner’s livelihood has been seriously hampered since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the country in March.

When Jamshed Haider, a banker and a resident of port city’s Ameerbagh Residential Area, started to have breathing difficulties on the morning of May 11, his family took him to Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID), a government hospital dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients in Chattogram.

Former President of Bangladesh Indenting Agents Association Ahmed Fazlur Rahman Bahar has passed away on Tuesday. The 84-year-old was suffering from old-age complications, says a press release.

The High Court has stayed till May 28 a lower court order that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of the former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a Tk 159 crore money laundering case.

Chattogram Port has been put on alert number 4 -- its highest security alert -- after the Meteorological Department issued danger signal number nine at the port due to super cyclone Amphan.

Four leading private business organisations of the country and an economic policy think-tank yesterday launched an initiative -- titled “Resurgent Bangladesh” -- to support execution of a number of plans to recover from the economic shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Four people died in two road accidents yesterday.

The High Court yesterday denied bail to two contractors accused in a corruption case involving Tk 10 crore in supplying machines and equipment to Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH).

Surviving with everyone else is Wahid Manjour Sohag’s motto. And this led him to distribute one cooked meal among the poor every day since April 19, when shutdown was enforced in Bogura.

Surviving with everyone else is Wahid Manjour Sohag’s motto. And this led him to distribute one cooked meal among the poor every day since April 19, when shutdown was enforced in Bogura.

The High Court yesterday formed a committee headed by the deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram in order to protect biodiversity, environment, fishes and dolphins of Halda river in the district.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to South Korean national Youngsik Lee, a cohort of online casino “kingpin” Salim Prodhan, in a money laundering case.

Today is the ninth death anniversary of Al Musabbir Sadi, a noted sports journalist and former general secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).

Sumita Kairi, a tea labourer at Daluchhara Tea Garden in Fenchuganj Upazila of Sylhet, gave birth at home. No trained midwife was present during the delivery of her first child. Sumita’s child was born with the assistance of two local elderly women.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Bangladesh yesterdaylaunched a corporate sustainability campaign under its “Joy of Giving” platform in partnership with Bangladesh’s Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.

Several hundred workers of a readymade garment manufacturer demonstrate in front of their factory in Narayanganj Sadar upazila demanding full Eid bonuses and salaries for the current month.

A man has died after falling from the rooftop of a three-storied building during an anti-gambling drive by the police in Dhaka’s Merul Badda area.