Bangladeshi workers to be paid in full amid lockdown

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia will be paid by their employers even if they do not have to work amid the Covid-19 outbreak in the Southeast Asian country.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

DGDA bans sale of painkiller amid abuse

Amid complaints and police reports centring the abuse of a specific painkiller as substitute for yaba and heroin, Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued a ban on sale of the medicine by pharmacies and hospitals which are not registered to procure it.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

10 fined for violating home quarantine rules

Despite the home quarantine ordered by the government to fight coronavirus, many expatriates were reportedly roaming around freely after returning to the country. In such circumstances, mobile courts have fined 10 people in separate drives yesterday.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Death anniv of Faiz Mohammed

Today is the sixth death anniversary of Faiz Mohammed, a former project manager of Augmedix.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

68 businesses penalised for hiking price

To prevent price hikes due to increased demand for essential goods surrounding the coronavirus, mobile courts yesterday fined 68 traders and business organisations across three districts, report our correspondents.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

6 killed, 12 hurt in road accidents

Six people were killed and 12 others were injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday, report our correspondents and two news agencies.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Work together to tackle coronavirus

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday urged all to stand by people shunning political differences to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Abducted teenager rescued

A Mymensingh court yesterday sent a youth to jail after arresting him in the capital on Thursday in connection with abducting a schoolgirl.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Worried, they join EC training

Amid fear of coronavirus spread, teachers in port city yesterday started participating in a training session to discharge duties at polling centres as presiding, assistant presiding and polling officers for the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation polls.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Fishing cat gives birth at Sreemangal zoo

A fishing cat gave birth to two kittens at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila yesterday morning.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Awareness campaign launched in Rajshahi

With an aim to aware people on how to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, government officials in Rajshahi launched a campaign yesterday.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers are specialized birds. They have unusual features and capabilities that work together to achieve one goal: to find insects that are hidden inside the bark of trees or other covered areas such as termite or ant hills.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Youth stabbed dead in Banani

A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Banani area on Thursday night.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Shut down RMG factories right away

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati yesterday demanded immediate shutdown of garments factories for a temporary period to protect RMG workers from the novel coronavirus.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Form joint taskforce to tackle coronavirus

Nagorik Oikya yesterday demanded rescheduling of by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies and elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) instead of March 21 and 29 respectively, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
20 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Ctg airport to be closed to international flights pending CAAB clearance

Authorities of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram are waiting for the decision of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh regarding closing the airport for all international flights until further notice in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.
20 March 2020, 15:54 PM

Rab arrests three Ansar-Al-Islam members

Rapid Action Battalion arrest three suspected Ansar-Al-Islam members, who used to look after the finances of the banned militant outfit, from Dhaka and Sylhet in the last two days, the elite force says.
20 March 2020, 12:53 PM

DNCC forms committee to fight spread of coronavirus

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) forms a committee to fight and prevent the spread of coronavirus in the area of Dhaka under its purview.
20 March 2020, 12:13 PM

Coronavirus: National Zoo closed till March 31

The government has announced the closure of National Zoo located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area from today to March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
20 March 2020, 11:11 AM

Female ‘Neo-JMB’ leader held in Dhaka

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrests an alleged woman leader of “Neo JMB” from Dhaka.
20 March 2020, 10:19 AM