It has been seen a significant improvement in the Sundarbans in the last few months amid the pandemic. The production of honey and wax has increased in the Sundarbans due to coronavirus situation and various reasons.

The contractor concerned has got six months more to complete construction work of the bridge on the Lohalia river adjacent to the district town.

Childbirth at government hospitals and healthcare facilities in the district fell sharply during the past several months amid the Covid-19 pandemic situation.

Thousands of people of several villages in Panchagarh’s Boda upazila are facing extreme sufferings as the lone road connecting the upazila headquarters got damaged badly due to erosion of the Karatoa river.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized 11 and a half maunds of hilsa fish being smuggled to India through the Goga border in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila early today.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) member Constable Md Abdullah, who is one of the accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, has given confessional statement before a Cox’s Bazar court tonight.

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) has expressed grave concern over the death of a man in custody of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) in Chattogram on August 16.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to bring 31 upazilas in 18 districts under hundred percent electricity coverage and will inaugurate two newly built power plants, 11 grid sub-stations and six transmission lines tomorrow.

Faridpur district unit Chhatra League President Nishan Mahmud Shamim today confessed to a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate that he, along with others, was involved in laundering Tk 2,000 crore.

The Election Commission (EC) has approved the draft of Political Party Registration Act.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the construction work of Padma Bridge might be completed by 2022.

Sub-inspector (SI) Shamim Al Mamun -- the investigation officer (IO) of the abduction case of a girl who was thought to have been raped and murdered before being found alive 51 days after her disappearance from Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila -- has been closed in the wake of allegations that he tortured the accused in remand and forced them to give a confessional statement in court.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division has launched a Citizen Portal (citizen.cptu.gov.bd) today that will allow access to public procurement data.

An eighth-grader was gang-raped by five youths in Kuakata of Patuakhali on Monday night, police said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today pressed charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Suspended inspector Liaqat Ali, the prime accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, along with six others including two other policemen, have been sued for allegedly extorting TK 2 lakh from a businessman threatening to kill him in crossfire.

Border Guard Bangladesh officials yesterday found Yaba pills for the first time in remote Tindu area of Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila.

The Election Commission (EC) will take action against officials involved in creating dual National Identity Cards (NIDs) for JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, already accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

A parliamentary watchdog today formed a sub-committee to investigate the alleged corruption in purchasing books for setting up Bangabandhu Corner at all government primary schools.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus.