Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to continue running the virtual functions of the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court until the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic situation improves in the country.

Veteran journalist and former chief editor and managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Deba Priya Barua died at his residence in the capital early today.

A fourth grader has been raped allegedly by a youth and his brother in Dhunat upazila of Bogura.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told parliament that the government scrutinised and dropped the names included through irregularities in the list of poor people for receiving cash assistance and only eligible people will receive the support.

A section of guardians demanded 50 percent waiver of tuition fees at all English medium schools due to the ongoing coronavirus situation as the authorities are conducting online classes for their students.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected bail petitions of 11 of the 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain who were arrested under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for their alleged involvement in tarnishing the image of the government.

A bill titled “The Fish and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Bill, 2020” was placed in the parliament in a bid to ensure tougher punishment for marketing and exporting fish products mixed with harmful chemicals.

Parliament passes a Bill titled “Adalat Kartrik Tathya Projukti Byabohar Bill 2020” [use of information communication technology by court] in a bid to empower country’s courts in carrying out trial proceedings through videoconferences and other digital means.

Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Zainul Abedin has urged Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to immediately resume the regular functions of courts across the country for the interest of lawyers and litigants.

A lighter vessel with 1,400 tonnes of scrap iron capsized at Karnaphuli River this morning.

Mentioning that there is diplomatic pressure for bringing back Bangladeshi expatriate workers from the Middle Eastern countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken multifaceted diplomatic initiatives to deal with it.

A man has been killed in a “gunfight” with police in Jor Debar Par area under Double Mooring Police Station of Chattogram, hours after he murdered his three-year-old nephew.

A special chartered flight of US-Bangla Airlines has brought back 162 Bangladeshis stranded in Singapore due to Covid-19.

The only ground in front of Kuakata Rakhine Mahila Market in Kalapara upazila of the district remains under water for six months of the year due to lack of proper drainage system. The field is used for public meetings, cultural functions and as helipad. Different political parties also arrange their party meetings here.

The number of patients in the community clinics sees a steady rise as the common people prefer to get health services at the locality instead of going to upazila and district hospitals during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has decided to recruit 2,000 more doctors to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. The Ministry of Health has already sent a letter to the ministry of public administration demanding the appointments. However, doctors are worried about the process by which they will be recruited.

Some 1,387 children across the country faced different forms of violence in the last six months since January, according to a study of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).

Three members of a family were killed as a private car fell into a roadside ditch in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla earlier today.

A virtual court places Abdus Salam, a supervisor of Moyur-2-launch, on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed over the death of 34 people in the Buriganga launch capsize that took place on June 29.

Four day labourers went missing as two boats capsized in the Padma River near Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia this morning.