The High Court has directed the authorities concerned of the government to ensure supply of personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, to the doctors, nurses and staff of all private hospitals and clinics across the country so that they can attend to coronavirus patients.

The severe cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ may cross Bangladesh coast, between Khulna-Chattogram, between Tuesday late night and Wednesday evening.

At least four people died of coronavirus-like symptoms in four districts between Saturday morning and yesterday afternoon.

A total of 3,447 people secured bail from the lower courts concerned across the country on the fourth day of virtual hearings of petitions.

Manusher Jonno Foundation expresses deep condolence over the deaths of several eminent personalities in the past couple of weeks.

A group of miscreants snatched Tk 50 lakh from a postmaster after shooting him in the leg at Kalihati upazila of Tangail today.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to protect 89,000 prisoners and the prison staff from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

With an aim to prevent spread of coronavirus, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has strengthened security at check-posts at the capital’s entry points so that no one can enter or leave the city without urgent need.

An alleged Rohingya drug peddler is killed in a gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The government has decided to appoint Md Mustafizur Rahman, current Bangladesh high commissioner to Singapore, as the next Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Offices and other international organisations in Geneva.

Over a hundred makeshift households, some NGO run primary schools and a health centre are gutted by fire at Kutupalang Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar. This is the second fire in less than a week that occurred in the cramped Rohingya settlements.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal number 4 as cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ approaches.

Local influential people and some government officials are getting involved in irregularities in rice procurement and taking bribes from farmers, according to an intelligence report of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

A village doctor died of corona-like symptoms while in home quarantine in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali last night.

Transparency International Bangladesh demands exemplary punishment for those involved in irregularities in preparing lists of beneficiaries of the government’s cash support for 50 lakh poor families.

Police recover the bodies of a couple and their one and a half year old daughter from their house in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur.

An alleged criminal is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The coronavirus pandemic has abruptly stalled city life. There is no public transport on the roads and people only travel for emergencies. But during the pandemic, many parents with children suffering from thalassemia are spending stressful days. They will have to survive the pandemic, collect blood for their sick child, and will have to go to the hospital for blood transfusion.

World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Covid-19 threatens to reverse development gains made by Bangladesh in the last 50 years and has appealed for $320 million to help the most vulnerable.

A 55-year-old man died from coronavirus-like symptoms at his home of Vedorganj upazila in Shariatpur.