An alleged yaba trader is killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ukhiaupazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh and India discuss ways of working together to protect migrant workers of both countries who are employed in the overseas labour market, especially in the Middle East.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra will start giving 1,200 home-manufactured rapid testing kits in phases to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Saturday (May 9) for validation.

Bangladesh is going to repatriate at least 28,849 Bangladeshi migrants from Middle Eastern countries where they were either in the jail, deportation camps, or jobless, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

The government has given conditional permission to reopen mosques for all from tomorrow.

Some 4,249 women faced different forms of domestic violence in April this year during the nationwide shutdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

Three alleged robbers, including a pair of siblings, are killed in a “four-hour long gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Rapid Action Battalion arrests cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, writer Mushtaq Ahmed, and two others -- Didarul Islam Bhuiyan, an activist of a platform called ‘Rashtrachinta’, and Minhaz Mannan Emon, a businessman -- under the Digital Security Act, allegedly for making anti-government posts on Facebook, from the capital.

The government has taken an initiative to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic in a chartered flight either on May 14 or 15.

The patients in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila have started getting free telemedicine services at the union parishad premises, thanks to the initiative of Kumudini Hospital.

A group of youths in Thakurgaon town are being praised for their non-profit initiative named ‘30% discount store’.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad says the government is in continual talks with ministers of different countries which employ migrant workers from Bangladesh regarding protection of the workers amidst the Covid-19 outbreak and keeping their labour market intact post the pandemic.

The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) today extended the period of full waiver on the storage rent of import laden containers till May 16.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, in line with the government's decision, extends the ongoing closure of all courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court, till May 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Four ready-made garment workers, who tested positive for Covid-19 in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, have returned to Gazipur to join work.

Workers of a readymade garment factory stage a demonstration in Savar’s Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, demanding arrears and protesting the prolonged closure of the factory in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

All educational institutions will remain closed till May 30, on the occasion of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, says secondary and higher education secretary Mahbub Hossain.

Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bidyanondo Foundation, has announced that he will no longer remain chairperson of the volunteer organisation.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh extends the ongoing suspension of passenger flight operations with all countries, except China, until May 16 to contain spread of Covid-19 in the country.

Sixteen intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College test positive for Covid-19 days after another intern doctor of the same batch was reported positive.