Bangladesh
US-Bangla Airlines brings back 48 Bangladeshis from Bangkok
US-Bangla Airlines has brought back a number of Bangladeshis stranded in Bangkok by a special flight amid coronavirus outbreak.
Jute Minister funds isolation centre, COVID-19 testing lab in Rupganj
Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has been providing funds for setting up a laboratory for coronavirus testing and an isolation centre at Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
Ex-Arakan Liberation Party member shot dead in Bandarban
A former member of Arakan Liberation Party, also known as ‘Mogh Party’, was shot dead in Kanaijopara area of Rowangchhari upazila on Friday morning.
Gunman solely responsible for murder: Minister Mozammel
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Friday condemned the killing of a man by his gunman.
Coronavirus: Four test positive in Jhalakathi
Four people tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Friday.
Industries at Pabna BSCIC continue production of medicines, essentials
The industries at Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial estate in Pabna are continuing their activities amid the coronavirus outbreak to ensure supply of medicines and essentials.
Four held for storing COVID-19 test kits
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday arrested four people for illegally storing COVID-19 test kits and protective gears and selling them at high prices at the city’s Bangla Motor.
22 shops destroyed in Cumilla fire
At least 22 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at the fruits market near Chandina Bus Station of Cumilla on Friday.
Rickshaw puller dies with fever, cough in Bogura
A 42-year-old rickshaw puller suffering from fever, cough and sneezing died at the isolation unit of Mohammad Ali Hospital of Bogura on Thursday night.
Barishal AL leader jailed for smuggling govt rice
A mobile court on Friday sentenced Banaripara Upazila AL Vice-President Yusuf Ali to a six-month imprisonment for embezzling government rice.