The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed on charge of laundering Tk 11.2 crore.

Students of different institutions formed human chains across the country yesterday, demanding reopening of all educational institutions immediately.

Allocation for the education sector in the upcoming budget should be increased so that it can make up for the losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said an education advocacy and campaign network yesterday.

For the last two months, every morning Helena Khatun, a resident of Moilapota area in Khulna city, wakes up hoping that she will be able to manage enough water for the day.

The High Court is set to deliver its orders today on nine bail petitions filed by 18 convicts in a case filed over the attack on Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade at Kolaroa in Satkhira in 2002.

Ashraf Muhammad Iqbal, former chairman of Mongla Port, passed away on May 19.

The High Court yesterday called for documents from Bangladesh Krishi Bank about its decision of waiving interest of Tk 48 crore for Chattogram’s BNP leader and businessperson Abbas Ali.

Bahrain suspended entry of travellers from countries on its “Red List”, which includes Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, from yesterday, accordibng to the the country’s state news agency BNA.

Dialysis of kidney patients at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) resumed on Satuday after around one and a half months, after an expatriate Bangladeshi living in the united States financially helped repair a faulty water treatment plant, which was responsible for the halt.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police claimed to have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife by pouring petrol on her over an extramarital affair.

Today marks the 19th death anniversary of Prof Maliha Khatun PhD, a Begum Rokeya Padak laureate.

Three people were killed and three others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday.

A space has to be created for youth so that they can participate in the country’s development policy, said speakers at a virtual dialogue yesterday.

Officials of the Mujibnagar government on Saturday demanded that the government take necessary steps to preserve the building on Theatre Road in Kolkata, which housed the wartime government in 1971.

Women have become more vulnerable in the current Covid-19 pandemic, and it is crucial that 2020-2021 budgetary allocation reflects the consequences of the pandemic on women, said speakers at a pre-budget webinar yesterday.

To contain the spread of Covid-19 inside prisons and ensure better treatment of affected inmates, the government yesterday launched three isolation centres.

Dr Zillur Rahman Khan, a renowned Bangladeshi-American educationist and professor of political science, passed away while undergoing treatment at a nursing home in Orlando of Florida, USA on Saturday.

Information Mnister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the Rozina issue was an unwanted incident and hoped all the misunderstanding will be solved after her bail.

After a brief break following the Eid holiday, vaccination centres in Chattogram have resumed operations with second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Saturday. Only this time, they are providing 100 doses per day, due to severe shortage of stocks.

Although operation of long-route buses remained suspended during this Eid rush, at least 323 people were killed in 318 road crashes in 15 days, according to a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.