The Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday suspended executive engineer of zone-1 Tanveer Ahmed and filed a departmental case against him for “negligence, misconduct, inefficiency and corruption.”

What does one do when one sees wrongdoing taking place in front of one’s very eyes? For most, the natural response would be to stop it in its tracks.

Faced with widespread criticism, the government yesterday backtracked on its decision -- made just a day before -- of not allowing people aged over 18 on the streets from August 11 unless they are vaccinated against Covid-19.

At least 4,200 families of Moulvibazar received food assistance under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) humanitarian assistance programme of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry today at Kulaura Girls High School field.

The health directorate has suspended Sajeda Afrin, assistant health inspector at Delduar Upazila Health Complex in Tangail -- for pushing needles into the arms of 30 people without injecting the Covid-19 vaccine.

Amid wide criticism on social media since yesterday, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has withdrawn the comment he made yesterday that unvaccinated people, aged 18 and above, will not be allowed to go out.

Health ministry has distanced itself from the comment made by Liberation War Affairs Minister yesterday.

The government will not allow any unvaccinated people aged 18 or above on the streets from August 11, the day it will relax the ongoing “lockdown”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said no one in Bangladesh would remain without shelter as her government was working to ensure access to affordable housing options for all.

The government is considering treating Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms by keeping them in hotels in the face of scarcity of hospital beds as the second wave of coronavirus cases sweep across the country, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Movement of those above 18-years-old without being vaccinated will be considered a punishable offence from August 11, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over newly-constructed flats to 300 low-income families as they were living in slums, enabling them to avail civic amenities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting the US to attend the UN General Assembly scheduled for September 14-26.

Mobile courts of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today handed out fines worth Tk 8.14 lakh to owners of under-construction buildings and houses after finding Aedes breeding grounds on their premises.

Some 3,000 jobless and distressed families were given humanitarian assistance aimed amid the countrywide lockdown to curb Covid-19 transmission.

The government has made a complete mess of the reopening of export-oriented factories amid “strict lockdown” enforced to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The country’s health system has collapsed due to the “wrong” policy of the government as it is suffering from “dependency syndrome”, said Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday.

A total of 21,056 candidates have passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination.

It seems the government can’t stick to its decisions when it comes to tackling the pandemic.

The government and the United Nations are close to finalising a protection policy for the Rohingya management in Bhasan Char, with a deal expected by the middle of next month.