The government has closed the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur area as part of a measure to combat the spread of coronavirus. “The National Zoo in Dhaka will remain shut from Friday to till March 31,” said a press release of the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry on Friday. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has urged all concerned to cooperate in this regard. He said they decided to close the National ...details

Out of fear stemmed from the coronavirus outbreak, city dwellers are rushing back to their villages with the closure of educational institutions and limited activities at government and private offices. Many officials and employees of government, semi-government and private offices have chosen to send their families to their village homes for their safety as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in the country. Those flocking to bus and launch terminal ...details

Bangla daily Manabzamin Editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury has been granted bail in a cased filed under Digital Security Act on charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media". The High Court (HC) bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan granted a four-week anticipatory bail after he submitted a petition in connection with the case. The HC asked him to surrender before the tribunal concerned ...details

Two foreigners have been sent back to their countries from Shahjalal International Airport on Monday as Bangladesh has suspended all kinds of on-arrival VISAs as coronavirus protective measure. The foreigners were from the UK and the Ivory Coast. Confirming the news, the Director of Airport Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul-Ahsan said: "The government has suspended on-arrival VISAs till March 31. These two foreigners came without any VISA that is why they have ...details

A youth was killed when a lorry was hit by another truck at the capital's Banglamotor earlier Friday(13 march). The deceased couldn't be identified immediately. Confirming the news, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station Abul Hasan said: "The youth was sleeping on the footpath in front of Zohora Square market at Banglamotor. He was crushed under the wheels of the lorry when it was hit by another truck around 3 ...details

A teacher of Dhaka's Willes Little Flower School lost her hand and 15 students received injuries when a bus carrying them met a road accident in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj today. The victim is identified as Fahima Begum, 50. The incident happened on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway around 12:30 pm. Nur Mohammad Sikander, a fire service station officer of Gopalganj said, "The incident took place at the Ghonapara area when Dhaka's Willes Little ...details

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start sale of advance tickets of its special service on Tuesday, aiming to ease journey of Eid holidaymakers. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader came up with the announcement on Monday after a meeting with the officials of BRTC and Depot managers at its head office in Motijheel. BRTC will operate 904 special buses while 54 buses will be kept standby to meet ...details

Police claim detainee arrested for drug abuse has committed suicide at Sonaimuri Police Station in Noakhali. The deceased, 23-year-old Tazul Islam Tushar, was an autorickshaw driver. Police detained Tushar on Friday night and placed him in custody at the police station. “Early this morning he committed suicide by hanging himself with his lungi,” Noakhali Additional Superintendent of Police AKM Zahirul Islam told. Police have filed an unnatural death case over the incident. An ...details

A contract was signed between Bangladesh Railway ese consortium on Thursday to conduct a feasibility study and detailed design for the much-hyped ‘Dhaka-Chattogram via Cumilla-Laksam High Speed Railway Project’.The contract was signed at Rail Bhaban between the government and the consortium of China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC) and Majumder Enterprise (ME).Project director Kamrul Ahsan signed the deal on behalf of Bangladesh Railway while CRDC business manager Liu Weichao on behalf ...details

Longing for a rain in the stifling summer heat of the past few days? Well it is here, and most likely, it is not going away for at least four or five more days. After last evening, the downpour came down heavy in the early morning hours, throwing chaos into city life and pulling a curtail of dull clouds over the blue sky. Bangladesh Meteorological Department said, it rained 81mm in ...details