Bangladesh government has banned inter district travel in an effort to control the surge of Coronavirus. However, with the festival of Eid approaching thousand of migrant workers and people from different region are defying COVID-19 restrictions to return to their native villages and celebrate Eid with their families.

Bangladesh: People defy COVID-19 restrictions to rush home for Eid

Bangladesh government has rejected a petition by jailed former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to go abroad on a medical visit, saying 'there is no judicial provision that permits a jailed convict to go abroad for treatment'.

Bangladesh: Jailed former PM Khaleda Zia’s plea for 'overseas treatment' rejected

Bangladesh on Thursday handed over 10,000 vials of Remdesivir injection to India as part of its medical assistance amid deteriorating COVID-19 situation in the neighbouring country. The doses of Remdesivir were produced by Beximco, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh sends 10,000 vials of Beximco's Remdesivir to India

Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan police, Mahbubur Rahman on Wednesday said that the Hefazat militants have confessed to creating a Taliban state in Bangladesh, similar to Afghanistan.

'Jamaat-Hefazat leaders determined to create Taliban state in Bangladesh'

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages Bangladesh, the country has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown till May 16. This decision has taken place to contain and combat the surge of coronavirus.

Nationwide lockdown in Bangladesh extended till May 16

A group of volunteers in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka dished up free Ramadan meals for the poor on Sunday (May 2) amid an extended lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

Volunteers dish up Ramadan meals for the poor amid Bangladesh lockdown

An overloaded speedboat allegedly driven by an inexperienced underage boy capsized in Bangladesh after collision with a sand laden vessel, killing at least 26 people while many others were missing, police said on Monday.

Twenty six killed in boat accident in Bangladesh

Bangladesh will close its land borders with India for the next 14 days due to the unprecedented surge of coronavirus cases in the neighbouring nation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen announced here on Sunday.

Bangladesh closes land borders with India amid spike in COVID-19 cases  

At least five people were killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh on Saturday after police opened fire on a crowd of workers protesting to demand unpaid wages and a pay rise at a Chinese-backed power plant, officials and police said.

Five people killed as police fire at protesting workers in Bangladesh

Russia has proposed to manufacture its 'Sputnik V' Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh in collaboration with local pharmaceutical firms under a co-production arrangement while Dhaka is searching other sources apart from India amidst a spike in infections in the country, according to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Bangladesh eyeing Russia's Sputnik vaccine production to overcome supply shortage from India

Hundreds of hardline Islamists have been arrested by Bangladesh police over the past week, officials said on Sunday, after deadly protests against the visit of India's leader.

Bangladesh cracks down on Islamist hardliners after protests against Indian PM 

Bangladesh has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown for yet another week to counter the spike in coronavirus infections, an official said on Monday. "The restrictions will continue for one more week from Thursday," the government`s Chief Information Officer Surodh Kumar Sarker told reporters here, referring to a senior officials` meeting that reviewed the latest Covid-19 situation.

COVID-19: Bangladesh extends lockdown for another week

Bangladesh is likely to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown for another week as the COVID-19 situation in the country continues to worsen."The ongoing nationwide lockdown is likely to be extended for another week, and the decision in this regard will come within a day or two," Dhaka Tribune quoted State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain as saying.

Bangladesh likely to extend lockdown for another week as COVID-19 situation worsens

Five people have been killed in a clash between police and workers at an under-construction power plant in Chittagong District in Bangladesh. At least 25 people were injured.

Bangladesh: Five killed in clash with police at under-construction power plant

Thousands of police patrolled the empty streets of the Bangladesh capital on Wednesday as the government enforced a strict nationwide lockdown to combat a deadly new coronavirus wave.

COVID-19: Bangladesh enforces tough lockdown to fight virus

As COVID-19 cases rise to an all time high, Bangladesh is going to a strict lockdown for the next 8 days. All offices, factories and transport services have been suspended; only emergency services will remain open in the country.

Bangladesh: 8 day strict lockdown begins after daily COVID cases rose to 7 month high

Shantir Ogrosena, a 10-day multinational military exercise in which troops of four countries including India participated, culminated on Monday at Bangabandhu Senanibas (BBS), Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Multinational military exercise 'Shantir Ogroshena 2021' concludes

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, a year after she was released from jail temporarily amidst the pandemic, according to media reports.

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia tests positive for Covid-19 

A protest over police enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in rural Bangladesh turned violent late Monday when a mob of demonstrators attacked a police station, with at least three people shot, police and a doctor said.

Bangladesh protest turns violent, 3 shot: Police 

At least eight people, including three women, were crushed under trees in Gaibandha district of Bangladesh as a violent thunderstorm called nor`westers packed with gale-speed wind, and rain thrashed at least 13 districts in northern, central, and western parts of the country on Sunday.

8 killed in violent thunderstorms in Bangladesh

The ruling could not have been more clear. One of soccer’s six regional bodies had engaged in discriminatory behavior against a female official by hindering her chances of getting a seat on its board and a leadership position with the sport’s global governing body, FIFA.

A soccer official proved her discrimination case. No one was punished.

The death toll of Sunday's ferry sinking in the Shitalakkhya River near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has risen to 26, according to official reports. The sunken ferry was extracted from the heavily polluted Shitalakshya River in the central district of Narayanganj as hundreds of onlookers and relatives of the missing watched from the shore.

At least 26 killed after ferry sinks in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh: People defy COVID-19 restrictions to rush home for Eid

Bangladesh: People defy COVID-19 restrictions to rush home for Eid

Bangladesh: Jailed former PM Khaleda Zia’s plea for 'overseas treatment' rejected

Bangladesh: Jailed former PM Khaleda Zia’s plea for 'overseas treatment' rejected

Bangladesh sends 10,000 vials of Beximco's Remdesivir to India

'Jamaat-Hefazat leaders determined to create Taliban state in Bangladesh'

Nationwide lockdown in Bangladesh extended till May 16

Volunteers dish up Ramadan meals for the poor amid Bangladesh lockdown

Twenty six killed in boat accident in Bangladesh

Bangladesh closes land borders with India amid spike in COVID-19 cases

Five people killed as police fire at protesting workers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh eyeing Russia's Sputnik vaccine production to overcome supply shortage from India

Bangladesh cracks down on Islamist hardliners after protests against Indian PM

COVID-19: Bangladesh extends lockdown for another week

Bangladesh likely to extend lockdown for another week as COVID-19 situation worsens

Bangladesh: Five killed in clash with police at under-construction power plant

COVID-19: Bangladesh enforces tough lockdown to fight virus

Bangladesh: 8 day strict lockdown begins after daily COVID cases rose to 7 month high

Bangladesh: Multinational military exercise 'Shantir Ogroshena 2021' concludes

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia tests positive for Covid-19

Bangladesh protest turns violent, 3 shot: Police

8 killed in violent thunderstorms in Bangladesh

A soccer official proved her discrimination case. No one was punished.

At least 26 killed after ferry sinks in Bangladesh