Mobile courts have fined 34 people with a total of Taka 84,000 on the charges their involvement in spreading rumours related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the district in the past two days. “Mobile courts led by the respective executive magistrates found the people guilty of the charges,”…

Locals were seen flouting social isolation directives yesterday as they went about purchasing essential items at the city’s kitchen markets.  Visits to the Amanatganj, Taltali, and Palashpur areas in the northern region, Rupatali in the south, and Kashipur in the west revealed that people…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three active members of the outlawed Ansar Al Islam from Cityhaat area under Shahmukhdum Police Station in the city last night, said the RAB sources here yesterday. The arrested persons were identified as Yousuf Ali alias Sourav, 21, Sakil Khan, 20, and…

More 780 expatriates were released from home-quarantine after they were found no symptoms of coronavirus completing their 14-day stay at home as quarantine period in all ten districts under Khulna division in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Talking to BSS yesterday, Assistant Director (Disease…

Khulna District Administration has taken up a ‘Door to Door’ service programme to send essential goods to the poor people during the Corona crisis through digital survey to stay them at their homes in a bid to contain spreading of corona virus in the city.  “We’ve started…

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the second consecutive day yesterday morning.  The city had a score of 167 at 08:01am, indicating that the air quality was ‘unhealthy’. A numerical value between 151 and 200 indicates that everyone…