The Bangladesh police have launched a hotline at police headquarters to promptly address incidents of violence against women; the numbers are 01320002001, 01320002002 and 0132000222

Following the railway authorities, the Dhaka Mass Transit Company asked passengers to wear masks to avoid Covid infection, amid a surge of cases in many areas of the country, including river resorts crowded for Eid holidays

Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain and a section of Dhaka South City Corporation employees continued the sit-in they began on 13 May in front of DSCC headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, demanding that he be formally appointed as mayor without further delay

Bangladesh has restored "except Israel" on passports, thus barring citizens from travelling there; the phrase "valid for all countries except Israel" was printed on Bangladeshi passports for decades and removed in the later years of ex PM Sheikh Hasina

33 fishers, including six women, were rescued from a den of pirates from a deep jungle in the Sundarbans: they were allegedly abducted for ransom days ago; the Coast Guard also recovered 16 fishing boats from the den but no pirate could be detained