People in general are neglecting rules of the lockdown in some districts, despite the operations of mobile courts.

Eleven people were killed after unknown gunmen attacked a town in southwestern Nigeria, police said on Sunday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government would look into overcharging Covid patients at private hospitals.

Key Indian cities re-opened for business yesterday, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands.

The United Nations said yesterday that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of work was four times worse than the 2008 economic crisis.

The UN nuclear watchdog’s head said yesterday it was “becoming increasingly difficult” to extend a temporary inspections arrangement with Iran, as Tehran and world powers try to salvage a nuclear deal.

Two more people were held in Satkhira’s bordering area yesterday over trafficking a young girl who returned home from India last month after escaping captivity of 77 days.

At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured yesterday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier, officials said.

Malaysia’s Immigration Department detained 156 immigrants, including 62 Bangladeshis, during an integrated operation at an illegal settlement in Cyberjaya city Sunday night.

The probe committee tasked with investigating alleged irregularities in procurement of medicine and medical equipment for Chuadanga Sadar Hospital and four upazila health complexes visited the district for the first time on Sunday, almost a year after its formation.

The reported statement of Pakistan President Yahya Khan that he would take “genuine refugees” back into Pakistan met with sharp reaction from the Bangladesh government today.

The government has decided to send Tk 25,000 as a subsidy to the hotel quarantine fee for Saudi Arabia-bound migrant workers to their bank accounts.

A senior ruling party MP yesterday in parliament lambasted the government for rampant corruption and money laundering in the country.

The government has revoked the state gallantry awards of four convicted killers of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Pakistani government removed from circulation today part of the nation’s currency in an effort to check the economic effects of looting from banks in East Pakistan.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is estimated to be 40 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant that caused the last wave of infections in the UK, Britain’s health minister said yesterday.

Using a snorkel and protective gloves, Pariama Hutasoit dives down into the clear waters off the Indonesian island of Bali to pull away plastic from a “reef star” installed by her conservation group to encourage new coral growth.

The moving of services related to National Identity cards from the Election Commission to the home ministry was contrary to the constitution, eminent citizens said yesterday.

Police have found information about Hefajat-e Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque’s involvement in local and external militant organisations.

Many cannot even imagine the brutalities an 18-year-old girl endured for more than two months.