Police stepped up a manhunt Wednesday for a Belgian soldier with suspected extreme-right views and access to rocket launchers who went missing after threatening public figures -- including a renowned coronavirus expert.

An agreement is “shaping up” to bring the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiators said Wednesday, citing headway in efforts to break the impasse.

The trial of a German soldier who allegedly plotted to attack prominent politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee began yesterday in a bizarre case fuelling concerns over right-wing extremism.

Two men were killed and at least 10 more injured in a clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila.

The crisis of pure drinking water is deepening in Khulna division as the underground water level has also gone down in five previously unaffected districts, say experts.

India has ordered tighter surveillance of a rare fungal disease hitting Covid-19 patients, officials said yesterday, piling pressure on hospitals struggling with the world’s highest number of daily infections of the novel coronavirus.

A Hefajat-e-Islam activist died at a hospital in the capital yesterday while undergoing treatment in judicial custody.

Eleven people were killed and 10 injured in five road accidents in Tangail, Gazipur, Feni and Gopalganj yesterday amid the Covid-19 “lockdown”.

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi wants to use funds for the Rohingyas judiciously and create livelihood options for them.

The Pakistan military junta has failed to restore civil administration in areas under its control in Bangladesh despite desperate efforts and it would never be able to do so, Bangladesh Home Minister AHM Kamaruzzaman told UNI in an interview published in the Hindustan Times today.

More than seven years ago, in April 2014, the government had decided to build a new bridge at Kalurghat in Chattogram through a bilateral cooperation with South Korea.

A Roads and Highways Department project, which set a rare example being complete on time and saving around Tk 1,400 crore from its budget, has received a prestigious Japanese award.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged journalists to be patient and play a “responsible role” in dealing with the issue of Rozina Islam.

Bangladesh will purchase Covid-19 vaccines from China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).

Bangladesh yesterday witnessed 37 more Covid-19 related deaths in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

China yesterday accused the United States of threatening the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait after a US warship again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from its giant neighbour.

US President Joe Biden yesterday told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expects “significant de-escalation” in the military confrontation with the Palestinians, amid intense efforts to reach a ceasefire.

In a new turn to the Narada sting operation case relating to alleged corruption, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak have been made parties in a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation before the Calcutta High Court seeking transfer of trial outside the state.

Two alleged muggers were killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area early yesterday.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) said that 269 doctors across the country have lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection in the second wave of coronavirus pandemic as total caseload surged past 25 million yesterday.