People of the northern and southern regions have been suffering through the bone-chilling cold that has been prevailing over one month in phases.

Joe Biden’s dogs Champ and Major have moved into the White House, reviving a long-standing tradition of presidential pets that was broken under Donald Trump.

The coronavirus crisis has worsened education inequality between rich and poor in Bangladesh as a huge number of students from poor families are not able to access the distance learning adopted by the government, according to a World Bank working paper.

Mohammad Kamrul Islam from Noakhali’s Purba Rajarampur was going to be another victim of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s “wrong investigation” like innocent jute mill worker Jaha Alam, who had been behind bars for more than three years due to ACC’s “wrong probe”.

Dhaka sees a ray of hope for Rohingya repatriation and restoring Generalised System of Preferences facilities as new US President Joe Biden is focusing on promoting democratic institutions, human rights and is supportive of the developing countries’ causes.

After a year of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, the provost committee of Dhaka University (DU) has finally recommended opening residential halls by the first week of March for its final-year and last-semester examinees at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Monday welcomed the arrest of an alleged militia commander in the Central African Republic, but said she remained “very concerned” about the country’s volatile situation.

Donald Trump opened an office in Florida on Monday that will handle his duties as a former US president and seek to further his administration’s agenda.

Jobless since the start of the pandemic, private university teacher Minhaj Hossain started seeking a job online and was soon drawn by the lure of an international militant outfit.

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades yesterday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flag atop dome after clashing with police, who fired tear gas to scatter them.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday issued fresh clinical advice for treating Covid-19 patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it advised using low-dose anti-coagulants to prevent blood clots.

Three police personnel, including a sub-inspector of Birganj Police Station, were injured as they came under attack by some land grabbers in the upazila yesterday.

A Rohingya man was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of Rohingyas at a refugee camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority have found different types of irregularities in 30 percent BRTC buses during a special drive this month.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,055 as the health authorities recorded 14 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Almost 3,000 Rohingyas will be relocated to Bhasan Char by the end of this month, a top official said.

Border restrictions were being tightened around the world yesterday in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat, after a weekend in which anger at social distancing rules bubbled over into fiery clashes in the Netherlands.

Not virtually, Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2021 will be held as usual from March 18 after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The railways ministry has reconstituted a committee investigating a South Korean company for violating some clauses of the contract under which 10 locomotives have been supplied to the Bangladesh Railway.

A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral reefs, was unveiled by British scientists.