G20 countries have agreed for the first time on a common framework for restructuring government debt, in anticipation of the coronavirus crisis leaving some poorer nations struggling to pay and in need of relief.

The death toll in the typhoon-battered Philippines has risen to 27, an official said yesterday, after some of the worst flooding in years swamped villages and forced thousands to flee their homes.

The US Embassy in Dhaka will accept appointments for new applicants for F, J, and M visas from tomorrow.

The UN rights chief yesterday called for a full inquiry into possible war crimes in Ethiopia after reports emerged of a massacre of civilians in the Tigray region.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese firms deemed to be supplying or supporting Beijing’s military and security apparatus, earning a sharp rebuke from China.

Prof Mohammad Ali, former lawmaker of Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency, died at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital early yesterday. He was 76.

The ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong’s legislature was “the right medicine” for the city, China said, telling foreign governments the issue was none of their business.

Today is the 45th death anniversary of Majr Gen (retd) MA Rab, Bir Uttam, chief of staff of Liberation Forces and first honorary managing director of “Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust”, says a press release.

Bars and restaurants in America’s biggest city closed yesterday as the coronavirus outbreak surged across the United States and Europe, where Greece was being forced into a nighttime curfew.

Police yesterday arrested the muezzin of Burimari Central Mosque in connection to the beating and burning to death of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on October 29.

A huge gilded statue of a dog has been unveiled on a busy traffic circle in the capital of Turkmenistan by the country’s longtime leader, who has also written an ode to the local breed and gifted one to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Police in Teknaf are looking for a 27-year-old man accused of raping a sixth-grader.

US President-elect Joe Biden was pressing ahead with building his governing team yesterday, ignoring President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat and the present administration’s efforts to block a smooth power transmission.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today asks Works Minister Matiur Rahman to visit Katabari in Rayerbazar area to select a site for a memorial plaque bearing the names of the intellectuals who had been brutally murdered there by the Pakistan Army and their collaborators Al Badr on the eve of the surrender by the enemy in December, 1971.

Jagannath University student Tithy Sarkar faked her own abduction to divert attention from the allegations that she had hurt religious sentiment, Criminal Investigation Department officials said yesterday.

Lawmakers yesterday told parliament that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was one of the few statesmen in the world who made the supreme sacrifice for the people of his country.

Police yesterday arrested another director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-addiction Hospital in connection with a case filed over senior ASP Anisul Karim’s death on Monday.

Libyans at UN-led talks were to discuss the powers of a proposed transitional government yesterday, the UN said, as it steps up efforts to end years of conflict in the country.

Small, portable laser pointers could be used to guide lightning strikes, with a study suggesting the technology may prevent bolts from sparking wildfires, a researcher told AFP Thursday.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday filed a defamation case of Tk 100 crore against a female employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).