The US economy created the fewest jobs in five months in October and more Americans are working part time, underscoring the challenges the next president faces to keep the recovery from the pandemic on track as fiscal stimulus dries up and new COVID-19 cases explode across the country.

The United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on “day one” if he wins the presidential election in the world’s worst-hit nation.

Thirteen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Police yesterday arrested three people on charges of gang raping a woman in Narayanganj Sadar upazila.

The Detective Branch of police claimed to have arrested four members of militant outfit “Neo JMB” in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila early yesterday.

The Eid-ul-Fitr on the free soil of Bangladesh is celebrated today in an atmosphere of joy and celebration.

German researchers are piecing together the life of a prehistoric woman who died more than 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic period, after her skeleton was found during excavation works for wind turbines.

In the hilly terrain of Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, right at the foot of the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, there is the grave of a visionary leader who dreamt of an independent Khasi state till his last day.

Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country was suspended for hours yesterday after the derailment of a fuel oil-laden train in Sreemangal. Meanwhile, two people died after a train hit a bus in Gazipur.

Detectives yesterday arrested Abul Hossain alias Hossain Ali, who allegedly spread the rumour that Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel demeaned the Holy Quran, in the capital’s Kuril Bishwa Road area.

Over 3,000 Bangladeshi expatriate workers have been stranded at home for several months as they cannot fly to Kuwait to rejoin work due to suspension of air communications between the two countries amid the pandemic.

Birangana Parul Rani died of old-age comp-lications at her house in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila town on Thursday night. She was 90.

Four members of a family, including a child, were killed and three others injured when a truck hit two other vehicles at Syedabad in Kasba upazila yesterday.

In a shift from the usual weather pattern, the country has witnessed around 50 percent more rainfall in the first nine months of this year, compared to the average rainfall in the corresponding period during the last 30 years.

A brief joint press statement issued at the conclusion of the Indo-Bangla talks held in Delhi notes that both sides are in complete agreement

The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on Thursday mostly because of mudslides as streets turned into rivers and bridges came tumbling down.

Potential US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy will emphasise on strengthening democracy and human rights globally -- a shift from that of incumbent President Donald Trump who focused on trade, said international relations analysts at Washington, DC.

The 36th span of the Padma bridge was installed yesterday, making a 5.4km stretch of the main structure visible.

A schoolgirl, who was allegedly gang-raped about a month ago, was raped again in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday.

Coronavirus cases hit new records in the United States as swathes of Italy returned to lockdown yesterday with the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe.