Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman maintains today that the Gono Parishad (Constituent Assembly) would soon present the country a constitution that would be “a beacon of light to the people”.

The Awami League Organising Committee (ALOC) suggests some amendments to the draft constitution, mainly related to fundamental rights,

EU commissioner Mariya Gabriel has tested positive for Covid-19, she said yesterday, the first top Brussels official known to have caught the coronavirus.

A 14-year-old Rohingya boy died of his wounds at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital early yesterday, four days after he was brutally beaten up inside a refugee camp and abducted by some Rohgingya criminals.

New cases of Covid-19 in the United States hit a two-month high with over 58,000 infections as the number of cases surged in Europe yesterday, and breached 10 million in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Along with three accused, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) officials yesterday visited the spot in Noakhali where a woman was gang-raped last month.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed to have rescued a kidnapped youth from Savar’s Anandapur area and arrested three juvenile gang members in connection with the incident.

US President Donald Trump was gearing up for a public speech at the White House for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election.

AL-backed mayoral candidate Zillur Rahman won the Chandpur municipality polls yesterday.

Speakers at a virtual session yesterday said the local and national NGOs in Bangladesh want to be recognised and appreciated for their important role in the development of the country.

Yesterday was the 35th death anniversary of Mahmudun Nabi Tareque, son of Alhaj AKM Nurun Nabi, a retired district registrar, said a press release.

China and Sri Lanka plan to restart discussions on a free trade agreement, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday, following a high-level meeting between the two countries.

Donald Trump said he hopes to resume campaigning today after receiving a green light from his doctor, even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepares to unveil plans to probe the president’s capacity to govern after contracting Covid-19.

Bangladesh should take proper steps to support sexual assault survivors so that they are treated timely with dignity and have access to services which are necessary to combat sexual violence against women, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement yesterday.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 17 Covid-19 deaths across the country in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the lowest in the last four and half months.

The World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Thursday, with the total rising by 338,779 in 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe.

Two teenagers, who were arrested by police for their alleged involvement in a murder in the port city’s Halishahar area last year, have been languishing in jail for 17 months without trial.

A World Peace Council Presidential Committee meeting in its closing session awards the highest honour -- ‘Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace’ -- to the leader of Bangladesh’s liberation struggle Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and three more outstanding peace leaders.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman maintains today that the Gono Parishad (Constitutent Assembly) in its forthcoming session would enact a constitution which would meet the expectations of the people and reflect their hopes and aspirations.

A Noakhali court yesterday placed two accused on remand in cases filed over the torture and gang rape of a woman.