Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trump’s choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans.

Dhaka has urged Riyadh to increase flight frequency between Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to facilitate quick return of Bangladeshi migrant workers to their workplaces in the gulf nation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for better cooperation with neighbouring countries for the development of the people of this region.

People continued to suffer as flood situation in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram worsened yesterday following incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from the upstream.

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased by 2.37 percent than that of the previous week, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today holds a meeting of senior officials of Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) at the Gono Bhaban and reviews the activities of the government body. They discuss the problems faced by TCB in importing various essentials goods.

The government yesterday informed the High Court that it has reopened the Ramna Park in Dhaka, clearing the way for the people to walk and exercise in the park after more than six months.

Indian police hauled in Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone for questioning yesterday in an escalating drugs probe following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will discuss bilateral and current issues over phone today.

US President Donald Trump was set to unveil his Supreme Court nominee yesterday, barely five weeks out from the November 3 presidential election, with US media reporting that he has chosen conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the job.

Thirty-six people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ousting party general secretary Dr Reza Kibria, a faction of Gonoforum leaders on Saturday decided to hold the party’s national council on December 26 next.

Recurrence of flood and incessant rain are hitting people hard in the northern districts of the country.

By-election to Pabna-4 was held yesterday amid a low voter turnout and allegation and counter-allegation over the polls.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expresses his firm confidence that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country would ever remain intact under the united and coordinated efforts of the heroic Bangladesh Air force, the Army and the Navy.

The water has a yellowish tinge and is even somewhat black in parts. The strong stench it emanates keeps people from going near it.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. A five-year-old giant African pouched rat called Magawa, however, has to be one of the world’s most unlikely life-savers.

When the country was coping with the soaring price of onion because of Indian export ban earlier this month, vegetables farmer Shahinur Rahman was seeing bumper production of a new variety of local onion he planted two months ago.

Many areas in the country’s northern region have again been submerged by flash flood due to incessant rain and the onrushing water from the upstream.

Over 80% of people in Britain are not adhering to self-isolation guidelines when they have Covid-19 symptoms or had contact with someone who has tested positive, a study has found.