Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has sent a telegram to His Majesty King Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, sovereign of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, requesting him to allow prospective

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.

Turkey’s top diplomat yesterday condemned US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “blatant ignorance” for suggesting President Donald Trump was trampling on democracy as if he were in Turkey.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked Bangladesh’s diplomats to reinforce economic diplomacy for expanding trade and business to achieve economic self-reliance for the country.

Thousands of farmers in India yesterday blocked roads and railway tracks in a protest against new legislation that they say could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers.

At least 2,191 people died with Covid-19 symptoms between March 22 and September 19 this year, said a report from the Center for Genocide Studies.

The Taliban have killed 28 paramilitary policemen in fighting in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, the latest losses in an ongoing siege of a government-controlled district that could tip into insurgent hands.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given Tk 1.75 crore as financial assistance to 35 families of the victims of Narayanganj mosque blasts.

North Korean troops shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it on fire in what was likely an effort to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, South Korea’s military said yesterday.

A Chakma woman was gang-raped in Khagrachhari early yesterday, while two teenage girls were gang-raped on Wednesday night in Benapole.

US President Donald Trump declined on Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November 3 election to Democratic rival Joe Biden and said he expected the election battle to end up before the Supreme Court.

Thirty-four police inspectors posted in Cox’s Bazar have been transferred out of the district.

Gaza rulers Hamas and their rivals in the occupied West Bank, Fatah, have agreed to hold the first Palestinian elections in nearly 15 years, officials from both sides told AFP yesterday, after two Arab countries normalised ties with Israel.

The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh has been summoned today to meet on October 12 at 9:30am at the Gono Parishad Bhaban.

The High Court yesterday formed a judicial inquiry committee to probe police actions regarding the arrest of three men and the subsequent confessions of the latter to raping and killing a girl who turned out to be alive.

Her strength is evident in her belief, her past, present and her dreams for the future. Fighting social norms, martial artist Santwana Rani Roy, 36, has made herself a fine example for women and girls of the country to live up to.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a “concerted global action” to effectively address the crisis arising out of the climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, the interior ministry said, seven months after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.