Thirty-four Covid-19 patients died and 1,282 more people tested positive for the virus in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday.

The local administration has saved seven minor girls from being the victims of child marriage in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila.

Ferry services at the Shimulia ferry terminal point have completely been halted since Friday night as river erosion has taken a devastating turn.

Deputy Inspector General of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Md Mainul Hasan has said everyone responsible for Narayanganj mosque blast will be brought under a speedy trial based on statements and evidence collected during the investigation.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow morning and will leave for Dhaka after a three-hour stopover.

A schoolboy who started a library in his village with only 10 books back in 2014 now supplies books to 30 salon-based mini-libraries in two upazilas with money earned from part-time jobs.

Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island yesterday as tensions simmered following the catastrophic fire that ripped through Europe’s largest migrant camp this week.

President Donald Trump on Thursday denied lying to Americans about the severity of the coronavirus after a bombshell new book by journalist Bob Woodward revealed that he deliberately downplayed the crisis.

A man was killed allegedly by a group of miscreants in broad daylight in Bogura’s Kahaloo upazila yesterday.

The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bringing about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed long-awaited “historic” peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban while on his way to the opening event in Qatar’s capital of Doha, late on Thursday.

Bangladesh reported 34 deaths and 1,792 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.

A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from representation when apportioning congressional seats.

An alleged thief was beaten to death by a mob in Bogura’s Nandigram upazila Thursday night.

The government has issued show-cause notices on five weeklies -- Hak Katha, Mukhapatra, Spokesman, Lal Pataka and Banglar Mukh -- asking authorities of these publications to explain why these should not be banned.

Police arrested four people for allegedly gang-raping a housewife in Noakhali’s Senbagh on Thursday night.

CTTC officials claimed to have arrested four Neo-JMB members who were involved in Paltan bomb blast in July this year.

Two lots of a diabetes controlling drug of Bangladesh origin were recalled in the US last month for containing a compound that has the potential to cause cancer.

Toxic industrial and medical waste and household sewage has been making its way into Bangladesh from Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura, for years through a cross-border canal putting the environment, health, and livelihoods in bordering Akhaura upazila at risk.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in an attempt to defuse tension after a spike in hostilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two nations.