A union parishad chairman and a member landed in jail on Thursday following allegations of stealing large amounts of wheat from the government’s food for work programme in Natore.

The authorities have been forced to suspend operations of ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route at night for the last one month due to strong currents in the Padma.

The coronavirus crisis has weighed heavily on print newspapers already battling for survival around the world, with the number of copies sold tumbling while less profitable digital readerships surge.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has expressed his deep sympathy for the flood-affected people of Bangladesh and instructed the government to undertake relief work on an emergency basis.

China’s foreign ministry firmly opposes executive orders announced by US President Donald Trump banning US transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok, Beijing said yesterday.

One night in May, around 11:00pm, Milon Hossain got a call from a Facebook-based blood donation group.

The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other officials for their role in curtailing political freedoms in the territory.

Malaysia’s ex-finance minister, now a key opposition figure, was charged with corruption yesterday over a $1.5 billion construction project, the latest government critic to be targeted since a scandal-plagued party returned to power.

Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call “traitors” of the kingdom -- but their growing clout has left the government uneasy.

Noted filmmakers and Stamford University students and teachers yesterday called for action to release Shahedul Islam Sifat and Shipra Debnath from jail.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged UN members not to support Cuba’s bid to join the organization’s Human Rights Council.

About 40 people are feared dead after a migrant vessel sank off the coast of Mauritania, the UN said yesterday, in a fresh tragedy along the Atlantic migration route to Europe.

Days of heavy rain could cause flooding or landslides across North Korea, officials warned, as the South said yesterday 16 people had died in the downpours lashing the peninsula.

Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a senior researcher said.

Seven people died with coronavirus symptoms at Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CuMCH) in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.

A private clinic in Jashore town has been sealed off following the death of a celebrated female cricket coach allegedly due to negligence and medical malpractice.

Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a way to detect space debris even in daylight hours, potentially helping satellites to avoid the ever-growing cloud of junk orbiting the planet.

A forester who was critically injured in an attack by land grabbers last week, died yesterday morning in Chattogram.

A Malaysian court has granted a 13-day remand for Rayhan Kabir, the Bangladeshi youth arrested for talking to the media about the Malaysian government’s treatment of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, after he was brought to a court yesterday morning.