Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman accepts an invitation of the Swiss government for convalescence in that country.

Another approach road to a ferry pontoon at Shimulia terminal in Munshiganj went into the Padma yesterday morning, severely disrupting ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route.

People in the flood-hit northern and northeastern region of the country are now suffering from different waterborne diseases.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov 3 election, a more optimistic forecast than timing put forth by his own White House health experts.

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death yesterday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 3,300 homes ruined by flooding triggered by torrential rains across much of Sudan this week, the country’s civil defence organisation said yesterday.

A German neo-Nazi on trial over the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke yesterday admitted to the killing that has shocked the nation and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.

Describing Sheikh Kamal as a versatile person, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said he could have contributed a lot to society had he been alive today.

The alleged 1MDB mastermind and other suspects in the scandal are believed to be hiding out in China, Malaysia’s police chief said yesterday, urging authorities there to help hunt down the fugitives.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of country’s most bloody communal violence.

The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 700,000 yesterday, according to AFP and Reuters tallies, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.

With flood water receding, erosion has become devastating in 10 districts, devouring homesteads, croplands, educational institutions and other structures.

Bangladeshi expatriate Rayhan Kabir will be deported by Malaysia once the country’s attorney general’s chambers completes looking into the investigation papers of the case, Malaysia’s Immigration Department Director General Khairul Dzaimee Daud said yesterday.

A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram yesterday sent two men to jail on charges of raping three schoolgirls in the town’s Khulshi area.

Doctors in Brazil, the country with the second-highest number of cases and deaths in the coronavirus pandemic, have a new tool in their fight against Covid-19: artificial intelligence to detect infections.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today holds important discussions with Bangladeshi officials in London.

Bangladesh yesterday got the first tranche of the $1 billion loan pledged by Japan to bounce back from economic whiplash brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic.

The nation is observing the 79th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore today recalling the great poet who did not leave any human emotion untouched in his works, especially poems and songs.

At least 192 railway stingers and 220 roadway decks, supposed to be used for construction of Padma Bridge, fell into the Padma in between 2:00pm and 8:00pm on Friday as erosion hit a part of the bridge project’s construction yard.

China’s new security law has cast a threatening shadow over Hong Kong’s dynamic book industry, with anxious publishers combing through back catalogues for potentially “subversive” material, and looking to Taiwan as a safe haven for printing fresh titles.