Beijing’s ambassador to London has warned Britain against stationing a new aircraft carrier in the Pacific, arguing it would be a “very dangerous move” in a newspaper interview published yesterday.

Prof Abul Hossain Khan Chowdhury, former director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), died with Covid-19 infection at Square Hospital in Dhaka around 10:15am yesterday.

Americans debated mask mandates and the reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday as state and local officials imposed conflicting orders and cases rose by more than 77,000 across the nation for the third day in a row.

The country yesterday crossed the grim milestone of 2 lakh novel coronavirus cases with no visible sign of decline in the number of virus infections.

The government yesterday appointed M Shaheen Iqbal chief of Bangladesh Navy after promoting him to the rank of vice admiral from rear admiral.

An Argentinian-German man wanted in Buenos Aires for crimes against humanity committed in the “dirty war” waged by the country’s former junta has been hiding in Berlin where authorities have refused his extradition, Bild daily reported yesterday.

Two suspected yaba traders were killed in what police said was a gunfight in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Although floodwater has started to recede in the northern districts, flood situation may deteriorate there again by the middle of the next week.

Four members of a family were found murdered inside their home in Tangail’s Madhupur yesterday.

Two more doctors died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at two city hospitals yesterday.

The UK has lauded Bangladesh for continuously playing a vital role in hosting the Rohingyas, but observed that the overall human rights situation in the country in 2019 saw no improvement.

Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan has been selected as the next United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Mango exports have declined by around 85 percent since 2016 due to negligence of a section of agricultural officials and exporters’ violation of rules of good agricultural practices for greater profits.

The spacecraft, launched from Florida in February, snapped the images in late May using the probe’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager as it orbited nearly 48 million miles (77 million km) from the sun’s surface, or roughly halfway between the sun and Earth.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits Adamjeenagar, Narayanganj and addresses a mammoth public meeting attended by workers in large number.

South Korea yesterday revoked the operation permits of two defector groups for sending anti-North Korea leaflets across the border, officials said, after Pyongyang furiously denounced their activities and blew up a liaison office.

Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed admitted that he made a fake certificate to show him Covid-19 positive, investigators said yesterday.

A British nuclear-powered submarine narrowly avoided crashing into a passenger ferry between Northern Ireland and Scotland, with disaster averted only because an officer spotted its periscope, a report revealed yesterday.

Rooppur Medicare, a private hospital in Pabna’s Ishwardi, was sealed off on charges of issuing fake Covid-19 certificates yesterday, a week after arresting its owner.

As the health ministry asked the health directorate on Wednesday to inform the Covid-19 test results to the patients in three days, officials of the directorate said that would be difficult due to human resource shortage.