Fourteen people were feared dead at a nursing home in western Japan yesterday as record rainfall triggered massive floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than 200,000 residents.

A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force along the Telkupi border in the district’s Shibganj upazila yesterday.

She was around 11-year-old when she first came to Dhaka in 2012 to work as a domestic help from Dinajpur.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the BGMEA and BKMEA to grant leave to garment workers in phases before the Eid-ul-Azha.

Alabama and six other US states reported have record increases in coronavirus cases as Florida’s most populous county imposed a curfew ahead of the Independence Day weekend and Arkansas joined a push toward mandating mask-wearing in public.

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) has suspended four of its officials after they were found to be involved in bill inflating activities in a primary investigation.

The Election Commission has decided to hold by-elections to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies on July 14 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The onrush of water from upstream rivers and heavy rainfall have again inundated vast areas in the northern region of Bangladesh yesterday.

Aiming to put an end to the culture of lobbying, Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed directed officials concerned to formulate and implement a realistic transfer and posting policy for officers and members of the police force.

For guests at the “Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake” coffee comes in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendour.

Some 113 cases have been filed under the Digital Security Act in the first six months of this year in Bangladesh, UK-based rights group Article 19 said yesterday.

The continuous spread of Covid-19 and the consequent shutdown have made jobs rare and life harder for many daily wage earners of the capital.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today stresses the need to build good character with a view to establishing a new society in the free and

Former finance minister Wahidul Huq passed away in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. He was 87.

Exposed to highly contagious coronavirus, some people of the flood-hit areas in Bangladesh are now living in congested shelters and some on dykes.

Taiwan expelled two mainland Chinese journalists yesterday after a talk show on their channel pushed for Beijing “unifying” with the self-ruled island, in the latest sign of deteriorating ties between the two rivals.

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “shootout” with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early yesterday.

The Pentagon said Thursday it was “concerned” about Chinese military exercises around a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, noting the maneuvers will “further destabilise” the region.

Police arrested a physician in Pirojpur town on Thursday night in connection with a rape case filed by a 17-year-old girl, who worked at the doctor’s chamber.

Kuwait’s Public Prosecution decided to send two Kuwaiti officials to jail, while Parliamentary Legislative Committee has lifted immunity of two MPs for interrogation for their alleged involvement in human trafficking, money laundering and bribery linked to Bangladesh MP Shahid Islam.