Flood-hit people in different regions are going through hard times with little access to food and drinking water as many of them are yet to get the government relief materials.

China yesterday announced visa restrictions on US citizens who have “behaved egregiously” over Hong Kong, ahead of the expected approval by Chinese lawmakers of a controversial national security law for the city.

State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid yesterday told parliament that the government took six steps to correct the inflated electricity bills and collect electricity bills in arrears.

Torrential weekend rains killed at least 12 people in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, state media reported yesterday, as rising waters sparked mass evacuations during the annual flood season.

The US health secretary warned that the window to halt the spread of coronavirus across America was closing after a clutch of southern states reported record increases in cases.

A member of United People Democratic Front (UPDF) was reportedly shot dead at remote Hajachhara in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday.

Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.

Another policeman, who was infected with Covid-19, died at Central Police Hospital in the capital on Saturday night.

Three alleged robbers were killed and two others injured in a “gunfight” with Rab in the Sundarbans early yesterday.

Soviet Ambassador to Bangladesh Valentin Popov calls on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official residence.

A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday placed photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

A global fundraising meeting has raised 6.15 billion euros ($6.9 billion) from the United States, the European Commission and numerous countries including Bangladesh to fight Covid-19, with many participants stressing that an eventual vaccine should be available to anyone who needs it.

Flood situation in different districts worsened further yesterday as the rivers in these regions -- swelled by torrential rains in the last few days and onrush of water from the upstream rivers -- were flowing above the danger level.

Saudi Arabia said Saturday three Iranian boats were “forced to retreat” from its waters after warning shots were fired, according to state media.

Nine people died with Covid-19 symptoms over the last two days in Cumilla.

The Simla Conference between the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani president Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto begins in Simla, India.

The authorities of Rajshahi University yesterday suspended the teacher who was arrested under the Digital Security Act for “criticising” former health minister Mohammed Nasim.

Incessant rainfall coupled with the onrush of water in rivers from upstream has triggered flash floods in different regions across the country.

A court in Los Angeles has ordered the release of more than 100 children held in United States family immigration detention because of the risk they could catch coronavirus in the facilities.

Ethiopia said yesterday it was on schedule to begin filling a controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile River within weeks but vowed to try resolving its dispute with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan.