America’s top infectious diseases expert has warned the United States is facing a “serious problem” from a resurgent coronavirus as the illness puts the brakes on reopening two of the country’s largest states.

Around 80 shops and houses were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire at Rowangchhari Bazar of Bandarban early yesterday.

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order pledging to enforce prosecution for protesters who vandalise public memorials, as he announced he was skipping a weekend at his New Jersey golf resort to ensure “LAW & ORDER” in Washington.

The lone accused in the murder case of a Jubo League activist was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila early today.

Irregularities have been found in government cash assistance lists for tea workers in Moulvibazar, with fake NID numbers used multiple times.

US President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to strike down Obamacare, which has provided health insurance to tens of millions of Americans.

An man stabbed two people to death in the Scottish city of Glasgow yesterday before being shot dead by police, British media reported, in an attack that left a police officer critically injured.

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, along with changemakers from across the globe, will hold discussions on post-coronavirus world during the three-day Social Business Day conference that will continue till tomorrow.

Four people died with Covid-19 symptoms in the last 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday at the isolation unit of Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

The government is planning to establish six more public universities in four districts, which have no such universities.

A frontline fighter, Bangladesh Police has been the worst hit by Covid-19 as the number of its members found coronavirus positive is set to cross the 10,000-mark.

Bangladesh has narrowly escaped US sanctions over humanitarian and non-trade related assistance as the country has been upgraded to an upper-tier in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2020 launched by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo early yesterday.

The water levels of the Jamuna, Teesta and Dharla rivers have risen due to the heavy rainfall in the last few days, inundating many areas in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, and Kurigram.

Sixty-five-year-old Monirul Sarker was admitted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital’s isolation unit with breathing problems around 9:00pm on Monday.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits several flood-affected areas in Sylhet. The prime minister declares allocation of additional Tk 30 lakh for the flood-affected people.

More than 110 migrants drifting in the Mediterranean on two makeshift boats were rescued on Thursday in separate operations by a ship chartered by a French charity, an AFP reporter onboard said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he would open a dialogue with the European Union on China and voiced hope it would lead to tougher action.

The novel coronavirus pandemic had made more people vulnerable to human trafficking, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday as an annual US report added Afghanistan and Nicaragua to a list of worst offenders while Saudi Arabia was upgraded.

The international community pledged $1.8 billion at a conference to drum up support for Sudan on Thursday, in an effort to help the northeast African country battle economic woes after the ousting of long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir.

The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose government it considers illegitimate.