With no work for two months now, domestic help Bibi Rupban has been struggling to feed her five children three meals a day. Her husband, a rickshaw-puller, can hardly scrounge up enough for the family to live on.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his deep condolences to the bereaved family of Member of Constituent Assembly Abdul Gafur, who was abducted and killed on June 6, 1972.

Fighters loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government yesterday kept up their counter-offensive against forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar, but fighting slowed on the outskirts of the strategic city of Sirte.

More than 400 migrants disembarked in Malta overnight Saturday from four tourist boats in an about-face by the government that allowed them to land after nearly 40 days onboard.

Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday night against the government’s plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, an AFP reporter said.

Thousands of homeless people in Britain were given hotel rooms to protect them from coronavirus but as the outbreak slows, charities fear they could soon be back on the streets.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the historic Six-point Demand had emerged before the people of this part of Bengal as their demand for freedom since they had taken it as their right to live.

The global death toll from the coronavirus crossed 400,000 yesterday with fatalities accelerating in Latin America, as India overtook Spain to become the fifth worst-hit country by the outbreak.

The health condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for Covid-19 on May 24, is now stable.

A Rohingya man, suspected to be a robber, was killed in a “gunfight” with police near Shalbagan Rohingya camp at Hnila union in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night.

Some 1,011 Bangladeshi migrant workers returned home from Qatar, Kuwait, Maldives and Nigeria by five special flights on Saturday and Friday.

Former health minister and Awami League lawmaker Mohammed Nasim’s health condition remains unchanged and he is in a “very critical state” now.

In a forest rebounding after a wildfire 110 million years ago, an armoured dinosaur devoured a meal of tender ferns in western Canada before suffering a sudden death - perhaps drowning in a river or a flash flood - and being washed out to sea.

The historic Six-point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, is being observed today virtually across the country amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

The numbers related to Covid-19 infections and deaths in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan disguise both widespread undercounting and a rate of growth that was frightening even before the recent lifting of restrictions, the Economist reported.

The physical condition of former health minister and ruling Awami League MP Mohammed Nasim turned critical yesterday due to acute fluctuations in blood pressure.

There’s water all around Amena Begum. Yet, her son has to bring drinking water in a raft from a shallow tube well 2.5km away.

The nation observes the historic June 7 throughout the country with due solemnity. The grateful nation pays rich tribute to Manu Mia, Mujibullah,

Venezuelan authorities have detained three DirecTV executives after the US-owned television service’s decision to shut operations in the South American country due to US sanctions, their lawyer said Friday.

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government said they launched an offensive yesterday for slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown Sirte, as rival strongman Khalifa Haftar backed a ceasefire following a string of military setbacks.