Brazil has seen a record number of coronavirus deaths as the pandemic that has swept across the world begins to hit Latin America with its full force.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today urges the members of Student League to continue their struggle to protect the hard-earned independence of the country and establish socialism.

Abul Hashem was going to his betel leaf field in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila as a pillion passenger of his son’s motorcycle on May 10.

British lawmakers yesterday heaped fresh pressure on the government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, calling its testing regime “inadequate” in the early stages.

World Health Organization member states yesterday agreed to an independent probe into the UN agency’s coronavirus response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic.

Muslims across the country are set to observe the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr tonight.

At least four people with Covid-19 symptoms died in two districts since Monday evening.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today calls upon workers to maintain peace in the industrial areas and devote themselves to the task of reconstruction of the country’s war-ravaged economy.

The music room of Baul Ranesh Thakur of Sunamganj’s Derai upazila -- a notable disciple of Baul Shah Abdul Karim -- has been burnt down allegedly by unidentified miscreants.

Several thousand workers of at least 10 garment factories in Ashulia, Dhamrai, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Chattogram industrial belts demonstrated demanding to reopen their factories, salaries for May and Eid bonus.

The US has warned China against interfering with American journalists working in Hong Kong, as a row between the two countries escalated.

A High Court judge has been infected with novel coronavirus.

Major landmarks including Saint Peter’s Basilica and the Acropolis in Athens reopened yesterday as Europe accelerated its lockdown easing, but mounting coronavirus infections in Brazil, India and South Africa showed the worst is still to come in many countries.

A suspected criminal, who was accused of murdering his cousin, was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Bancharampur upazila early yesterday.

The head of the World Health Organization said yesterday an independent evaluation of the global coronavirus response would be launched as soon as possible, and China backed such a review.

A Canadian woman has come up with an ingenious way to safely hug her mother, even during the coronavirus pandemic: the “hug glove,” a plastic tarp with four sleeves hanging from a clothesline.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ensure supply of personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, to doctors, nurses, and staffers of all private hospitals and clinics across the country so that they can attend to the Covid-19 patients.

Bangladesh is likely to lose its labour market almost entirely in Lebanon, which is home to some 1.6 lakh Bangladeshis, as the Middle Eastern country has been fraught with various economic and political adversities coupled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today declares that Bangladesh needs help from friendly countries but such assistance must be without any strings attached.

Britain on Sunday reported 170 more coronavirus deaths -- its lowest number since late March, when lockdown restrictions were introduced, although the figures from Northern Ireland were not included.