A large number of garbage management workers in the capital have been working without any protective gear, putting themselves at grave risk of contracting coronavirus and other diseases.

France yesterday batted away criticism by China over a weapons deal with Taiwan, saying everyone’s focus at this time should be on fighting the coronavirus epidemic.

Germany and Estonia submitted Tuesday a resolution to the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world during the coronavirus pandemic, to replace one drafted by France and Tunisia that the United States has blocked.

Pinning down the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help in working out how Covid-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior WHO official told AFP.

In a mock test by the government for providing cash assistance to 50 lakh poor families, many listed national identification (NID) numbers did not match the ones on the national identification database of the election commission.

The Covid-19 pandemic has already pushed many middle-income families into poverty.

In an interview with the American Broadcasting Corporation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says that some big powers have been trying to destabilise South East Asia and the Middle East.

Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, a minister said yesterday.

Twitter said Monday it began tagging “misleading” and “disputed” claims about the coronavirus pandemic in a stepped-up effort to label potentially harmful content.

A rickshaw-puller and policeman died in Shariatpur and Barishal with Covid-19 like symptoms since Monday night.

The World Health Organization on Monday hailed dwindling Covid-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but called on nations to show “extreme vigilance” as they begin loosening their restrictions.

A physician of Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital was sued yesterday for allegedly raping a woman.

World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing coronavirus restrictions yesterday, despite upsurges in infections in parts of the world and warnings of a second wave epidemic.

Two men were killed in “gunfights” with police in Cox’s Bazar and Jashore early yesterday.

“A dog is fighting a fox, watch here quickly” -- said a Facebook post by one Md Monayem Khondokar on May 7.

Two Awami League activists were killed and three others injured in an attack by members of a rival group of the ruling party in the district’s Shailakupa upazila yesterday.

Swathes of Europe began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns yesterday, but the first new infections in weeks at China’s ground zero offered a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of cases.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided not to go for online classes for the time being considering a large number of students’ incapability to attend.

An alleged Rohingya drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila early Sunday.

The government has taken a decision to distribute khas land among landless peasants, says Land Minister Abdur Rab Serniabat. Under this scheme, initially, three lakh landless peasants will get land for cultivation purposes, he adds.