A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

The fallout from Covid-19 has muffled the sound of looms and the buzz of the clothing markets this year during the peak business season for apparels, Eid-ul-Fitr.

Md Tareq Khan, a labourer of Siam Bricks, has been in Patuakhali jail for more than one and a half months, apparently for no fault of his own.

China yesterday accused the United States of trying to shift blame over the coronavirus, after President Donald Trump said the pandemic was a worse “attack” than Pearl Harbor or 9/11.

Some 96 garment workers and a staffer of a factory were found Covid-19 positive between April 9 and yesterday in the country, read a report of Bangladesh Garment Shramik Sanghati (BGSS).

A total of 199 people have died of Covid-19 so far but the details of these deaths have not yet been examined, said health officials.

A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with Covid-19 suggests the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year and is adapting to its human hosts, scientists said yesterday.

Three suspected robbers, including two siblings, were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

In a major progress, 95 percent boro paddy in haor areas has been harvested till yesterday despite a shortage of harvesters due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra will start providing 1,200 home-grown rapid testing kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday for validation.

At least 11 monkeys have allegedly been poisoned to death by some unidentified people in Madhya Khagdi area of Madaripur town.

On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman pays glowing tribute to the great poet.

Some 4,249 women faced different forms of domestic violence in April this year during the shutdown enforced to contain coronavirus spreading in the country, says a telesurvey report of Manusher Jonno Foundation.

The heir to the Samsung empire bowed in apology yesterday for company misconduct including a controversial plan for him to ascend to the leadership of the world’s largest smartphone maker.

Hungry people, some with children, begin to gather near Raju sculpture on Dhaka University campus after midnight, and by 3:00am, there are almost 400 of them sitting down expectantly on the street.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is today given lifetime membership of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu).

President Bashar al-Assad warned Monday of a “catastrophe” in war-battered Syria if the easing of lockdown measures against coronavirus is mishandled.

Two journalists landed in jail in Sunamganj and Cox’s Bazar yesterday, hours after they were picked up from their homes in connection with two cases filed under the Digital Security Act.

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter of a million yesterday, with the US government predicting a further surge in fatalities as an international vaccine drive garnered $8 billion in pledges.

Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be celebrated across the country today.