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.

On the first day of the four-day tour of North Bengal, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits Bogura. Addressing a large

The 159th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore is being observed in the country today.

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.

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.

The World Health Organization said yesterday that a report that Covid-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was “not surprising”, and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases.

The BNP yesterday alleged that the government completely failed to contain the spread of Covid-19 and it was only active on television.

As many as 313 Bangladeshi followers of Tablighi Jamaat, according to the religious organisation, are stuck in India and living in dire straits following a nationwide manhunt by the Indian authorities.

Bangladesh extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 as thousands of Bangladeshis are already suffering from chronic diseases because of their past exposure to air pollution, according to the study conducted by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).