More than 60 suspected undocumented migrants from Ethiopia were found dead yesterday in a cargo container in Mozambique’s northwest Tete province, a senior hospital official said.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said antimalarial drugs that are under investigation to treat the new coronavirus could be a “gift from God” despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven medicines.

In Turkey, sprinkling hands with cologne has long been a ritual for a visit to the barber, a meal at a restaurant or even a trip on the bus.

At least two workers died and another required medical attention allegedly after being exposed to toxic gases while manually dismantling a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday.

A suspected mugger has been beaten to death by a mob in Madhupur upazila of Tangail, said police.

Thirteen-year-old orphan Supra Bawri’s lives with her grandparents on the Jagchara tea estate in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar.

More and severe floods are likely in Bangladesh and India due to climate change, says a UN study published on March 21.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares today in Dhaka that the machinations of the foreign agents and so-called ultra-progressive and ultra-right elements would not be able to undo the hard-earned freedom of Bangladesh. Bangabandhu,

Until March 20, Vumi Book Café and Guest House in Bagerhat were like any other small-scale hotel, serving customers hearty meals and comfortable lodging.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for announcing $1.5 million as contribution to the Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund.

The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly “accelerating”, the World Health Organization warned yesterday, but said it was still possible to “change the trajectory” of the outbreak.

The Syrian government has announced the first case of the novel coronavirus in the war-torn country, days after starting measures to stem the spread of the pandemic.

Another Tripura child died of measles in a remote area of Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila.

The High Court yesterday directed police to immediately record Kurigram journalist Ariful Islam’s assault and attempted murder case against Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin, three of her colleagues, and the ansar personnel concerned.

The industries ministry yesterday banned the import of scrap ships until April 7 and asked around 100 foreigners on five ships, anchored at the deep sea of Sandeep channel of the Bay of Bengal, to be in quarantine for 14 days.

A housewife was gang-raped allegedly by Chhatra League activists in Char Sujanagar Bhabanipur area in Sujangar upazila on Sunday night.

Libya’s UN-recognised government declared a night-time curfew and closure of public spaces starting Sunday to keep the novel coronavirus out of areas it controls, while fighting continued south of the capital.

Like a giant tidal wave, the Covid-19 pandemic is battering the health systems of several European countries, leaving experts scrambling to know when it will reach its peak.

Dubai carrier Emirates yesterday announced it will suspend all passenger flights from March 25 amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Hundreds of Maoist rebels gunned down 17 Indian security forces in one of the deadliest ambushes in recent years by the militants, a police spokesman said.