The death toll from the collapse of a coronavirus quarantine facility in east China rose to 29 yesterday as the final victim was recovered from the rubble, authorities said.

Students clashed with riot police in Chile’s capital Santiago during protests that marked the second anniversary of conservative President Sebastian Pinera taking office on Wednesday.

Citing “the Communicable Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act, 2018”, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday published a circular that said hiding information about any COVID-19 patient is a punishable offence.

Iraqi and United Nations officials yesterday scrambled to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led coalition members and threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US tensions.

Two Rohingya “robbers” were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab on Shaplapur Marine Drive road in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday.

An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the imam of a mosque in the city’s Pallabi area yesterday morning.

The government yesterday published a revised list of names for “Swadhinata Padak 2020”, excluding SM Rois Uddin.

In the wake of the confirmation of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, the government has cancelled all parades and freedom fighters’ gatherings across the country -- planned for the occasion of Independence Day -- with a view to stop the spread of coronavirus.

A 2,000-year-old stela recently discovered in Guatemala has revealed examples of the genesis of Mayan writing, according to experts studying the ancient civilisation that dominated much of Central America.

A Japanese Parliamentary delegation headed by Takashi Hayakawa calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official

Bangladesh’s ranking has slipped to 115th from 112th a year ago in the rule of law index, drawn up by the US-based World Justice Project.

An uncle of Rajib Hossain, a third-year student of Titumir College, filed a no-confidence petition yesterday against the probe report submitted by Sub-Inspector Idris Ali of Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the case filed over Rajib’s death.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is heading towards a serious financial crisis due to the global coronavirus fallout.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his confidence that the friendship and brotherly ties between Bangladesh and

As many as 400 shanties were gutted as a devastating fire broke out at Rupnagar slum in the capital’s Mirpur yesterday.

Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas Tuesday to break up a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido as he seeks to ramp up demands for elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Two Russian military reconnaissance aircraft were intercepted and escorted for hours near Alaska by US and Canadian air force jets, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.

The only tourists outside Florence’s majestic cathedral were a suitcase-laden couple rushing to leave Italy, where a nationwide virus shutdown is devastating an already fragile tourism industry.

Beijing yesterday accused the United States of a “provocative” act by sending a warship into disputed territorial waters in the South China Sea.

Japan yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the killer tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, but the coronavirus outbreak forced public commemorations to be scaled back.