Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases triggered by the transmission of the Delta variant, experts predict that Bangladesh may see a peak in the current wave of the virus in the third week of July.

At least 13 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today despite a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

​Despite being one of the most crucial and indispensable workforces for cities to function, the authorities have failed to ensure social and health safety of sanitation and waste workers of Bangladesh.

The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 today recommended “complete nationwide shutdown” for 14 days to curb the surge of infections.

U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters.

A total of 94 people were fined and 13 were imprisoned in the second day of weeklong lockdown in Khulna for defying the health guidelines.

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, who is an accused in a graft case.

The US and UN have discussed the international community’s efforts to help bring an end to the Myanmar military’s violence and repression that has been going on since the February 1 military coup.

With India being battered by the second wave of Covid-19 since February and an acute supply crunch of vaccine needed to cater to domestic requirement, Indian officials repeatedly made it clear that there is no ban on export of the made-in-India jabs but the sole focus was on meeting the need of its own people.

The Russian military said one of its warships in the Black Sea fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer away from an area near Crimea that Moscow claims as its territorial waters, but Britain denied that account and insisted its ship wasn’t fired upon.

On the second day of movement restrictions, thousands of Dhaka-bound passengers were seen gathering at the Banglabazar-Shimulia ghat today.

A seven-day strict lockdown has been announced in Bagerhat district to avoid unnecessary gatherings amid the surge of coronavirus infection.

Proactive decisions to control the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is yet to be the norm.

Shunned by rich countries and failing to meet the needs of the poorest, a programme co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is planning a shake-up, internal documents seen by Reuters show.

Aga Khan Mintu, Awami League’s nominee for the Dhaka 14 by-polls, is likely to be elected unopposed.

In exchange for their daily combat -- in unhygienic, hazardous and exhausting working conditions -- to keep Dhaka city clean, sanitation and waste workers get unsustainable wages, social stigma and absence of proper health support.

American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the US Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States' effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday press call.

RAM Ubaidul Moktadir, MP of Brahmanbaria-3 constituency, has filed a case against 19 named accused including Hefajat-e-Islam’s dissolved central committee joint secretary general Sajedur Rahman for tarnishing his personal image by holding a press conference after the violence in Brahmanbaria.

Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Ireland were among European Union countries condemning their peer Hungary on Tuesday for a new anti-LGBTQ law as the bloc zeroed in again on democratic failings in Budapest and its nationalist ally Warsaw.