A day after imposing sanctions on Myanmar generals, the US has declared to immediately redirect $42.4 million assistance away from work that would have benefited the Myanmar government.

Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has condoled the demise of Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, founder of Association for Social Advancement (ASA), a leading microfinance institution.

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings.

At least 15 workers were killed and more than 30 injured as an explosion ripped through a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned today and apologised again for sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubled Olympics searching for a chief five months from the opening ceremony.

A mobile court has sentenced a Jubo League leader and two of his associates to different terms in jail for their alleged involvement in threatening mayoral candidates in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga last night.

At least 400,000 Yemeni children under five could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, four UN agencies said today.

Belarusian authorities have brought new charges against two prominent opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko who were jailed during mass protests, accusing them of extremism and trying to seize power, their lawyer said today.

Thirteen people have been arrested in Denmark in the last week for acquiring firearms and ingredients to make explosives on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in either Denmark or Germany, Danish police told reporters at a briefing today.

A driver was killed and six others injured in a road accident at Gaidghat area on Jashore-Magura highway early this morning.

Five people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

China is now in close discussion with Bangladesh over coronavirus vaccine assistance, said Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today.

The European Union provided crowd control training to specialist Myanmar police units which were allegedly involved in the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, according to a report published by The Guardian.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks to freeze the accounts of 64 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director Proshanta Kumar Halder for one more month.

A massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate left six people dead and dozens injured Thursday amid a winter storm that dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the US.

Britain’s economy will narrowly dodge a double-dip recession and will have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels within two years, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the Bank of England was unlikely to take borrowing costs negative.

A group of militants attacked a security post in a former Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed four troops and four insurgents, the country's military said today.

Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, founder and president of Association for Social Advancement (ASA), a leading microfinance institution serving millions of borrowers across the country, has been laid to rest at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard this afternoon.

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for tougher international action against the new junta on Friday after Washington announced a first round of sanctions following six days of pro-democracy demonstrations.

A Dhaka court today granted ad interim bail to Ron Haque Sikder, managing director (MD) of Sikder Group, after he was produced before the court in connection with an attempted murder case.