Malaysia will hold a general election when the novel coronavirus pandemic is over, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has said.

Combined recruitment test -- for the post of senior officer -- of seven banks and financial institutions has been postponed.

Ethiopian government forces have begun an offensive to capture the regional capital Mekelle in the rebellious northern Tigray region, a diplomat in direct contact with residents and the leader of Tigrayan forces say.

Police have rescued a 19-year-old while she was being sold to a brothel in Mongla upazila in Bagerhat after gang-rape.

The two day 47th session of 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC’s) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting began in Niamey, Niger today emphasising on the unity of Muslim world in addressing Islamophobia for peace and development.

Thirty-six people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said a communal force is creating unwanted debate over the establishment of sculptures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Police arrested a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League last night in a case filed for allegedly raping a tenth grader in Raipura upazila of Narsigndi.

Four people were killed and at least 20 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj this morning.

India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major roads into the capital, in protest against recent agricultural deregulation.

The body of a newborn was found in a septic tank early today, 38 hours after the parents said that their 15-day-old had gone missing from their home in Sadar upazila of Satkhira.

Police arrested a man with 14 gold bars worth Tk 1.43 crore from in front of New Rail Station in Chattogram city last night.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Saturday accused arch-foe Israel of acting as a "mercenary" for the US, blaming the Jewish state for assassinating one of Tehran's prominent nuclear scientists the day before.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Students of Rajshahi's Shah Makhdum Medical College have been protesting an attack on their fellows on the campus yesterday by the college's managerial staff.

Rima Sultana Rimu, one of the two Bangladeshi women named in the list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2020 revealed by the BBC, is a local role model.

The filling station operator, who was set on fire on Tuesday allegedly by his co-workers, died at a hospital in the capital early today.

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) express concern for and solidarity with the Mro communities facing threat of eviction from their ancestral lands, as well as other human rights violations

At least 11 students of Rajshahi’s Shah Makhdum Medical College and Hospital were injured yesterday evening in an attack allegedly by the college’s managerial staff after the students entered the campus to protest the privately-run college’s substandard education.

Hundreds of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists took to the streets in Chattogram to prevent Hefajat leader Mamunul Haque from attending an event in Hathazari in the evening today.