France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, canceling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a Covid-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the administration to take extensive measures against rape and raise public awareness against such incidents in society.

Thailand's government banned protests and police arrested at least three protest leaders today in the face of escalating demonstrations targeting King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader.

The Directorate of Registration has collected Tk 2,194.44 crore as revenue through conducting registrations of deeds in the last three months of July, August and September.

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun this morning paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The US considers Bangladesh as the centerpiece in its Indo-Pacific Strategy, said US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun.

Officials of Chattogram Customs House recovered 160 gold bars worth around Tk 11 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport this morning.

Their business dented severely by the Covid-19 pandemic, owners of hotels, restaurants and other tourist-centric establishments operating in central Kolkata’s New Market, Sudder Street and Free School Street met West Bengal Tourism Minister Indranil Sen yesterday, seeking his help to persuade the federal Indian government to resume issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshis who make up a sizeable chunk of the customers.

Four persons -- a couple and their two children -- were killed at their house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira last night.

Noted actor Soumitra Chatterjee has tested negative for coronavirus and his condition has improved, doctors attending on him at a private hospital in Kolkata say.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise.

Around two hundred locals clashed with police in Sector-4 of Dhaka’s Uttara tonight following a rumour that a housemaid was killed by her employer in the area.

The US will engage with Myanmar anew over the Rohingya repatriation and human rights violations in Rakhine State after the national elections in Myanmar to be held on November 8, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said after a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun.

Newly appointed High Commissioner of India Vikram Kumar Doraiswami today said Bangladesh will get top priority in the trial, distribution, delivery and partial co-production of a potential Indian Covid-19 vaccine.

The government is going to introduce a new train on Rajshahi-Panchagarh route from tomorrow.

Police have revealed that the private university student Azizul Islam Mehedi from Chattogram, whose body was found in Hatirjheel lake, ‘murdered by childhood friend over Tk 2.5 lakh he had given him and some passport brokers to have some changes made in three passports’.

With 66 percent of vital oil shipments for India, Japan, and China, and 33 percent of the world’s bulk cargo passing through these waters, the Bay of Bengal is practically on the economic highway of the world. This has provided the impetus for growth of maritime enterprises of densely populated littoral countries including Bangladesh. Regional connectivity through the Bay of Bengal can change the fate of the South Asian people.

A 17-year-old was gang-raped, allegedly by three people, in Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar last night.

An accused today confessed to his involvement in the murder of journalist Ilias Hossain at Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Sunday.

An extra 10,000 children per month may die this year from malnutrition due to the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday.