Two men died in Gaibandha Sadar upazila during the demolition of a market building.

With the hope of building confidence in engineers and workers, the metro rail project authorities today opened two field hospitals for employees infected with coronavirus.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today urged expatriate Bangladeshis who want to return to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia to have patience.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 3,50,000 yaba pills, worth Tk 10 crore, at Hnila union adjacent to Naf River under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar last night.

The High Court grants ad-interim bail to Abul Asad -- editor of Bangla daily Sangram -- for one year in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on charges of “circulating provocative report and sedition”.

Saudi Arabia said today that it would start allowing pilgrims to perform Umrah gradually, taking necessary precautions.

The High Court has fixed September 29 for delivering its verdict on the rule over compensating Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after a bus of Green Line Paribahan ran him over in April 2018.

Doctors of Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital started a sit-in protest at the hospital director’s office, demanding accommodation as they were driven out from a designated hotel this noon.

Many Saudi returnees -- stranded in the country for over seven months due to the pandemic – demonstrated for the third consecutive day today in Dhaka, demanding government intervention to ensure their return to the Gulf country before their visas expire on September 30.

Nationwide Vitamin A-plus campaign is set to be held from October 4 to 17, with the aim to administer vitamin capsules to children aged between six to 59 months.

The High Court will deliver its verdict on September 29 on the suo moto (voluntary) rule issued over compensating Jaha Alam who suffered in jail for three years instead of the real accused in several corruption cases.

Ayushmann Khurrana, a versatile actor known for his performances in movies like Article 15 (2019), Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017), Badhaai Ho (2018), Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), Bala (2019) and Andhadhun (2018), among many other such super-hits has made it to the list of the world's 100 most influential people by the Time Magazine. The Vicky Donor (2012) actor will be sharing this accolade with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has also been named in the list.

Rescue workers battled rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai rose to 35, a senior government official said today.

Amazon.com Inc, the world’s biggest online retailer, announced the launch of a climate-friendly program today to help customers shop for sustainable products, as part of its commitment to be net carbon neutral by 2040.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, has questioned Myanmar for not fulfilling its commitment over Rohingya repatriation.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seized Tk 4 crore this morning from a bank account belonging to the brother-in-law of Cox's Bazar municipality mayor Mujibor Rahman.

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a man along with 29 turtles from a bus on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway in Patuakhali last night.

In his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for global solidarity to overcome Covid-19, and again called for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, by the end of the year.

The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis.

Gonoshasthya Kendra Founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has alleged that the government did not approve the coronavirus antibody and antigen kits developed by their organisation due to a “business motive”.