India and China have agreed to stop sending more troops to the frontline in Ladakh and refrain from unilaterally changing the situation on the ground.

US President Donald Trump has said at the United Nations General Assembly that the world body “must hold China accountable” for its actions related to the outbreak, while China’s President Xi Jinping has called for enhanced cooperation over the pandemic and stressed that China had no intention of fighting “either a Cold War or a hot one” with any other country.

Bangladesh has requested the Saudi government to extend the tenure of ‘Iqama’ (valid work permit) and visa of Bangladeshi expatriates for three more months so that workers stuck here can return to the Gulf country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says action will be taken against the former vice president (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur as per law in a rape case filed against him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the UN General Assembly the World Health Organization should be strengthened to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and proposed a high-level conference on vaccine cooperation.

Seven people suffered burn injuries when they were melting iron at a steel mill in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today.

Global airlines called on Tuesday for airport Covid-19 tests for all departing international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly today that Beijing has “no intention to fight either a cold war or a hot one with any country,” as tensions grow between China and the United States.

A housewife allegedly died by suicide after failing to pay installments of loans from some local NGOs in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district early today.

Following a protest by migrant workers amid a shortage of tickets to Saudi Arabia, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) says it will permit Saudi Airlines to operate more flights so that Bangladeshi expatriates can return to their workplaces in the Gulf country.

The chartered flight that was expected to repatriate a group of 170 Bangladeshis from war-torn Libya has been suspended today.

The Supreme Court today acquitted Md Humayun Kabir, who had been incarcerated for 16 years and sentenced to death by a trial court for the abduction and murder of an eight-year-old in 2004.

Pollution from ten under-construction coal-based powerplants in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar could result in 30,000 deaths in 30 years once they go into operation, according to new research findings released today.

Although 93 percent of journeys in Dhaka are conducted on foot, by cycles, rickshaw or public transport, they are given least priority in transport planning, which is why the demand of private cars is increasing gradually, speakers said at a programme today.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has deteriorated again.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told people today to work from home where possible and ordered bars and restaurants to shut earlier in a bid to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of Covid-19.

Many stars of the film industry, including actors Shakib Khan, Sadika Parvin Popy, Mosharraf Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mahiya Mahi, Ziaul Faruq Apurba, Afran Nisho, Orchita Sporshia and Bappy Chowdhury are returning for shoots during this pandemic.

In a write-up published in The Guardian today, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the climate crisis and Covid-19 desperately need international cooperation.

Sharmin Jahan, proprietor of Aparajita International, walked out of jail after getting bail recently in a case filed over supplying fake N95 masks to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)'s Covid-19 isolation unit.

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a notice on the government requesting it to formulate a law prescribing an equal and absolute right of Hindu and Buddhist women on properties of their parents and husbands.