Forty-four people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, according to a press release of Directorate General of Health Services.

Ailing former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee is “deeply comatose” and his condition remained unchanged, the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi has said.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says around 3,000 people were subjected to extrajudicial killing in the hands of law enforcement agencies across the country --from January 2009 to December 2019.

A betel nut trader is killed in Morrelgonj upazila of Bagerhat.

A team of Detective Branch in Bogura apprehended three persons, including a local Juba League (JL) leader, along with Tk 1,200 crore in fake cheques from Tarash upazila in Sirajganj yesterday.

A Dhaka court adjourns the hearing on charge framing against eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates, till August 20.

Pakistan’s army chief will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend, officials say, seeking to calm diplomatic strains over Kashmir as financial support for Islamabad hangs in the balance.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has told ZDF television that he expected there would be a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months and definitely next year.

The water level has started to increase for the fourth time in Sirajganj, threatening prolonged floods in the district.

A Dhaka court has framed charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case filed for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank in 2016.

Customs officials have detained a man and seized around 3.7 kilograms of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

India reports a record single-day spurt of 66,999 Covid-19 cases, taking the country-wide total tally of infected patients to 23, 96,637.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be “an enormous price to pay” if Moscow is offering bounties to kill US soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the government will promote youth-led innovations and solutions to build greater resilience combating climate emergency.

At least four people are killed and three injuredin a head-on collision between a bus and a private car on Kurigram-Rangpur highway in Kurigram Sadar upazila.

Russia says the first batch of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as “groundless” safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow’s rapid approval of the drug.

Britain’s official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic has been lowered by over 5,000 because the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them.

Bidyanondo Foundation, a youth-led charity organisation, has announced that it will distribute free smartphones and laptops among students who come from families with financial constraints.

"Stepping out of the car, I started walking towards the rear. He [Sinha] also got down. I heard him saying, 'Calm down, calm down'… Moments later, I heard the gunshots… I saw Sinha lying on the ground," Shahadul Islam Sefat, who was accompanying Sinha, has said.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has said that sweeping new US sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington’s long- standing efforts to “choke” Syrians’ living standards.