Kanye West, the entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to "reach for the stars, so if you fall, you land on a cloud," claimed Saturday he is challenging Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020.

Md Abul Kasem Azad, deputy director of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of Bogura, died of Covid-19 in Mymensingh this morning.

A doa mahfil will be held at 5:30pm today in remembrance of Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group.

India reported a record single-day spike of 24,850 coronavirus cases while 613 people succumbed to the disease in a day, the highest so far, health ministry data showed today.

Visva Bharati University has decided to cancel the century-old “Poush Mela” in Santiniketan this year and the 'Basanto Utsav' next year in the wake of a letter by Indian human resources development ministry advising against any large gathering on campus for the coronavirus scare.

An Indian man said he paid about $4,000 for a bespoke gold face mask to protect him from the coronavirus raging in the country.

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left about 20 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations on Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen perished and scores are still stranded.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with Covid-19 after they failed to reduce mortality.

Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party has “closed” two members of the force who allegedly assaulted a photojournalist of a Bangla daily newspaper alongside a private university student on the premises of Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said he tested positive for Covid-19, days after holding high-profile meetings including one with US special representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad.

Garment exports to the US -- Bangladesh’s single largest apparel export destination -- has declined by 12.50 percent year on year to 2.32 billion USD between January and May in 2020, according to the latest US OTEXA data.

Dr Farzana Hussain, a British-Bangladeshi general practitioner and a staff member of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, is among the health professionals who have been portrayed on billboards across London to mark the 72nd anniversary of the NHS.

People accused of criminal cases can surrender before the courts of Chief Judicial Magistrates (CJM) and Chief Metropolitan Magistrates (CMM) across the country while seeking bail in the cases against them.

A physician performed several caesarean surgeries at different clinics in Kushtia on Thursday -- a day after he gave samples for Covid-19 testing, keeping the mothers and newborns at risk of being infected with the coronavirus.

Two more foreign airlines -- Malindo Air, a Malaysian premium airline and Mihin Lanka, a low-cost airline owned by the Sri Lankan government -- have received permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to resume flights from Dhaka on a limited scale.

Britain will end coronavirus quarantines for people arriving in England from more than 50 countries, including Germany, France, Spain and Italy -- but not the United States -- the government has said.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled flight operations on all international routes except for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and London till July 30, due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The cast of Michael Bay’s pandemic-themed movie, Songbird, can take a breather for a while, as the movie has been issued a “do not work” order from the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

The officer-in-charge of Akkelpur Police Station in Joypurhat has been withdrawn for his alleged involvementin corruption and irregularities, including taking bribe.

In a move to ensure rational use of natural gas, state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has embarked on a plan to bring over 28 lakh consumers under prepaid metre system in phases.