Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has said the city corporation is ready to implement the decision of area-based lockdown within 48 to 72 hours of announcement.

The documents connected with imports to and export from India will become fully electronic by this year-end, eliminating the need for human interface.

The Indian and Chinese army reached a consensus to "disengage" from all friction areas in eastern Ladakh at a marathon meeting of top military commanders from both sides on Monday, the Indian media reported today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the biggest achievement of Awami League through its sacrifices and endurance is the liberation of Bangladesh.

Forty-three people died from coronavirus infections, 3,412 were infected and 880 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Three people were killed and two were burnt in a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion in Hatia upazila of Noakhali last night.

Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, president of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), has tested positive for Covid-19.

A total of 269 people, most of whom are Bangladeshi expatriates, left Dhaka for Italy aboard a special chartered flight of Biman today.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been placed in the Parliament today to empower the BERC to make change in tariff more than once per financial year.

Indian daily Anandabazar Patrika has sought unconditional apology for using the word “khairati” in a recent news that described how China is attracting Bangladesh after the Indo-China clashes in Ladakh.

A 12-year-old Bangladeshi boy, a suspected victim of human trafficking, has been found by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in a railway wagon at Petrapole in West Bengal, and handed over to Indian Railway police.

Bangladesh has taken many positive initiatives towards inclusion in education but needs to do more in removing remaining barriers, says a new global report.

Organisers announce the cancellation of the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) which was expected to take place in January 2021.

An alleged drug peddler has been killed in a "shootout" with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Gazipur's Tongi upazila.

Saudi Arabia has announced to hold the Hajj this year with a “very limited number of pilgrims of various nationalities who already reside in the kingdom” as the country moves to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

Malaysia will not hire any new foreign workers until the year’s end, the country’s leading newspaper The Star has reported quoting its Human Resources Minister M Saravanan.

Bangladesh, being a major labour-exporting country, should raise its voice to realise the unpaid dues of the country’s migrant workers, many of whom have been repatriated arbitrarily in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, migration experts and advocacy groups have said.

Three men, including a Bangladeshi, have been arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs in Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya of Petaling District in Selangor, Malaysia.

The labour ministry has once again asked garment factory owners not to terminate workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, has said no one will remain poor and homeless in the country as her government is working relentlessly for the welfare of the nation and the countrymen.