Thirty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country lost a progressive personality and a great fighter of secular spirit with the death of journalist, eminent cultural personality and valiant freedom fighter Kamal Lohani.

The World Health Organization warns of a "new and dangerous phase" of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections continued to surge in the Americas, with Brazil registering more than one million cases.

A retired doctor has died of coronavirus in Dhaka.

Chinese prosecutors says they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing.

The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and Progressive Voice (PV) call upon ASEAN leaders to address growing xenophobia toward undocumented migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

The lower courts across the country have granted bail to 6,047 people in five working days last week.

A Pakistani drone is shot down by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, says officials.

The World Bank has approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as well as build resilience to future crises.

Renowned journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani, who tested Covid-19 positive, dies at a city hospital at the age of 86.

US President Donald Trump threatens unspecified action against any protesters at his weekend re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a warning that his campaign said was not directed at peaceful demonstrators.

Former lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf) constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi has tested positive for coronavirus.

Amid a barrage of criticism, the director general of the health services directorate yesterday apologised for his comments on the possible duration of the coronavirus pandemic.

A man whose body was found from three different areas of Dhaka on June 15 had been murdered allegedly for Tk 60,000 that he owed his business partner.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the country’s armed forces have been given a free reign to take necessary steps to deal with the situation in Ladakh as he secured the backing of all opposition parties.

Known across the world for her campaign for girls’ education, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has finished her Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree at Oxford University.

A man has been arrested in Moulvibazar in connection with a case filed under the Digital Security Act for making “derogatory comments” about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Jatiya Oikyafront in a statement comes down heavily on the government for placing a “debt-dependent” national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal and terms it a budget of bankruptcy.

At least eight persons, including six Bangladeshi nationals and two South Koreans, have tested Covid-19 positive after flying to South Korea on the same flight from Bangladesh, reports The Korean Herald quoting Yonhap News Agency.

Police in Rajshahi took only nine hours to unravel a mysterious mugging, which turned out to have been staged by staffers of a Vivo mobile phone outlet to steal Tk 33 lakh.