An endangered Asian Elephant died after it came in contact with an exposed live wire and was electrocuted to death in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar early today.

One new dengue case has been reported in the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am this morning, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

An Indian national has been killed and two others injured in a shooting incident allegedly by Nepal police along the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district.

BNP, the main opposition political party, says the government has placed an unimplementable national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal without taking any special measures to improve people’s lives and economy amid the prevailing coronavirus crisis.

Survivors of Covid-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. And while the jury’s still out, now scientists are testing if the donations might also prevent infection in the first place.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21 is a balanced one made to help the country’s economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban district Md Daudul Islam has tested positive for Covid-19.

India’s Supreme Court has described the state of affairs at the hospitals in Delhi as “horrendous” regarding treatment of patients and handling of bodies of those dying of Covid-19.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bangladesh Judicial Service Association and Universal Medical College Hospital Ltd to provide treatment to lower court judges infected with either Covid-19 or any other disease on a priority basis.

Five years ago, in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just northwest of Phnom Penh, Jessica Manning struck on a novel idea. Rather than spend more years in what felt like a futile search for a malaria vaccine, she would take on all mosquito-borne pathogens at once.

Terming the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal year an “as usual budget”, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said an innovative Covid-19 budget was needed to address the economic recovery amid the pandemic.

A 35-year-old man is hacked to death in Bogura’s Akashtara area.

Forty-six people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank, a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israel’s top newspaper on Friday.

India records more than 10,000 new cases in a 24-hour span for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak.

The doctor and two nurses who were on duty at the isolation unit for coronavirus patients at United Hospital fled from the scene soon after the fire broke out, handing over the responsibility of patients’ lives to a cleaner, says a police investigation report.

Senior journalist Moazzem Hossain Nannu sustains severe burn injuries in a fire at his home in Dhaka’s Aftabnagar area.

Australia has eliminated the novel coronavirus in many parts of the country, its chief medical officer said on Friday, clearing the way for sports fans to soon return to stadiums and for foreign students to prepare to fly back to classes.

Sony Corp unveils more than two dozen titles for its upcoming PlayStation 5 console, including a sequel to its hit “Spider-Man” title and the latest “Gran Turismo” racer, as it builds anticipation ahead of the planned year-end launch.

The Daily Star journalist Arun Bikash Dey has been awarded with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Chittagong University.