The government is trying to bring home the bodies of the 26 Bangladeshi migrants who were killed allegedly by human traffickers in Libya on Thursday.

Over 13.23 lakh examinees or their guardians have registered to get results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams -- set to be published online or via SMS tomorrow.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run functions of both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court through the virtual system from tomorrow till June 15 as en effort to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Thousands of protesters ignored a curfew and vows of a forceful police response to take to the Minneapolis streets for a fourth straight night, as the anger stoked by the police killing of George Floyd spread to more cities across the U.S.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a German government spokesman said Saturday.

Eighteen High Court judges, whose services were confirmed recently, are sworn in.

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology (SMUCT) founding chairman and freedom fighter, Imamul Kabir Shanto, dies of coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in the city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to engage local representatives more in containing the novel coronavirus in the country.

A special committee to reset bus fare recommends an 80 percent increase in bus fare, a member of the committee tells The Daily Star.

The UN Postal Administration, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, has issued a set of commemorative stamps as a tribute to UN peacekeepers and marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a grant of $231,178 to augment novel coronavirus disease related facilities in 134 urban primary health centres, called Nogor Swastho Kendro, across the country.

All train tickets would be sold online to ensure health safety of passengers.

West Bengal Police have arrested a top operative of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), wanted in cases filed with Bangladeshi police stations and also allegedly involved in a blast at a key Buddhist shrine in India in 2018, from a hideout in Murshidabad district.

Libyan human traffickers had demanded Tk 10 lakh ransom for Jashore’s Rakibul, one of the 26 Bangladeshi nationals killed by traffickers in the North African country, claimed family members.

Twenty-eight people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Though a Bangladeshi family lost their business in the uproar over the death of George Floyd, they continue to support demonstrators and helped medics treat the wounded, reports The New York Times.

India today recorded the highest single-day spike in the number of fresh coronavirus deaths and positive cases.

The 30th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge is installed, bringing 4.5 kilometres of the structure into view.

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completed his first year in office in his second successive tenure, he acknowledged the tremendous suffering of the poor and vulnerable due to the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown, but called for ensuring that “inconveniences do not turn into disasters.”

US President Donald Trump says he is severing ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the death toll from the disease spiked again in the United States and Brazil.