Bangladesh has demanded that the Libyan authorities quickly investigate the killings of 26 Bangladeshis, alongside four Africans, and punish those involved in the brutal incident which took place on Thursday.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad today expressed deep concern over reopening of government and private offices, and public transport amid a surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths in the country.

The third episode of the ruling Awami League’s ongoing webinar titled ‘Beyond the Pandemic’ will be held at 8:30pm tomorrow.

A pharmaceutical company in Pakistan said it plans to import the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating coronavirus patients, from Bangladesh.

A youth, suspected to be a robber, is killed in reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion at Teknaf Sadar upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

The local government ministry suspends vice-chairman of Tangail district’s Sadar upazila for his alleged involvement in obstructing relief distribution and assaulting a project implementation officer.

Operations of road transport, following all health guidelines, will resume from June 1, Road Transport and Highway Division Secretary Nazrul Islam say.

The Minnesota State Patrol arrested a CNN reporter reporting live on television early Friday morning while covering the Minneapolis protests, without giving any reason, and led him and three crew members away in handcuffs.

A total of 20,938 people -- including 287 children -- who were accused under criminal charges, have secured bail from the lower courts across the country in the past 10 working days.

A newborn baby has tested Covid-19 positive in Chattogram General Hospital.

The Indian government-run Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) succeeds in establishing stable cultures of coronavirus from patients’ samples, in a development virologists say could help develop a vaccine against the contagion.

Crocodile Juliet has laid 52 eggs at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the Chandpai Range of the Eastern Sundarbans.

Indian capital Delhi today recorded a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus deaths due to the inclusion of fatalities that were “reported late”, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting officials.

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

Police seized 15 tonnes of government rice which were allegedly being smuggled from a local supply depot in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila this morning.

One-third of a total of 4,544 police personnel who were infected while discharging their duties have made a recovery till today afternoon.

An octogenarian man who tested positive for Covid-19 infection, died at his village home in Panchagarh, while a 23-year-old youth died with coronavirus-like symptoms at Thakurgaon.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's ruling party on Thursday terminated the membership of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, a move widely seen as an attmept to consolidate power as he faces a possible challenge to his nascent premiership.

The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) write a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her intervention for early resumption of trade with Bangladesh through land ports, which has remained suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Police arrest a youth on charges of raping an adolescent girl at a village under Manirampur upazila of Jashore.