A police precinct in Minnesota went up in flames late Thursday in a third day of demonstrations as the so-called Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seethed over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man.

India reports its highest 24-hour spike of novel coronavirus cases, with 7,466 recorded in a day, according to the country’s health ministry.

The first time I met Mrs. Manzur was sometime in late 2002.

President Donald Trump signs an order seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content on their platforms in a move slammed by his critics as a legally dubious act of political revenge.

The National Technical Advisory Committee for Covid-19 has warned of the possibility of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases if health and safety measures are not implemented properly and strictly.

The family of a Libyan human trafficker killed 30 migrants, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, in revenge for his death, Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has said.

A traffic constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police who recently recovered from Covid-19 infection donates his plasma to a doctor suffering from coronavirus infection and undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Clothing manufacturers in India have asked the government to impose more duty on import of clothing items, especially from Bangladesh, to save their domestic industry.

The government has reduced the investment limit for postal savings scheme by two-thirds.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossainhas convenes a full court meeting with all judges of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court on Saturday to decide on whether regular court functions will resume or virtual court activities will continue from Sunday.

Two Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty, will be honoured at a United Nations ceremony as the UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Friday, May 29.

Two youths were killed and another was injured as two motorcycles collided on Minto Road in Dhaka this afternoon.

Millions of women worldwide are facing shortages of sanitary products, price hikes, and worsened stigma while managing periods during the coronavirus pandemic, a charity warns in a statement to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day.

Bangladesh Railway will resume operations of intercity train services on a limited scale from May 31.

A Lalmonirhat court sends a college student to jail on charge of raping a second grader in Kaliganj upazila of the district.

The two stock markets in the country will resume exchange of shares and equities from Sunday, May 31 -- more than two months following suspension on the operations due to Covid-19 outbreak.

Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) in Chattogram has announced that they will be suspending Covid-19 testing operations for three days after three staffers of its laboratory tested positive for coronavirus.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) gives permission to Chittagong University (CU) for conducting coronavirus tests at its lab after the university made a request in this regard.

The Bangladesh Bank has today asked banks to keep all their branches across the country open from May 31.

Half-yearly exams of secondary schools will be deferred due to closure of educational institutions to curb coronavirus transmission, said Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) officials.