A man is stabbed to death in a clash between a group supporting a ward councillor and another supporting his rival candidate at Kattali area in Chattogram.

A police official dies after being hit by a bus while trying to catch a mugger in Agargaon.

Bono, frontman of Irish rock band U2, writes a new song inspired by the Italians who were singing to each other from their balconies while being quarantined.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh bars three Bangladeshis from entering the country after they arrived from Sweden in a Qatar Airways flight.

The World Bank and IFC’s Boards of Directors approve an increased $14 billion package to fast-track financing and assist companies and countries in their efforts to prevent, detect and respond to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus.

Trial run of the first train for Dhaka’s metro rail project has begun in Japan, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited says in a Facebook post.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is planning to introduce free WiFi hotspots in 1,216 union parishads where it has its own fibre-optic connectivity, the state-owned telco’s managing director says on a Facebook Live video.

The family of missing journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol files an abduction case with Chawkbazar Model Police Station against some unknown persons.

Indian immigration officials refuse entry to a Nepalese student of Rangpur Community Medical College Hospital when he tried to enter the country through Burimari check post in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 18, 2020

At least 12 supporters of BNP candidate for the by-polls of Bogura-1 constituency are injured in two attacks during their electoral campaigns -- allegedly carried out by ruling party men today.

Brac has instructed all non-essential staff working at its head office in the capital’s Mohakhali to stay at home and work remotely from March 22 to March 25 as a preventive measure against the novel coronavirus.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is planning to introduce free Wi-Fi hotspots in 1,216 union parishads where the state owned company has its own fiber-optic connectivity, says its managing director on Facebook Live.

The government of China has decided to assist Bangladesh in fighting the outbreak of novel coronavirus in the country.

The number of tourists in Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts is falling following the detection of coronavirus in the country.

A court in Manikganj sentences a man to death for raping and murdering a child before burning her at Daulatpur upazila of the district on October 20, 2018.

Family members, friends and colleagues of the missing journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol form two separate human chains demanding that the authorities find him immediately.

The High Court directs the health ministry to issue a gazette notification by tomorrow declaring coronavirus a contagious disease and including the virus in the list of communicable diseases.

Concerns due to polluted air have been raised before, but now the warning rings louder as global experts say continued exposure to high levels of air pollution in cities can potentially increase the death rate from coronavirus infections.

Following the closure of schools, colleges and universities amid the coronavirus outbreak, people -- including teachers, students and professionals -- have been flocking Patenga beach despite warnings against public gatherings.