Thailand cancels the grant of visa on arrival for 18 countries and visa exemption for three others to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the country's interior minister said.

A road accident in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila has left a motorcycle rider injured and the pillion rider dead.

Voting at the two-day annual election of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has begun.

Panama's health minister has confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus in the country, including one death, the first virus-linked death in Central America.

Joe Biden moves a step closer to a November showdown with Donald Trump, notching up big primary wins over Bernie Sanders, his sole remaining challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36 percent, the Civil Protection Agency says, the largest rise in absolute numbers since the contagion came to light on February 21.

The United States on Tuesday granted Chinese telecom giant Huawei another 45 days to continue doing business with American companies.

Around 200 shanties have been damaged as a blaze swept through a slum in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area, police have said.

British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus, raising concerns about whether senior government figures have been infected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the door to constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power until 2036, but said he favored term limits once the country became politically “mature”.

A man from London becomes the second person to be cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors say, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment.

The body of a male newborn is recovered from a dustbin in Old Dhaka’s Kaltabazar area.

The hand of Fahima Begum, a college teacher, has been reattached in a six-hour long surgery after it was severed in a road accident in Gopalganj.

A police inspector in Manikganj has been closed after an allegation of sexually harassing a woman was brought against him.

The average life expectancy of goldsmiths in Bangladesh is 59, in stark contrast with the national life expectancy of 72.3 years, according to a study by the Department of Public Health and Informatics (DPHI) at BSMMU.

A screenshot of a report published on The Daily Star in 2018 is being circulated on social media at the moment, claiming that the government has instructed schools and colleges to stay closed.

Mobile courts fine at least 19 stores, including pharmacies, in Dhaka city, Savar, Narayanganj and Manikganj for selling products such as surgical masks, hand sanitisers and different medicines at prices higher than usual.

The High Court again refuses to grant bail to Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza -- which collapsed leaving at least 1,135 people in April, 2013 -- in a corruption case filed on charge of committing irregularities in constructing the building.

Manabzamin Editor-in-Chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury and 31 others have been sued under the Digital Security Act on charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media”.

The High Court rejects a bail petition of GK Shamim’s four bodyguards, a top government-listed contractor, in a money laundering case.