Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of historic March 7.

US President Donald Trump announces he had chosen staunch ally Mark Meadows to be his new chief of staff -- the fourth person to hold the position since he took office.

Bodies of two minor sisters are found from their residence in Dakshin Goran area of Dhaka.

Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, the US media report, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler.

Kuwait suspends all flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri-Lanka for a week starting on Saturday, Kuwait's civil aviation directorate says in a tweet.

A Dhaka University student is killed when a passenger bus ran him over in Banani.

The number of people infected with coronavirus across the world surpasses 100,000 as the outbreak reached more countries and the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 6, 2020

A child dies when two boats carrying 40 members of a bridal party sink in Padma river in Rajshahi.

Myanmar’s legal counsel in an ongoing genocide trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) once compared the government’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, according to a previously unreleased video footage of 2013 obtained and published by Fortify Rights.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a non-government organisation, calls upon the young generation to come forward to stop oppression against women and children at a rally in Dhaka.

As the number of rape and violence against women is increasing, the government is considering formation of a commission to stop such incidents.

Two people are sued for sexually harassing a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) near the Victoria Park in Old Dhaka.

The nation is set to observe the historic March 7, commemorating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s landmark speech in 1971 which was touted as the indirect declaration of Bangladesh’s independence.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and other judges of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, placing wreaths at his grave in Tungipara upazila, Gopalganj, as a part of celebrating the “Mujib Borsho”.

At least 27 people are killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul, officials say, in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban.

Industries Minister Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun has said that the government will form a salt board in Cox’s Bazar and provide sufficient subsidy considering salt cultivation an agricultural pursuit.

Detectives Branch (DB) of police claim to have arrested two local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, with 30 pieces of yaba tablets in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.

Yaba baron Amin Huda, who was sentenced to 79 years of rigorous imprisonment, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka.

A construction worker of the Metro Rail project dies after an iron frame falls on him while he was working near the High Court area in the city.