The death toll from coronavirus in Italy jumps to 52 and the total number of confirmed cases in Europe’s worst affected country climbs past the 2,000 mark.

A deadly blast shatters a period of relative calm in Afghanistan and the Taliban order fighters to resume operations against Afghan forces just two days after signing a deal to usher in peace.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir questions the timing of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming Dhaka visit in the wake of deadly sectarian violence in Delhi.

Bangladesh wants India to address the concerns of the Bangladeshi people caused by India’s “internal issues” and wants border killings brought down to zero, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a tweet that he plans to give up his social media accounts on various platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram fines five shipbreakers around Tk 60 lakh for building vessels without complying with the conditions set out in the environment clearance.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 2, 2020

India lifts the five-month-old ban on the export of onions of all varieties with effect from March 15.

A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader is killed and at least 10 activists injured in an attack reportedly carried out by Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila.

Police detain 35 Rohingyas, including 23 women and six children, in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar while they were preparing to illegally go to Malaysia.

Renowned economist and former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled has resigned from International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL), 25 days after he was appointed as its chairman following a High Court order.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has recently assigned a High Court bench for hearing and disposing of the death reference and appeals in the sensational Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case.

A Dhaka court places brothers Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan on six-day remand in a case filed under Special Power Act.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar expresses grave concern over the present voting system and underscores the need for reformation of the electoral process.

A High Court bench refuses to hold hearing on a writ petition that challenged the legality of Bangladesh Bank's decision which instructed the scheduled banks to set a maximum nine percent interest rate on all loans except credit cards.

German Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Fahrenholtz says that Germany is looking forward to further deepen bilateral relations with Bangladesh and would remain committed in its future partnership with the country.

India reports two more cases of coronavirus, including one in New Delhi, taking the number of positive cases to five so far.

Police officials in Moscow recently seized a custom-made vehicle with a likeness to the ‘Batmobile’ used by fictional crime-fighting superhero Batman in the “Batman V Superman” film, claiming the car does not fit road safety regulations.

Two persons were arrested on charges of torching a garment factory in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, after stealing apparel products worth over Tk 43 lakh on February 15, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla says India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been misunderstood in many ways, adding that it was undertaken on “humanitarian grounds”.