Malaysia’s parliament will vote on a new candidate for prime minister and if nobody can win majority support there will be a snap election, interim prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says.

A Bangladeshi aspirant pilgrim will have to spend a minimum of Tk 3,61,800 to perform hajj this year under private management, around Tk 17,000 more than the previous year.

'In Loving Memory of My Husband', wrote British citizen JCG on one of the five nameless gravestones at the Dunstone Cemetery, located 16 kilometers from Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.

Bangladesh is keen to engage in more bilateral trade and investment with US in the coming days for benefit of both countries, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun says.

A group of young tourists visiting Saint Martin’s Island collected around 500 kg of waste from various parts of the island over two days, in a bid to raise awareness regarding the environment among fellow tourists.

Waters read out an English translation of Aamir Aziz’s ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega’, introducing him as “a young poet and activist in Delhi involved in the fight against Modi and his racist Citizenship law.”

Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Müller said they will suspend all development cooperation with Myanmar until the country ensures safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has raised the power tariff by 5.3 percent at retail and 8.4 percent at wholesale levels.

Amid violence, there were many who whole-heartedly came out in support of those in need and offered help in every capacity. Gurdwaras in Delhi opened their doors for Muslim families forced to flee their homes. There were several warm stories of people saving lives of those targeted. In one such case, a Hindu man saved lives of his six Muslim neighbours when an unruly mob set their house on fire, reports India Times.

All Japan’s elementary, junior and high schools will be asked to close from March 2 until their upcoming spring break to help contain the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells a task force fighting the virus.

Here are the news headlines so far on February 27, 2020

India is pressing upon Myanmar for the safe, secure and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Rakhine, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the newly-elected mayors and councillors of the two Dhaka city corporations to pay special attention to keep mosquitoes in check -- particularly Aedes -- so that the insects do not “eat up their votes”.

Doctors confirm that Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has not been infected with the novel coronavirus.

A gunman has killed five co-workers at one of America's best-known breweries before turning the weapon on himself in the latest burst of mass gun violence in the US.

Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service and a subsidiary of global media powerhouse Disney, has blocked the latest episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” that dealt with a critical view of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports US-based technology publication Tech Crunch.

The High Court rejects a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail on health and humanitarian grounds in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

A Bangladeshi student at Visva-Bharati has been asked to leave India for participating in “anti-government activities” after she posted a few photographs -- on Facebook -- of protests against the citizenship law at the university, reports The Telegraph, India.

The newly-elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took oath for office.

Saudi Arabia suspends foreigners' entry for the Umrah pilgrimage and tourism from countries where the new coronavirus has spread, as a growing number of cases outside China deepened fears of a pandemic.