Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher says.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on February 14, 2020

Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan dies of old age complications at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Five people die as a tourist boat capsizes in Kaptai lake in Rangamati, police say.

An attempt-to-murder case is filed against a teacher of Rajshahi University for allegedly assaulting one of his colleagues.

Thousands of students have been suffering from different problems, including the disruption of their regular education and athletics, due to sugarcane purchase centres that have been set up on their school grounds in Naldanga and Sadar upazilas of Natore.

The death toll from China's virus epidemic neared 1,400, as the United States complained of a "lack of transparency" from Beijing over its handling of a crisis that has fuelled global panic.

A female worker of a ready-made garment factory in Savar’s Ashuliya is allegedly raped by a local youth.

Twenty-nine human rights organisations urge Myanmar to lift internet restrictions in Rakhine and Chin states.

An environmental organisation in Cox’s Bazar submits a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, calling upon the authorities concerned of the government to take prompt measure to save Saint Martin’s island from pollution originating from tourism.

The authorities of Varendra University suspend three students on charge of raping a female student of Rajshahi University.

Celebrities and youth activists meet with UN officials, governments and civil society to launch Mission 1.5, a campaign that aims to bridge the gap between people and governments on ambitious climate action.

Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon in the parliament criticises the government for “playing a silent role over Middle East Peace Plan by US President Donald Trump”.

Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation threatens to file lawsuits against road safety crusader Ilias Kanchan across the country.

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in the parliament demands that the government amend the University Ordinance 1973 to force the four leading public universities to accept uniform admission test.

The 312 Bangladeshis returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan can go home on Saturday upon completion of a 14-day quarantine in Ashkona Hajj Camp, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Police arrest 16 youths on charge of gambling online on various sports in the Chattogram’s Riazuddin Bazar area.

Two more Bangladeshi expatriate workers in Singapore have been infected with the novel coronavirus— recently named Covid-19—with links to the previous two cases being confirmed, The Straits Times reports.

Bangla Academy, Swadhinata and Ekushey Padak winning veteran poet Nirmalendu Goon is hospitalised last night with pneumonia and respiratory complications.

US President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month.