China seals off millions more people near the epicentre of a virus outbreak, shutting down public transport in an eighth city in an unprecedented quarantine effort as the death toll climbed to 26.

The authorities of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) suspend 15 students for their alleged involvement in ragging.

A fire breaks out in the Sylhet-bound Parabat Express train at Brahmanbaria Rail Station.

The fire breaks out in Chalantika slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur area around 4:15am, Lima Khanam, an official at Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, tells The Daily Star.

A 23-year-old woman dies after being run over by a covered van and her mother is injured in the same accident in Dhaka’s Wari area.

A nurse working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia becomes the first Indian to be infected by the deadly coronavirus that rages in China’s Wuhan province and has already left 17 dead so far.

Amid fears of the breakout of a new coronavirus in China, the Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh issues a press note informing people of the symptoms of the virus and precautionary methods that should be taken.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 23, 2020

​The Counter Terrorism unit of Chattogam Metropolitan Police submits its final report before a Chattogram court on the Biman plane hijacking bid, implicating the accused Polash Ahmed.

Oracle, one of the leading global business software providers,opens its first office in Bangladesh, where it began operations 20 years back.

Maces, a leading educational consultancy firm in Bangladesh, is all set to host an Applications Day to facilitate applications for study abroad in the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, and Australia for the upcoming session.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury in parliament says there were 49,558 river grabbers across the country, with the highest -- 5,906 grabbers -- in Cumilla district.

The Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab) criticises the civil aviation ministry's proposal to increase airfare for each Hajj pilgrim by Tk 12,000 this year, terming the proposal “illogical and immoral”.

Dr Charles Chen Yidan, founder of Yidan Prize, presents the prestigious award for educational development to Brac Founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s family in Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today observed Bangladesh Army's winter exercise, "Operation Bijoy Gourab", at an island in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali.

Finally, what the Rohingyas have been crying out and what Bangladesh has been saying at the top of its voice has been recognised at the World Court. We hope the whole world is now listening at last.

The verdict of the International Court of Justice hopefully will stop recurrence of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the world, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in an instant reaction.

In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling with no possibility of appeal - and no means of enforcement.

The Gambia says the verdict of the International Court of Justice is a major step towards holding Myanmar accountable for alleged acts of Genocide against Rohingya.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly has killed four Bangladeshi nationals, said to be cattle traders, along the Noagaon and Jashore borders.