China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.

American tech giant Intel announces its board has elected with immediate effect a new chairman who had grown up in Bangladesh.

Two persons -- son of a police officer and a businessman-- who have been missing from the capital for a few days are found.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrest four people, including the mastermind, in connection with a case filed over the murder attempt on Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali.

The condition of veteran Bengali poet and literary critic Shankha Ghosh, who is in hospital, has improved and is now stable, doctors attending him say.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that baul singer Shariat Sarkar was arrested for his involvement in crime, and that it had nothing to do with singing baul songs.

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A forest official, his assistant and a local have been injured after a group of locals allegedly attacked them and torched their motorcycle in Gazipur.

Over 50 teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University bring out a procession on campus demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam for her alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.

Private vehicles will be restricted on Dhaka streets during the city corporation elections, EC Secretary Md Alamgir says.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal during the parliament session presents a list of individuals and corporations who defaulted on their loans.

Bangladesh advances eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.

The Criminal Investigation Department is going to launch a sophisticated forensic laboratory in Rajshahi for crimes committed in Rajshahi and Rangpur regions.

Paperfly, a Bangladeshi home delivery logistics company having the widest coverage, is all set to start its operation exclusively for Facebook-centric online startups with exciting and relatable new offers.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that would be used in the upcoming elections to Dhaka North and South city corporations are of high quality and would not make it possible to cast fake votes using those.

Four students of Dhaka University are beaten up on campus allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.

Indicating that migration is an integral path to development, both for the host as well as the country of origin, Bangladesh foreign minister yesterday said the country is a leader in adoption of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM).

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Harvey Weinstein is starring in the biggest trial of its era — a landmark moment in a global reckoning that has empowered women while shining a light on power dynamics in workplaces from Hollywood Boulevard to Main Street.

The US Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose what they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.