A man showing symptoms of a SARS-like virus after visiting China is being held in isolation at his Australian home, in the country's first suspected case of the coronavirus, health officials say.

A Dhaka court takes cognisance of the charges against 25 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), accused in the Abrar Fahad murder case.

Norway's populist Progress Party says it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of a suspected Islamic State member and her two children last week.

Three Katyusha rockets fall inside Baghdad's Green Zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions, Iraqi police sources told Reuters.

When President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won’t be watching from inside the chamber or on television from the White House. He’ll be thousands of miles away at the Davos economic forum in the Swiss Alps, trying to charm global CEOs over dinner.

The Chinese official investigating a pneumonia outbreak stemming from a new coronavirus says the disease can spread from person to person but can be halted with increased vigilance, as authorities on Tuesday confirmed a fourth death.

A suspected drug peddler is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area.

Passengers who have travelled to China in the last 14 days and have flu-like symptoms will be screened at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, airport authorities say.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 20, 2020

A bill titled “Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2020” is placed in parliament aimed at extending the deadline for updating voters’ list till March 2 instead of January 31 every year.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun today identified 15 main obstacles to attracting local and foreign investment in the country in addition to the problem of gas availability.

Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) expresses deep concerns over the recent events surrounding the issuance of arrest warrant against Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and five of his colleagues.

A bill titled “Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Bill, 2020” is placed in the parliament, aimed at offloading 49 per cent share of the organisation in the share market.

The cabinet division in principle approves that there will be no quota system in public services for 8th grade and above.

The country’s stock of gas reserves will be exhausted in 11 years at the current rate of production, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid tells parliament.

A government-appointed panel established in Myanmar to probe allegations of abuses in Rakhine state in 2017 that drew global outrage says they had found no evidence of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

The High Court directs the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately shut down a total of 231 industries in Dhaka metropolitan area near Buriganga River.

China, which has positioned itself as the key mediator in resolving the Rohingya crisis, is finding the business of diplomacy tough going, with little signs that the crisis will soon be resolved.

Iran says it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the UN Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.

The Election Commission (EC) publishes the draft of an updated voter list with the registration of over 67 lakh new voters.