Border restrictions were being tightened around the world yesterday in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat, after a weekend in which anger at social distancing rules bubbled over into fiery clashes in the Netherlands.

Not virtually, Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2021 will be held as usual from March 18 after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The railways ministry has reconstituted a committee investigating a South Korean company for violating some clauses of the contract under which 10 locomotives have been supplied to the Bangladesh Railway.

A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral reefs, was unveiled by British scientists.

Two Bangladeshis have been chosen by the Indian government for the prestigious Padma Shri award on the eve of India’s Republic Day.

The government has published the shortened syllabuses for the examinees of this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed five cases against 33 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director PK Halder, for allegedly laundering over Tk 350 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).

Rights defenders fear Iraq may give the green light to a spree of executions of convicted jihadists in a show of strength, days after a deadly suicide attack in Baghdad.

A Jashore court sent a madrasa teacher to jail on charge of raping a seven-year-old girl in Bhaberber village in Benapole yesterday.

A man who was an elected lawmaker not once but twice is now living like a pauper.

The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said yesterday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.

Cattle in the country’s northern districts are being infected with different cold-related diseases due to the bitter cold that has been prevailing over the region for the last couple of weeks.

Two teenagers were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Alikadom upazila of Bandarban early yesterday.

Officials yesterday recovered a property in Tangail worth Tk 50 crore from former minister Abdul Latif Siddique.

Police arrested a teenage boy and were looking for a young man on separate charges of rape in two districts yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued Inspector Shakil Uddin Ahamed for tampering with FIR of labour leader Nurul Islam murder case in Rajshahi’s Puthia in 2019.

Despite dozens of deaths of people shortly after they were vaccinated against coronavirus, scientists say the evidence available so far does not incriminate the new anti-Covid vaccines.

Dhaka would seek smooth supply of vaccine under the tripartite agreement on buying Covishield from Serum Institute of India when Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen visits Delhi from January 28-30.

Bangladesh recorded a daily infection rate of 3.34 percent, with 473 new cases reported until early yesterday.

Most pledges made by the mayoral aspirants of the two major parties -- Awami League and BNP -- in their manifestos for the January 27 Chattagram City Corporation election are beyond the legal and financial mandates of a mayor, experts said.