The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown led to more cases of domestic violence, said speakers at a virtual discussion organised by Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday.

Huthi rebels in Yemen have agreed to a United Nations mission to inspect and repair the abandoned fuel tanker Safer -- currently anchored off Hodeida and at risk of causing an oil spill -- the UN said Tuesday.

Myanmar should immediately schedule by-elections in areas where the Union Election Commission (UEC) cancelled the November 8 polls, Fortify Rights said yesterday.

Meghan Markle has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in July this year, writing in the New York Times yesterday of the deep grief and loss she endured with her husband Prince Harry.

The country saw a spike in daily Covid-19 deaths yesterday as the health authorities registered 39 deaths in 24 hours till 8:00am.

At least 37 people were killed and 15 injured yesterday when a bus and a truck crashed in southeastern Brazil, police said.

Officials warned Americans to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday as a restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force yesterday, while parts of Europe eyed looser coronavirus lockdowns over the festive season.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen have tested positive for coronavirus just before their scheduled visit to Niger to attend the foreign minister-level meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

An angry mob beat two escaping “robbers” to death in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila early yesterday.

Three Hindu families, with members who fought in the Liberation War, are now living in fear of attacks by land grabbers in Biroi village of Gafargaon, Mymensingh.

“Immediately, we’ve gotten outreach from the national security shop to just across the board,” Biden told NBC News’ Lester Holt in his first interview as President-elect.

The governments of Bangladesh and India regretted Pakistan’s failure to comply with the joint Indo-Bangladesh proposal to repatriate all families of Bangladesh nationals in Pakistan purely on humanitarian grounds,

Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission to probe into the allegations of money being laundered to Canada by some Bangladeshis, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

A woman fell victim to acid attack allegedly by her ex-husband in Natore’s Baraigram upazila on Monday night.

While on tour in central Thailand, British musician Paul Barton has been mobbed by unruly audiences that tug his hair, steal his music and climb over his piano.

A filling station operator in the capital’s Jurain was set on fire early yesterday allegedly by his co-workers, who police said had poured octane on the victim.

Two Bangladeshi women -- Rina Akhter, a former sex worker, and Rima Sultana Rimu, a teacher -- have been included in BBC’s annual list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.

Nearly four lakh women have been sexually assaulted during the liberation struggle in Bangladesh. At least 20 percent of them are either social outcasts or have lost their property or their bread-earning male family members.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to photojou-rnalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.