US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese firms deemed to be supplying or supporting Beijing’s military and security apparatus, earning a sharp rebuke from China.

Prof Mohammad Ali, former lawmaker of Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency, died at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital early yesterday. He was 76.

The ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong’s legislature was “the right medicine” for the city, China said, telling foreign governments the issue was none of their business.

Today is the 45th death anniversary of Majr Gen (retd) MA Rab, Bir Uttam, chief of staff of Liberation Forces and first honorary managing director of “Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust”, says a press release.

Bars and restaurants in America’s biggest city closed yesterday as the coronavirus outbreak surged across the United States and Europe, where Greece was being forced into a nighttime curfew.

Police yesterday arrested the muezzin of Burimari Central Mosque in connection to the beating and burning to death of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on October 29.

A huge gilded statue of a dog has been unveiled on a busy traffic circle in the capital of Turkmenistan by the country’s longtime leader, who has also written an ode to the local breed and gifted one to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A Bangladeshi garment company urged the government to help relocate its 104 expatriate workers stranded in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn northern Tigray region.

There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the US election, officials said Thursday, as a top Democrat accused Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy.

Ten top government officials in Jashore, including the deputy commissioner, the superintendent of police and the civil surgeon, have been asked to pay extortion money via phone calls and text messages.

A policeman has been sued for allegedly raping a woman in Natore.

Lawmakers yesterday told parliament that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was one of the few statesmen in the world who made the supreme sacrifice for the people of his country.

Police yesterday arrested another director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-addiction Hospital in connection with a case filed over senior ASP Anisul Karim’s death on Monday.

Libyans at UN-led talks were to discuss the powers of a proposed transitional government yesterday, the UN said, as it steps up efforts to end years of conflict in the country.

Small, portable laser pointers could be used to guide lightning strikes, with a study suggesting the technology may prevent bolts from sparking wildfires, a researcher told AFP Thursday.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday filed a defamation case of Tk 100 crore against a female employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to protect the society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drugs and to utilise the talent and strength of the young generation for the development of the country.

At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.

Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, yesterday said it has made 40 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine, and would soon begin making Novavax’s rival shot, as a drive for vaccine around the globe gathered steam raising hope amid a raging pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would lay the foundation stone of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna on November 29.