President Donald Trump yesterday said he would not participate in a virtual debate, throwing into doubt the second presidential debate between Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, scheduled for Oct 15.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman maintains today that the Gono Parishad (Constitutent Assembly) in its forthcoming session would enact a constitution which would meet the expectations of the people and reflect their hopes and aspirations.

A Noakhali court yesterday placed two accused on remand in cases filed over the torture and gang rape of a woman.

New cases have been spiralling across Europe and the governments are preparing to renew some lockdown measures as German health experts warned yesterday that the coronavirus could “spread uncontrollably” in the country.

As anti-rape protests raged across the country for the fourth consecutive day yesterday, BCL men have attacked demonstrators in Moulvibazar and Chattogram.

A court framed charges against Sirajganj-6 lawmaker Hasibur Rahman Swapon and a title deed writer in connection with an attempt to take over vested property by falsifying documents.

The UN refugee chief said Wednesday that he had tested positive for Covid-19, after leading the first two days of the agency’s main annual meeting in person.

Police yesterday arrested three youths in connection with the murder of woman in Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila.

The United States on Tuesday urged a peaceful solution and restraint in Kyrgyzstan as it acknowledged concerns about election conduct that have set off major protests.

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris were set later yesterday to face off in their only debate, which some political analysts, given the age and health of the presidential candidates and pressing issues the country is facing, have called the most important vice presidential debate in American history.

Reminding about the possible uncertainty in the region, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday sought support from big countries to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis through their peaceful repatriation to Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Four members of a juvenile gang were arrested yesterday for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of two teenage girls in Savar’s Ashulia.

Panic has gripped Rohingya refugees living in Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya as two factions of a Rohingya gang clashed on Tuesday night, leaving two Rohingyas and two Bangladeshi nationals dead and many others injured.

Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the US yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping “scissors”, the first time a Nobel science prize has gone to a women-only team.

The road transport and bridges ministry has asked the finance ministry to reconsider its decision to halt fund disbursement for “low-priority projects” of the Annual Development Programme (ADP).

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says in the larger interest of the nation he would not hesitate to take extreme measures against a few.

Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize yesterday for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury said.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today presides over a high-level conference relating to the distribution of cotton yarns in the country.

The UN yesterday called on Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and other political prisoners who have been excluded from a push to empty jails amid the pandemic.

The World Health Organization yesterday warned European countries about “pandemic fatigue” which it says threatens the continent’s ability to tackle the coronavirus.