Noted filmmakers and Stamford University students and teachers yesterday called for action to release Shahedul Islam Sifat and Shipra Debnath from jail.

Many Asian countries have seen a drop in coronavirus infection rate in the last couple of months but in Bangladesh’s case it remained over 20 percent.

India’s official coronavirus case tally hit two million yesterday, doubling in three weeks as the pandemic sweeps into smaller cities and rural areas, with experts warning the real toll could be much higher.

A union parishad chairman and a member landed in jail on Thursday following allegations of stealing large amounts of wheat from the government’s food for work programme in Natore.

The authorities have been forced to suspend operations of ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route at night for the last one month due to strong currents in the Padma.

The coronavirus crisis has weighed heavily on print newspapers already battling for survival around the world, with the number of copies sold tumbling while less profitable digital readerships surge.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has expressed his deep sympathy for the flood-affected people of Bangladesh and instructed the government to undertake relief work on an emergency basis.

China’s foreign ministry firmly opposes executive orders announced by US President Donald Trump banning US transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok, Beijing said yesterday.

One night in May, around 11:00pm, Milon Hossain got a call from a Facebook-based blood donation group.

The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other officials for their role in curtailing political freedoms in the territory.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov 3 election, a more optimistic forecast than timing put forth by his own White House health experts.

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death yesterday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 3,300 homes ruined by flooding triggered by torrential rains across much of Sudan this week, the country’s civil defence organisation said yesterday.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged UN members not to support Cuba’s bid to join the organization’s Human Rights Council.

About 40 people are feared dead after a migrant vessel sank off the coast of Mauritania, the UN said yesterday, in a fresh tragedy along the Atlantic migration route to Europe.

Days of heavy rain could cause flooding or landslides across North Korea, officials warned, as the South said yesterday 16 people had died in the downpours lashing the peninsula.

Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a senior researcher said.

Seven people died with coronavirus symptoms at Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CuMCH) in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.

A private clinic in Jashore town has been sealed off following the death of a celebrated female cricket coach allegedly due to negligence and medical malpractice.