Dharmasen Mohathero, the highest Buddhist religious leader in Bangladesh, passed away at a hospital in Chattogram city early yesterday.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had put the wartime Defense Production Act into action to aid the fight against coronavirus after saying earlier this week he would invoke the measure when needed.

South Korea is planning to send two chartered flights to Italy to evacuate some 570 citizens from the country with the most deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, reports said.

Italy has closed its ports to foreign cruise ships and suspended the operation of its own services in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Under pressure from anxious parents, Chinese citizens living in virus-hit Europe are flocking back home, with some even flying on private jets to escape the spiralling number of infections overseas.

Amid coronavirus fears, three parliamentary constituencies -- Dhaka-10, Gaibandha-3, and Bagerhat-4 -- are going to by-elections today.

Qatar’s old industrial zone has emerged as a hot spot for the coronavirus in the Gulf Arab state, putting at risk many migrant workers who live and work in the area of car service centres, warehouses and small shops.

India executed four men yesterday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion.

Bangladesh is now happier than before! At a time when the country is gripped by panic over coronavirus pandemic, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has published its World Happiness Report 2020.

A fossil unearthed in Belgium dubbed the “Wonderchicken” is providing a rare glimpse into the early evolution of modern birds at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs, right before an asteroid impact altered the course of life on Earth.

At least five Tripura children died of measles over last three weeks and 130 others were also infected in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila.

The Dhaka city dwellers continued to throng grocery stores, super shops and kitchen markets yesterday amid looming threat of coronavirus, causing a hike in prices of essential commodities.

The US Senate today unanimously approves a resolution calling for prompt US recognition of Bangladesh. The resolution, already approved by the Foreign Relations Committee, is adopted by the Senate by voice vote with no opposition heard.

Coronavirus: what ministers, leaders said

Beijing yesterday accused US President Donald Trump of trying to “shift the blame” for the global coronavirus pandemic in an escalating row between the two powers.

Romanians face up to 15 years in prison if they violate measures imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced yesterday.

Russia reported its first death connected to the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, initially saying an elderly woman died of pneumonia before changing the cause of death to a blood clot.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel.

Nato expects its members to keep up defence spending despite the economic turmoil caused by coronavirus, the alliance chief said yesterday, insisting they must maintain the ability to defend themselves.

As nations around the world fight the coronavirus pandemic with mass lockdowns and travel bans, UN experts warn that some three billion people lack even the most basic weapons to protect themselves: soap and running water.