Citing “the Communicable Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act, 2018”, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday published a circular that said hiding information about any COVID-19 patient is a punishable offence.

Iraqi and United Nations officials yesterday scrambled to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led coalition members and threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US tensions.

Two Rohingya “robbers” were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab on Shaplapur Marine Drive road in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday.

An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the imam of a mosque in the city’s Pallabi area yesterday morning.

The government yesterday published a revised list of names for “Swadhinata Padak 2020”, excluding SM Rois Uddin.

In the wake of the confirmation of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, the government has cancelled all parades and freedom fighters’ gatherings across the country -- planned for the occasion of Independence Day -- with a view to stop the spread of coronavirus.

A 2,000-year-old stela recently discovered in Guatemala has revealed examples of the genesis of Mayan writing, according to experts studying the ancient civilisation that dominated much of Central America.

A Japanese Parliamentary delegation headed by Takashi Hayakawa calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official

Two teachers of Chattogram’s Forestry Science and Technology Institute have been extorting students for years by threatening them with poor scores in exams, said students providing this paper with a video clip as evidence.

A 35-year-old hawker died yesterday afternoon, six days after he was released from jail on bail. His family members said he died because he was tortured while in custody of Muktagacha police.

As many as 400 shanties were gutted as a devastating fire broke out at Rupnagar slum in the capital’s Mirpur yesterday.

Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas Tuesday to break up a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido as he seeks to ramp up demands for elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Two Russian military reconnaissance aircraft were intercepted and escorted for hours near Alaska by US and Canadian air force jets, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.

The only tourists outside Florence’s majestic cathedral were a suitcase-laden couple rushing to leave Italy, where a nationwide virus shutdown is devastating an already fragile tourism industry.

Beijing yesterday accused the United States of a “provocative” act by sending a warship into disputed territorial waters in the South China Sea.

Japan yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the killer tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, but the coronavirus outbreak forced public commemorations to be scaled back.

Two labourers were killed and two others injured as mud collapsed on them in Joypurhat Sadar upazila yesterday.

Of the three reported coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, two were diagnosed negative as tests were conducted on them for the second time on Tuesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17 through videoconference.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison yesterday following his sexual assault and rape conviction last month in a case hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.