A Rohingya man, allegedly a yaba trader, was killed in a “gunfight” with BGB in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila early yesterday.

North Korea launched multiple short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday as part of firing drills, a week after it resumed missile tests following a three-month break, South Korea’s military said.

As India braces itself to tackle fresh incidences of coronavirus, Kerala’s successful handling of the nation’s first three positive cases, backed by a rigid protocol, including a 28-day quarantine to contain its spread, offers a model to others.

Four people, including a woman and her two-year-old daughter, were sent to a hospital after they arrived at Dhaka airport from abroad yesterday.

Biman has halved its international flights as fewer people are flying due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

The discovery of a 14th century underground burial site deep in Gabon’s tropical forest may shed light on a little known period in Africa’s history.

All major March 17 celebrations marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary have been postponed due to the coronavirus situation, Awami League sources told The Daily Star last night.

Six people were killed as a truck hit a CNG-run three-wheeler in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila. With the six, at least nine people died on roads across the country yesterday.

Emphasising that Bangladesh’s recent socioeconomic progress is an example for other countries, Nobel prize winning Indian economist Prof Amartya Sen yesterday said it was essential to understand the mechanism that helped Bangladesh achieve this success.

A judicial probe committee has found partial negligence of the authorities of Dhaka north and south city corporations over the dengue outbreak in the capital last year.

Malaysia’s palace yesterday denied allegations of a “royal coup” in appointing the country’s prime minister after veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad resigned, saying the king used his discretionary powers prescribed in the constitution.

A Khulna court sentenced five people to death in the case of killing kindergarten teacher Kazi Tasfin Hossain Toyon. Each of those convicted was also fined Tk 50,000.

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Saturday began what amounts to a fresh campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, as the septuagenarians prepare to go head-to-head at the polls for the first time since the field narrowed to two credible candidates.

Police’s Detective Branch (DB) have completed all necessary preparations to submit the charge sheet in the rape case of a Dhaka University (DU) student in the capital’s Kurmitola area, and they are expecting to submit it within this week.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today receives a 10-man deputation of the Bangladesh Secondary School Teachers Association at his official residence.

When most people are busy pursuing personal interest, there are some who strive to change the society.

Two more pre-1965 cross-border rail links between Bangladesh and India will be restored this year, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

Stanford University has informed students that beginning today, classes will be held online for the remainder of the winter quarter because of the growing spread of the new coronavirus.

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women’s issues.

Britain unveils its first post-Brexit budget on Wednesday and analysts expect Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press ahead with major spending on infrastructure, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus.