Bangladeshi nationals living in Singapore are rushing to come back home amidst fears of the coronavirus infection in this island city-state off southern Malaysia.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares that commissions will be set up to appoint suitable persons in government services according to merit.

Governments worldwide were scrambling to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus yesterday after fresh infections emerged linked to European hotspot Italy amid dire warnings that countries are not ready to contain the outbreak.

China has sentenced Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad and claimed him as a citizen, prompting Stockholm to call for his release in a case that has rattled diplomatic relations.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was granted bail yesterday after months in detention on graft charges.

A garment worker was allegedly gang-raped at Ashulia in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Sunday night.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia was arrested as per the instructions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Fresh deaths and a surge in new coronavirus cases in Iran, Japan and South Korea yesterday fuelled fears of a pandemic, as the disease took root in some of the world’s poorest -- and worst-equipped -- countries.

Former President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years, died yesterday at the age of 91 after undergoing treatment in intensive care following surgery.

A woman died in police custody early yesterday, hours after she was picked up from the city’s Mohammadpur area.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to declare March 7 as “National Historic Day” since Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic speech on March 7, 1971, inspiring the nation to go for the Liberation War.

Air quality in Bangladesh was the worst in the world last year and Dhaka was the 21st most polluted city, according to 2019 World Air Quality Report.

The resumption of Malaysia hiring Bangladeshi workers has become uncerztain amid recent political development of the Southeast Asian country.

Bangabandhu calls for agricultural revolution to make the country self-sufficient in food production.

The 11th anniversary of the carnage at the BDR headquarters in the capital was observed yesterday.

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed in the country on the night of March 22.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party last night nominated Shahadat Hossain, president of the party’s Chattogram city unit, to contest for the Chittagong City Corporation mayor post.

A policeman was killed and dozens of people injured amid clashes in New Delhi yesterday as thousands demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law rioted for several hours before US President Donald Trump’s maiden visit to the city.

Border Guard Bangladesh will observe the Martyrs’ Day today with due solemnity, commemorating the army officers killed in the Pilkhana BDR carnage in 2009.

The United States has urged Yemen’s Huthi rebels to drop charges targeting the Baha’i community, which said that 24 believers of the faith will face a new trial session today.