Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is a need for constructive multilateralism more than ever as the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded the world that “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.

The number of deaths due to Covid-19 rose as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday reported 25 single-day deaths in the past 24 hours till 8:00am.

Suspended sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, the prime suspect in the killing of Rayhan in police custody in Sylhet, was detained along Bangladesh-India border in Dona area of the district’s Kanaighat upazila around 9:00am yesterday.

The cabinet yesterday cleared a proposal on land registration and mutation, aiming to reduce people’s sufferings, make the entire process easier and stop corrupt practices.

Myanmar’s ruling party yesterday said it had won enough seats in parliament to form the next government, after reporting a lead based on its unofficial count of votes from the country’s second general election since the end of strict military rule.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday told parliament that political parties will have to nurture the culture of tolerance, show mutual respect and give importance to others’ views to give institutional shape to democracy.

The land acquisition office of Cox’s Bazar acquired 1.171 acres of disputed land from the wife and brother-in-law of the municipality mayor at Tk 36 crore for a project in violation of multiple acquisition and property transfer laws.

US president-elect Joe Biden yesterday convened a task force to devise a blueprint for tackling the coronavirus crisis imploring Americans to wear protective masks, while President Donald Trump pursues several long-shot gambits to hold on to his job and fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome.

In a sweeping change to primary and secondary schooling, the government may scrap the PECE and the JSC exams and dissolve the science, humanities and business disciplines.

In a landmark verdict, the High Court yesterday upheld five years’ jail sentence of a convict in a narcotics-related case, but allowed him to stay with his family on three conditions.

While demand for physiotherapy has been growing rapidly as a health profession across the world, it is still struggling in Bangladesh due mainly to the absence of a functional unique body.

The Women and Children Repression Prevention (amendment) Bill, 2020 was placed in Parliament last night with an aim to ensure the death penalty as the highest punishment for rape.

Donald Trump’s unfounded accusations of fraud in the US presidential election have been condemned by some of his fellow Republicans, but top party figures have maintained their support.

Democrat Joe Biden captured the US presidency yesterday, several major television networks said, as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden’s promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation.

Kamala Harris made history yesterday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office.

Donald Trump has boasted of being an atypical leader but he’s now entered a small club he will definitely not appreciate, US presidents who have lost reelection.

Many stores in the capital have stopped selling potatoes over the last few days after the authorities fixed the prices and began to penalise overcharging sellers.

Detectives are now gathering details of those who own Uzi pistols; military-grade semi-automatic weapons imported in the absence of monitoring by the authorities.