The ministry of health has recommended a restriction on the visa-on-arrival service for citizens of Iran, South Korea, and Italy as the coronavirus has hit these countries.

The cost of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge Construction Project has gone up to Tk 16,781 crore from Tk 9,734 crore.

A “pandemic” of air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8.8 million premature deaths annually, scientists said yesterday.

At least five people, including a member of Border Guard Bangladesh, were killed and several others injured in a clash between members of the paramilitary force and villagers in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila yesterday, police said.

Even after Tamim Iqbal’s career-best score boosted Bangladesh to a huge total of 322 for six, the hosts managed to win the second ODI by the skin of their teeth as Zimbabwe fought till the end but fell short by just four runs and surrendered the three-match series 2-0 at the Sylhet International Stadium yesterday.

Hosts Bangladesh will be desperate to secure the series when they take on Zimbabwe in the second of the three-match ODI series at Sylhet International Stadium today. The match is scheduled to start at 1:00pm.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla yesterday said the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Indian parliament late last year was misunderstood in many senses.

Eight years after the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, Rapid Action Battalion could not produce any new information as the High Court wanted to know the latest update of the investigation.

The death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpassed 3,000 yesterday as more people died in China, Iran and the US and Europe raised its state of alert.

Seven suspected Rohingya robbers were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf early yesterday.

The wildlife conservation centre in Tilagarh Eco Park of Sylhet has turned into a death trap for animals since it started operation in November 2018.

Bangladesh wants India to bring border killings to an end and address the peoples’ concerns caused by the “internal issues” of India.

Although the government is working to prevent the novel coronavirus from entering the country, it is not getting all personnel of the health sector involved, say public health specialists.

Thailand, Australia became the latest country to report its first death from coronavirus as the outbreak continues to spread around the world with more than 86,000 people infected.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that directed the authorities to enquire into the allegation against then OC of Rajshahi’s Puthia Police Station Shakil Uddin Ahamed and others of manipulating the FIR in labour leader Nurul Islam murder case.

Opener Liton Das smashed his second century that, along with Mohammad Saifuddin’s all-round efforts, helped Bangladesh return to winning ways in the fifty-over format in the first ODI against Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Stadium yesterday.

He is back. Ishtiaq Ahmed, known as the drug lord of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, was forced to stay out of his empire after the anti-narcotics crackdown began in 2018.

Construction site of the much anticipated Padma bridge is humming with activity in the final phase of the project, but worries surround the involvement of the Chinese company building the bridge, whose headquarters is situated in Wuhan, the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak.

Bangladesh are set to return to their favoured format after almost seven months when they take on Zimbabwe in the first of the three-match ODI series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Malaysia’s political crisis deepened yesterday after 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad rejected a decision by the king to pick his rival as the next prime minister, insisting he had enough backing to return to the role.