A Malaysian court has granted a 13-day remand for Rayhan Kabir, the Bangladeshi youth arrested for talking to the media about the Malaysian government's treatment of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, after he was brought to a court on Thursday morning.

At least eight Covid-19 patients were killed when a fire swept through a private hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in the wee hours.

Arrest warrants have been issued against Pradeep Kumar Shaha, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, and eight others in a case filed with the police station in connection with the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a man in possession of 1.40 lakh yaba tablets worth Tk 4.20 crore from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Eighteen Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended at the international border in West Bengal's Nadia district today, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said.

Four. That is the current number of Bangladeshi nationals who died in the Beirut explosion last night. Beyond that number, however, lies the story of migrant workers who leave Bangladesh to seek better fortune elsewhere.

Lebanon's cabinet has declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut following a massive explosion in the port that rocked the city, and handed control of security in the capital to the military.

The Bangladesh embassy has updated the total number of Bangladeshis killed in the Beirut explosions to four. Earlier, two other Bangladeshi victims had been identified in the blast which killed 113 people and left hundreds injured.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has started a mobile court drive against illegal television cable lines set up haphazardly around DSCC areas.

Citing illness, Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradip Kumar Das left work early yesterday (Tuesday) after filing a general diary, ABM Masud Hossain, superintendent of police of Cox’s Bazar, told The Daily Star.

Police have cordoned off Chowhatta point area in Sylhet city after finding a bomb-like object on a motorcycle parked near the road.

Ericsson has recently announced the appointment of David Hägerbro as Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and Global Customer Unit Axiata.

Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister has said.

Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in the United States and more than 50 other countries on Wednesday, embedding a new short-form video service called Reels as a feature within its popular Instagram app.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Sheikh Kamal would have done much more for the country if he had remained alive, highlighting the significant contributions he made to the country’s politics, culture and sports.

The global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 700,000, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.

Bodies of a father and his minor son, who went missing in yesterday’s boat capsize in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj, were recovered today.

‘Crossfire’ an NGO term, says IGP.

The High Court today granted bail to Sirajum Munira, a suspended teacher of Begum Rokeya University, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Initial investigations indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material, in Beirut port caused the blast that killed over 100 people on Tuesday.