A short bout of rain at 11:00am today brought some relief for residents of Dhaka as a mild heat wave has been sweeping over parts of the country.

Three cousins have drowned in a pond at Kalaiya union in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila.

Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Google on Monday unveiled a new. more affordable Pixel smartphone and said it would launch models tailored for super-fast 5G networks later this year.

Indian government imposes curfew across Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended violent protests in view of reported plans by separatists and Pakistan-sponsored groups to observe August 5, the first anniversary of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, as a “black day.”

Afghan security forces have killed at least 10 Islamic State fighters who took control of a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad, ending a siege in which hundreds of prisoners escaped.

John Hume, the Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died at the age of 83.

Former lawmaker and Jatiya Party leader ATM Alamgir died at Green Life Hospital in Dhaka while undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with Covid-19. He was 70.

The government has appointed Md Mainul Kabir as secretary of the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the law ministry. He was previously serving as additional secretary of the same division.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has imposed highest alert in border areas to prevent possible smuggling of rawhide -- generated during Eid-ul-Azha.

Saidpur Railway Workshop in Nilphamari, the largest in the country established in 1870, has been displaying rail engines from the bygone era at its exhibition yard on its premises, in a bid to preserve the glorious history of railway.

The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide passed the 18-million mark on Monday, with the World Health Organization warning that the effects of the pandemic "will be felt for decades to come".

Contextually, although lockdown remains an essential defence worldwide against the spread of Covid-19, there have been exceptions at the cost of human lives.

Lower courts across the country will go for regular operation from August 5, more than four months after the government declared nationwide shutdown and subsequent limited operations to contain the spread of coronavirus.

In response to severe flooding that has affected nearly one-third of Bangladesh, the European Union is providing EUR 100,000 (almost 10 million Bangladeshi taka) as humanitarian aid to assist the most vulnerable communities.

The government today issued an order extending its countrywide restrictions on public activities and movements until August 31 to contain spread of coronavirus.

The foreign currency reserve and inflow of remittances hit new record in the country in July despite the economic fallout triggered by the pandemic.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that although there has been a slight increase in the number coronavirus cases, the country’s health sector now has the capacity to tackle the situation.

Salma Chowdhury Ruma, a member of parliament from reserved seat for women in Rajbari, who tested positive for Covid-19, was airlifted to Dhaka from Rajbari this afternoon by a helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked the Director of Mugda General Hospital and managing director of Hotel Super Star to submit documents on living expenditure of doctors at the hotel.