The lawmaker from Kurigram-3 constituency MA Matin has tested positive for coronavirus.

A retired army major died on Friday night after he was shot in "self-defence" by police officials who stopped the car at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila.

Two boys in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts drowned in flood water today.

The Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project of Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University (BracU), has recently disseminated the findings of Phase 2 of its ongoing “Rapid Survey” series through a webinar titled “State of the RMG Industry during the Pandemic: Is it on the Way to Recovery?” on July 20, 2020.

A rider and his pillion on a motorcycle have been killed when hit by a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

The United Arab Emirates has begun start-up operations in the initial unit of its first nuclear power plant, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said today.

Turkey’s Muslim worshippers have attended Eid al-Azha prayers in Hagia Sophia for the first time after the historic building was converted to a mosque.

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South Korean authorities arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country's largest outbreak of Covid-19 infections on Saturday for allegedly hiding crucial information from contact-tracers and other offences.

As many as 11 people died after a huge rail-mounted crane collapsed at the premises of Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, District Collector Vinay Chand has informed.

Mexico has surpassed Britain as the country with the third-highest coronavirus death toll as the pandemic reaches new milestones in Latin America and threatens to disrupt efforts to reopen the region's reeling economies.

Amidst a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, India’s West Bengal state has witnessed a subdued celebration of Eid-ul-Azha as Muslims offered prayers at mosques and homes by maintaining social distancing.

A midair plane collision in Anchorage on Friday killed seven people, including a state lawmaker who was piloting one of the aircraft, Alaska officials said.

US President Donald trump said on Friday that he was planning to sign an executive order as soon as Saturday banning Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok from the United States.

Twenty-one people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

India has extended the ban on international flights to and from the country till August 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh today hoped to remove the blood and waste of sacrificial animals in DSCC area within 24 hours.

Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival with millions amid coronavirus pandemic.

Today, August 1, is the 49th anniversary of the Concert for Bangladesh. The concert was organised by former The Beatles member George Harrison, along with Pandit Ravi Shankar, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, is being celebrated in Bangladesh as the country grapples with the Covid-19 outbreak and floods inflict untold sufferings to hundreds of thousands of people.