Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadens into an extraordinary moment on the House floor as she and other Democrats assail a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women” whose adherents include President Donald Trump.

A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from US government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence, the Justice Department says.

The World Health Organization reports a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours.

At the end of a 21-day lockdown of Wari to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Dhaka South City Corporation lifted restrictions on the Old Dhaka area from 12:00am on Saturday.

Malaysian police have arrested Mohammad Rayhan Kabir, a young Bangladeshi who spoke in a documentary aired by Al Jazeera.

A tea garden worker was found dead in the Dhalai river in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila this afternoon, two days after he had gone missing.

Detective Branch (DB) police tonight arrested Sharmin Jahan, proprietor of Aparajita International, in a case filed by BSMMU authorities over supplying fake N95 masks to the hospital’s Covid-19 isolation unit.

Nearly 6.53 crore poor people in Bangladesh should receive time-bound temporary cash payments to cope with the worst impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations.

A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice on the government asking it to arrest former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Kalam Azad within 24 hours on charges of committing corruption and irregularities in the health sector.

Regent Group Public Relations Officer (PRO) Tariqul Islam alias Tareq Shibli confesses to a magistrate that he along with other officials and employees, in line with the directives of its chairman and managing director, made fake Covid-19 certificates and supplied those to patients.

The European Union is not interested in buying potential Covid-19 vaccines through an initiative co-led by the World Health Organisation as it deems it slow and high-cost, two EU sources told Reuters, noting the bloc was in talks with drugmakers for shots cheaper than $40.

A town sub-inspector of Bangladesh Police died at Jhenaidah’s dedicated Covid-19 hospital, where he was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan joins huge crowds for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades, sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam.

An assistant surgeon, Dr Tipu Sultan, of Dapdapia Union Health Centre under Jhalakathi district was given a show cause letter today, over some Facebook status he wrote.

After spending four days under the open sky near the Bangladesh embassy in Hanoi, 17 Bangladeshis, who were defrauded by Bangladeshi agents, brokers and a Vietnamese company, have been provided accommodation at a hotel.

A Dhaka court places Jakir Hossain, assistant master of Moyur-2 launch, on a three-day remand in a case filed over hitting another launch --Morning Bird -- and killing at least 34 people on Buriganga river on June 29.

One person and 36 cows go missing after a boat carrying around 40 sacrificial animals capsized in Jamuna river near Aricha ghat in Manikganj.

India today decided to waive charge of inland waterway usage with immediate effect in a bid to promote it as a means of cheaper and eco-friendly mode of transport.

Former vice chairman and sponsor director of NCC Bank Khondkar Zakaria Mahmud (Bachchu) passed away while undergoing treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok. He was 74.

Police have recovered the body of young woman from a hotel room in Patuakhali town.