Germany government has newly contributed $4.5 million funding to the United Nations World Food Programme to support the Rohingya community in Bangladesh.

A giant 23-metre (75-foot) whale briefly washed up near a beach in Indonesia but it was unclear how the enormous marine mammal died, a conservation official said Wednesday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today files a case against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed and three others for misappropriating about Tk 1.51 crore of NRB Bank.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan today called his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and discussed various issues related to Covid-19 and flood situation.

A doctor couple was burnt severely in a fire, reportedly igniting after a cigarette came in contact with hand sanitiser at their home in Dhaka’s Hatirpool area early today.

Reflecting the severity of the pandemic in Delhi, an official survey by the Indian health ministry has found that at least one in five persons in the Indian capital has been exposed to coronavirus.

After Prof Abul Kalam Azad stepped down as director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday, its Director (Hospital) Aminul Hasan is now being removed from the post amid severe criticism over Covid-19 tests.

The High Court has refused to pass any order asking the government to stop setting up cattle markets in coronavirus-affected areas -- including Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj and Gazipur cities.

All engineers of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have been asked to stay at workplaces during Eid-ul-Azha vacation to ensure hassle-free movement of Eid holidaymakers.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested 13 persons, including 12 Nigerian nationals, from Dhaka’s Pallabi area on charge of duping people out of crores of taka.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to two top Destiny officials -- Md Rafiqul Amin and Mohammad Hossain -- in two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore.

Forty-two 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.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has pressed charges against "Casino Brothers " -- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- and eight others in a case filed over laundering Tk 17 crore.

The High Court has observed that the authorities concerned of the government should remain cautious so that private hospitals cannot go beyond control.

India registers a single-day spike of 37,724 Covid-19 cases and 648 deaths pushing the country’s virus caseload to 11,92,915 and the death toll to 28,732.

A woman and her two sons has been killed when a thatched house collapsed on them during a storm in Charfashion upazila of Bhola.

A Rohingya man, suspected to be a robber, has been killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

An alleged criminal is killed in what law enforcers claim to be a gunfight with members of a rival group in Bogura town.

An alleged drug peddler has been killed in a "shootout" with Rab members in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan area.

President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric and tone, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distance and warned that the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better.