US President Donald Trump has signed legislation and an executive order that he said will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong, then quickly shifted his policy speech into a political one, hurling broadsides against Democratic rival Joe Biden.

Fahim Saleh, co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, is found dead in an apartment in New York.

Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed was arrested from the border area of Debhata upazila in Satkhira early today.

It took three whole decades of sacrifice, unimpeachable integrity and rigid determination -- but the legacy of Latifur Rahman is one of independent media. This is how speakers have remembered the late business mogul at a virtual memorial session organised by The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.

The government has issued a 13-point instruction, including directing authorities concerned to not hold Eid-ul-Azha jamaat in open spaces and asking citizens to perform their Eid prayers at the nearest mosques.

A fire broke out at an electric bulb factory in Bongshal area of Dhaka tonight.

Italy has handed back to France a mural painted by British street artist Banksy which was stolen from the Paris Bataclan theatre, where militant Islamist gunmen killed scores of people in an attack in November 2015.

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested Masud Parvez, managing director of Regent Group, from Gazipur this evening.

Detectives submit a seven-day remand prayer to quiz JKG Health Care Chief Executive Officer Ariful Chowdhury and one of his associates Sayeed Chowdhury in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

They owned 20 houses, 128 flats and 25 acres of land in Dhaka and nearby areas. Besides, they have 91 accounts in different banks where around Tk 2.8 crore were deposited so far and the current balance of these accounts is around Tk 19 crore.

With a focus on preparing a youth-led reform matrix for a paradigm shift in Bangladesh, Youth Policy Forum (YPF) has announced its “Road to Reforms” series.

Shabab Chowdhury, son of lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury of Noakhali-4 constituency, rammed a police patrol van with his car in Chattogram city’s Lalkhan Bazar area under Khulshi police station, and was locked into an altercation with police personnel.

The government has taken up four projects costing Tk 8,000 crore to construct sustainable embankments to protect the lives and properties of people in the coastal areas of the southwestern part of the country, Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem said today.

The United States on Monday rejected China’s claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, drawing criticism from China which said the US position raised tension in the region, highlighting an increasingly testy relationship.

Jatiya Party today observed the first death anniversary of its founder HM Ershad with various programmes maintaining social distancing and health directives in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the first Online Orientation Workshop for its faculty members very recently. More than 500 fulltime and adjunct faculty members took part in the workshop where the theme was, ‘Learning and Teaching Online’. The event was inaugurated by Prof Milan Pagon, Vice Chancellor (Acting), IUB, says a press release.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britain’s 5G network by 2027, risking the ire of China by signalling that the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the West.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run the virtual judicial functions of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for five days a week from July 19 in order to hear and dispose of urgent cases.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says that his ministry and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) do not have any problems with each other.

Volunteers from different environmental organizations start cleaning the waste that washed ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach.